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Learning Design Toolbox
Learning Design Services provides pedagogical support for effective use of educational resources, tools and technologies. We offer ongoing support through:
- Online and F2F Consults: Book a Consult.
- Drop-in Virtual Office: Zoom with Learning Design.
- Virtual Office Hours: Find our virtual office hours and more faculty resources on our Learning Design Services website.
Support
Instructional designers are here to help apply technology for your course, including Canvas and more.
Course Design Help
General IT Tech Support
- Visit Get IT Help at umb.edu/it/help.
Tools
Collaboration
- Zoom: a video conferencing tool for chatting and sharing screens.
- Pronto: provides synchronous text chat features.
- Google Workspace: Collaborate with other Google Drive users using your UMass Boston account to access the full Google Workspace suite of apps.
- WordPress: Create a website using WordPress at blogs.umb.edu.
Engagement
- VoiceThread: a multimedia tool in Canvas to narrate PowerPoints, allow threaded discussions in audio and video formats, assign group projects and more!
- Echo360: an Active Learning Platform that combines video, lecture capture, polling and course analytics at echo360.umb.edu.
- Perusall: is an online social annotation platform that allows you to increase student engagement, collaboration, and community within your course.
- Canvas Teacher and Student Apps are available for teachers and students on Android and iOS.
Assessment
- Turnitin is a plagiarism prevention tool.
- Respondus Lockdown Browser & Monitor are two tools that increase the security of test delivery in Canvas.
- Gradescope makes it easier for instructors to quickly grade remote and paper-based assignments and gain additional insights about student learning.
- Respondus 4.0 allows you to import text-based tests (Word, etc.) into Canvas.
Resources
Canvas
- Canvas is a Learning Management Systems (LMS) that includes helpful tools for communication, content delivery, assessment, grading and more. Log in at umassboston.instructure.com.
- Visit the Canvas Training and Resources page to access training and how-to resources.
Accessible Course Content:
Visit our Accessibility page to learn more.
Need help with these resources? Visit the Learning Design Technical Support page.
LinkedIn Learning
- 16,000+ videos on relevant topics, including MS Office, Canvas, Photoshop. Faculty can link directly to videos from within Canvas courses. Completion certificates can be displayed on a LinkedIn profile to enhance employability.
- Access LinkedIn Learning.