Learning
Technologies
SoundCloud
SoundCloud is an audio hosting service that can be used to share podcasts and other audio recordings with students.
Canvas
Canvas is a Learning Management System that gives faculty and students a platform to share lessons, educational content, and discussions in online classes.
Arc
An interactive video tool from Canvas. Access is currently restricted to a pilot.
Camtasia
Camtasia is ideal for screencasting to faculty who plan to spend as much time editing their videos as they do planning and recording them.
Canvas Video
The Canvas Video recorder is built into the LMS and allows faculty and students to record quick, immediate video responses.
Lightboard
The Lightboard studio allows the creation of highly visible sketches and equations during a lecture, in a natural way, without post-production editing.
One Button Studio
An easy, self-sufficient production studio, requiring no tech set-up or support. Users press one button and start recording.
Panopto
Panopto is a Canvas-integrated, cloud-based video capture and management service.
Screencast-o-Matic
The DL staff recommends using Screencast-O-Matic Pro when you want to create a video very quickly and share it immediately, with little to no time spent editing or reviewing the video before sharing it.
Canvas Discussion
The Canvas Discussion Boards are a central piece of the Canvas LMS and allow for asynchronous student conversation.
Nebula
Nebula is a graphic interface for discussion boards, developed by Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering.
Yellowdig
Yellowdig is a Facebook-like tool for the online classroom that allows students and faculty to share links, images, videos, articles, and other web content with their peers.
ProctorU
ProctorU is an online test proctoring service that observes online students live while they take exams.
