The following software and tools are being actively used at Transport Canada:
Miro - Team or Business Edition
Cloud-based virtual whiteboarding software used to:
Facilitate workshops
Conduct brainstorming sessions
Develop diagrams such as:
Service blueprints
Personas
Site maps
Business process flows
Conceptual mind maps
Product roadmaps
Current cost of $10 US/month (month-to-month) for the Team edition, $16/month (month-to-month) for the Business edition.
How to request Miro
Submit a Software Request Form. You will need your manager’s responsibility centre financing code (Example: 4-D-5B30-P61-120-4681-0000-0000-9) for billing purposes.
Figma (Professional Edition)
Cloud-based high-fidelity prototyping software.
Current cost of $15 US/month (month-to-month).
How to request Figma
Submit a Software Request Form. You will need your manager’s responsibility centre financing code (Example: 4-D-5B30-P61-120-4681-0000-0000-9) for billing purposes.
Balsamiq Mockups (Desktop)
Low-fidelity prototyping software for initial ideation and low-level exploration of concepts.
Current cost of $89 US. This software is on TC’s approved software standards list.
How to request Balsamiq
Submit a Software Request Form. While there are TC licenses previously purchased, should there no be enough licenses available, it may need to be purchased. As a result, you will need your manager’s responsibility centre financing code (Example: 4-D-5B30-P61-120-4681-0000-0000-9) for billing purposes if that’s the case.
Greenshot
Basic screen capture and annotation software. Scrolling page capture only works in Microsoft Edge and can be a little glitchy but otherwise works well while waiting for SnagIt to be approved/installed.
Free download.
Snagit 2021
Screen capture and recording software.
Current cost of $79 CDN. This software is on TC’s approved software standards list.
How to request SnagIt
Submit a Software Request Form. You will need your manager’s responsibility centre financing code (Example: 4-D-5B30-P61-120-4681-0000-0000-9) for billing purposes.
Colour Contrast Analyzer
Tool to test contrast between foreground and background colors to meet WCAG 1.4.3/1.4.6 contrast accessibility requirements.
Free download.
Webex
For conducting remote usability testing sessions including:
screen sharing of applications (both inside and outside TC’s network)
screen recording
Self-serve registration and billed back to TC corporately via Shared Services.
Note: Microsoft Teams will not allow taking control of the desktop for external participants, and screen recording is disabled due to issues with storage of video files outside of Canada.