Tools and Platforms

Explore teaching tools and digital platforms that support course management and student engagement.

Learning Management System

Teaching in Canvas – Teaching Resources articles, workshop recordings, etc. for instructors
NC State Canvas Site – canvas.ncsu.edu – all the latest information and updates
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Moodle Basics: Canvas-friendly
Tips for Organizing Your Moodle Course – Organize course layout to help students focus on learning.
Assessing Student Learning With Core Moodle Tools – Overview of built-in Moodle tools that assess student learning.
Ready to Roll! New Semester Tasks – Find a list of tasks for preparing a course for a new semester.

How to Choose and Assess a Learning Tool – Guidance for selecting and evaluating instructional technologies.
Enhancing Active Learning with Digital Tools – Explore key elements of active learning and practical strategies for integrating digital tools that enhance these practices.
Micro-Learning with Digital Tools – Deliver content in short, focused bursts that improve engagement and retention.
Designing Online Training – Best practices for designing effective asynchronous and synchronous online employee training.

AI Fluency: 101 for Instructors – Learn how to effectively utilize AI while still retaining academic integrity and human-centered learning.
AI Fluency: Prompting Basics – Learn what prompting is, why it matters in teaching and learning, and how instructors can craft prompts that reflect their values and classroom needs.
AI Fluency: Course Design – Learn how AI tools can support early stages of course planning, beginning with well-written learning objectives.
AI Fluency: Developing Instructional Content and Learning Activities – Explore ways AI tools can assist with creating learning materials.
AI Fluency: Designing Assessments and Summarizing Student Work – Learn how instructors can design assessments that remain meaningful in an AI-rich environment.
Designing Assignments and Activities with Generative AI in Mind – Create assignments that encourage authentic thinking while accounting for AI tools.
Developing Course AI Guidelines & Driving Class AI Discussion – Learn how to address AI with your students in your course and individual assignment policies.
Using Generative AI for Efficient Teaching and Work – Explore some uses of Gemini and similar tools to make work easier

Panopto: Panopto Basics – Create and host instructional videos to enhance the learning experience for students.
Perusall: Interactive Reading Assignments – Use social annotation to increase engagement with readings.
WeVideo (formerly known as PlayPosit): Interactive Video – Add questions and interactions to video content.
Wooclap: Making Lectures Interactive – Use polls and other activities to engage students during lectures.

Digital Whiteboards for Teaching and Learning – Support collaborative work and visual brainstorming using digital whiteboards.
Padlet: Collaborative Boards for Teaching and Learning – Use Padlet as a collaborative platform to build boards that help increase engagement, collaborative learning, and continued interaction.
VoiceThread: Interactive Presentations and Student Discussions – Use multimedia slideshows for asynchronous discussions and presentations.
WolfWare WordPress: Student Blogging Assignments – Blogs can foster reflection, community, and project-based learning.
Yellowdig: Get Your Students Talking – Encourage discussion through student-led posts and responses to build community within a course.

Gradescope: Streamline the Grading Experience – Use Gradescope to simplify assignment submission and grading.
Turnitin: Writing Feedback, Plagiarism Checks, and Peer Review – Use Turnitin tools to support writing feedback and academic integrity.