Last updated on October 21, 2024
| Tool | Description | Key Functionalities | Ready Tutorials |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoReact | GoReact is an integrated tool in Canvas that allows students to submit video and audio recordings to an assignment. Students can optionally review each other’s submissions and respond with their recordings. | – multimedia creation – discussion – peer review | Use GoReact to Provide Feedback on Videos |
| Hypothesis | Hypothesis is a free collaborative annotation tool. Students can highlight and comment on digital documents as they read, and other students in the class can read and reply to their peers’ comments to create discussions about the text. | – discussions – annotations – document sharing | Use Hypothesis for Collaborative Annotations on Documents in Canvas |
| LinkedIn Learning | LinkedIn Learning is an online education platform that all MSU faculty and students have a subscription to. LinkedIn Learning contains entire video courses and stand-alone segments on business, technology-related, and creative skills that can be used as supplemental resources to enhance a course. All content is presented by experts in the field. | – skill-building resources for courses | Incorporate LinkedIn Learning Into Canvas Classes |
| Lucid (Whiteboard) | Lucid for Education can be used to integrate interactive and visual learning tools directly into your course. These tools foster allow students to brainstorm, organize ideas, and visualize complex concepts in real time. | – interactivity – collaboration – organization and presentation | Get Started with Lucid in Canvas |
| Microsoft OneNote | OneNote is part of the Microsoft Office Suite, and as such is supported by MSU Denver. OneNote allows you to keep multiple notebooks for tracking tasks, taking notes, and even includes drawing options. | – note taking – organization – drawing tools – basic word processing options | |
| Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams is a communication tool that can be used for meeting with students and colleagues and can be used for synchronous classes, office hours, and small group meetings. Useful features include chat, video conferencing, screen sharing, calendars, collaborative spaces, and more. Microsoft Teams is part of the Office 365 Suite at MSU so there is integration with Outlook email. | – video conferencing – recording – screen sharing – chat | Create a Course Team, Add Students, and Set Up a Recurring Meeting More MS Teams tutorials |
| Portfolium | Portfolium is an academic portfolio where users can showcase their education, projects, accomplishments, and competencies. Portfolium can allow programs and departments to track students’ progression through programs, confirm gained competencies, and allow students to showcase their skills | – showcase skills – curate works | |
| ProctorU | ProctorU Auto is an automated online proctoring service. The multi-factor authentication confirms the identity of the exam taker and allows for live exam viewing by the faculty member or a recorded exam session that can be viewed by faculty after the testing session. | – test-taker authentication – live proctoring – recorded exam sessions – violation reporting | Set Up a ProctorU Exam in Canvas |
| TutorMe (Online Tutoring) | TutorMe is an online tutoring service that is free for MSU Denver Students, and accessible through Canvas where enabled by your professor. They offer tutoring in a wide range of subjects as well as offering support for test prep. TutorMe connects you with an online tutor within 30 seconds of searching. | – on-demand – tutoring test prep | Universal Student Access to TutorMe |
| YuJa | YuJa is a powerful video tool to add media to your online classroom. You can convert your presentations into engaging lessons and incorporate multimedia principles into your content. You can also house all of your recorded lectures in one place, make basic edits to your presentations, and embed videos directly into your Canvas course. | – video hosting – video recording – closed captions | Incorporate Yuja Into Your Canvas Course More Yuja Tutorials |