District Licenses

• All Plano ISD students and educators have access to the premium features of the graphic/video/webpage design tool Adobe Express.
• Open the Plano ISD Adobe Express app in Webdesk. 

Learn more about Adobe Express

NEW 2026-27 School Year

• Plano ISD secondary teachers and students (Grades 9-12) have access to the premium features.
• An AI education platform helping teachers create materials, give feedback, and adapt instruction inside the Google and Microsoft tools they already use.  
• Includes student-facing space that allows students to safely interact with chatbots.
• Go to the Brisk Teaching website , install extension and sign in with your Plano ISD Google login.

Learn more about Brisk Teaching

• All Plano ISD students and educators have access to the premium features of the user-friendly graphic/visual/presentation design tool, Canva.
• Extensive bank of copyright-free templates, images, gifs, design elements and more!
• Open the Plano ISD Canva SSO app in Webdesk. 

Learn more about Canva.

• All Plano ISD educators have access to the premium features of this digital learning platform housing resources in all content areas.
• Extensive bank of articles, videos, literature, images, songs, news, virtual field trips and more! 
• Filter by content, standard, topic or keyword.  Create assessments, quizzes, and/or lessons.  
• Launch the Discovery Education app in Webdesk. 

Learn more about Discovery Education  

• All Plano ISD educators only have access to the premium features of this interactive digital whiteboard solution for teachers. Students do not have accounts. 
• From a computer, go to Explain Everything with Plano ISD Google credentials. *Note that web version is more limited than iPad app.
• Launch app from district-managed iPad, sign in with Plano ISD Google credentials. Designed for mirroring on Apple TV (recommended).

Learn more about Explain Everything

• All Plano ISD students and educators have access to the premium features for Figma and FigJam.
• A visual collaborative whiteboard where teams can diagram, brainstorm, and organize ideas together.
• All Plano ISD educators have access to Figma
• Teachers can add the Figma app in Webdesk.

Learn more about Figma and Figjam

• All Plano ISD educators have access to the Chromebook management program GoGuardian! 
• Teachers can launch the PISD GoGuardian app in Webdesk.

Learn more about GoGuardian. 

NEW 2026-27 School Year

• All Plano ISD educators have access to Novel Effect. 
• This award-winning app that follows your voice as you read out loud from a children’s story book and responds at just the right moment with interactive music, sound effects, and character voices. Bring the story to life, promote literacy, imagination, and fun!
• Download the app on your iPad or tablet and immerse your students in every story your read!

Learn more about Novel Effect.

• Secondary Plano ISD teachers and students (Grades 6-12) have a premium license for this formative assessment tool for all content areas.
• Elementary Plano ISD teachers and students (Grades K-5) have access to the free version. 
• Pear Assessment gives educators a holistic view of learning with instant classroom data. 
• Open the Pear Assessment app in Webdesk.

Learn more about Pear Assessment. 

Pear Deck/Pear Start/Pear Practice

• All Plano ISD educators have access to the premium features of this interactive presentation platform and AI tool for all content areas.
• Convert any Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides deck into Pear Deck to instantly add interactivity, real-time feedback, and personalized learning. 
• A powerful research-based engagement tool, it’s well suited to support many of the needle-moving elements and strategies in our instructional model. 
• Launch Pear Deck directly from GoGuardian session or install the add-on to launch from within a slide deck.

Learn more about Pear Deck Suite

NEW 2026-27 School Year

• Plano ISD teachers and students (Grades 3-8) have access to the premium features.
• AI platform that allows students to engage with AI and gives teachers full transparency into student interactions. 
• Launch app in Webdesk. Sign in with your Plano ISD Google login.

Learn more about SchoolAI 

• Grades EC-5 have access to the premium features of the digital student portfolio tool Seesaw.
• Open the Seesaw Teacher app in Webdesk. Sign in with your PISD Google login.

Learn more about Seesaw.

• All Plano ISD educators and students have access to the premium features of the online video editor WeVideo!
• Open the WeVideo app in Webdesk. Sign in with your Plano ISD Google login.

Learn more about WeVideo