Unizin (pronounced [ju.nɨ.zɪn] (IPA) or "yo͞o-nə-zin") is both a consortium of higher education institutions and a service provider.

[3] The Unizin service debuted its first offering, Canvas by Instructure, in late summer 2014.

[4] The Unizin consortium offers a channel for collaborating on solutions to the many challenges being faced by educational institutions, as well as a means for those institutions to collectively govern resources and cost-effectively control infrastructure necessary to enable innovation at their universities.

In July 2015, Unizin acquired the software and trademark for Courseload, an eText reader and collaborative tool.

"The Content Relay is aimed at making two problems easier to address," said Littleworth.

By operating on common platforms, Unizin members can not only leverage learner outcome analytics both within and across institutions, but can also save time and effort with data management tasks.