| TECHNOLOGY | WHAT IS IT? | WHERE IT IS? | SUPPORT RESOURCE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canvas | Canvas, ECU’s Learning Management System (LMS), provides the main interface to the digital learning environment where you can access your learning materials, assessment and interactive online learning activities for each unit. Many of the following technologies mentioned below are integrated within Canvas. | Student Portal > Easy Logins > Canvas | Log into Canvas LMS New to Canvas? Learn how to use the tools in Canvas to enhance your learning experience. Visit the Canvas First Steps page |
| Immersive Reader | You can use Immersive Reader to improve the accessibility of learning materials and boost your reading comprehension. Immersive Reader is available in Canvas and the Microsoft Office suite of applications ie Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook. Key features include control of page viewing by:
Canvas provides access to a built-in Immersive ReaderLinks to an external site. (video 3min). The Immersive Reader button appears in the top right corner of your Canvas course site. Note: The Immersive Reader in Canvas will not be able to read embedded documents like Word. You must download the document and use Immersive Reader for the Microsoft Office tools. For further information, refer to the Immersive Reader in CanvasLinks to an external site. support page. Microsoft Office tools have an Immersive Reader available from the View tab e.g Word. Read and watch the videos to learn more from the Immersive Reader Microsoft guide. | The Immersive Reader button appears in the top right corner of your Canvas course site. | Watch this video and visit the support page 'How do I use the Microsoft Immersive Reader in a course as a student?' |
| LinkedIn Learning | LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive collection of expert video tutorials and courses that can be viewed at your own pace whilst on campus or at home. Students and Staff have unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning during their time at ECU, and can access videos on Business, Creative or Technology topics, or suggested Learning Paths from the LinkedIn Learning Browse menu. | Student Portal > Easy Logins > LinkedIn Learning | Visit the LinkedIn Learning Support Resource page |
| Lucid Education Suite | With the Lucid Education suite, educators can create interactive, embedded learning experiences in Canvas that promote student collaboration and encourage visual explanations of concepts. The Lucid education suite includes Lucidchart and Lucidspark. Lucidchart - is an intelligent diagramming application that allows you to visualise complex ideas, systems, and processes. Lucidspark - is a virtual whiteboard application that enables teams to ideate, design, and build better ideas. Both applications can embed Lucid documents in the Rich Content Editor of Canvas or as an assignment submission. | Within Canvas and the Lucid website after following the initial setup in Canvas | Visit the Lucid Learning Activities support page or the Lucid Assignment support page |
| Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams is a great tool for collaboration with your student peers and lecturer. Your lecturer can create a new Team and invite people to join, including students. Only your lecturer can create a Team – students can only create group chats and gain all the benefits posts. A Team is different from a group chat. It is a more permanent home for your conversation, allows for posts and replies, pinned posts, topic channels, a file repository, shared document and live document collaboration. The team manager can also add applications for collaboration. Microsoft Teams support page. | Installed software > Office 365 | Visit the MS Teams Support Resource page |
| Panopto | Panopto is a video content management system for uploading, managing, editing, and sharing videos and audio files. Video capture requires downloading the small Panopto recorder program while video editing and content management are web browser based. Downloaded Resources: Download Panopto software. How to use Panopto for Windows. How to use Panopto for Mac. Online Resources: Launch your online ECU Panopto account. How to Create with Capture. | Installed Panopto recorder software OR Online web capture | Visit the Panopto Support Resource page |
| PebblePad | PebblePad is a learning ePortfolio platform where your lecturers can create workbook assessment tasks for you to complete and where you can create ePortfolios to reflect on and document your learning journey at ECU. | Student Portal > Easy Logins > Learning Portfolio AND Within Canvas | Visit the PebblePad Support Resource page |
| Reading List | Reading list is a tool that brings together texts, articles and chapters that your lecturer has put together in order to support your learning and can include links to e-books, books held by the library, journal articles, excerpts from books, conference papers, links to websites, and other sources. | Within Canvas | Embedded in your Canvas unit site |
| Turnitin | Turnitin is a text matching system that compares text in your assignment against a database of sources, including journals, websites, and other students’ submissions. You submit assignments through a Turnitin submission point in their Canvas unit. The results can be used to identify similarities to existing sources or it can be used to help you learn how to avoid plagiarism and improve your writing. | Within Canvas | Visit the Turnitin Support Resource page |