Learning
Technologies

Audio

Collaboration

Discussion

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.

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 Collaborations

Canvas Collaborations integrates with Google Docs to simplify the collaborative process.

Canvas Groups

Students can create groups of their own, or an instructor can set up groups.

Google Email & Apps

Google Email, often referred to as Gmail, is an electronic messaging service hosted by Google.

NUSites

NU Sites is a WordPress-based website publishing platform available for student and faculty use.

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.