Teaching Tools & Tips

Nota Bene: This is an early/rough draft of a page that compiles several lists that I've been developing for various projects/groups. I keep re-inventing the wheel, and I'm hoping to herd these data into a database that will be searchable/sortable. Along the way, I'm gathering links and leads into lists here.

Contents

• Meeting Tools
• Learning Management Systems
• Digital Authoring Tools
• Other Teaching/Learning Tools
• Helpful Organizations and Websites
• Alphabetical Listing
• References & Resources

Meeting Tools

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Learning Management Systems (LMS)

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Digital Authoring Tools

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Other Teaching/Learning Tools

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Helpful Organizations and Websites

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Alphabetical Listing

• Adobe Spark: https://spark.adobe.com/
• Big Blue Button: https://bigbluebutton.org/
• Blackboard Collaborate: https://www.blackboard.com/teaching-learning/collaboration-web-conferencing/blackboard-collaborate
• Blackboard: http://www.blackboard.com/
• BookDown: https://bookdown.org/
• Camtasia: https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html
• ClassTranscribe: https://classtranscribe.illinois.edu/
• Crowdmark: https://crowdmark.com/
• D2L Virtual Classroom: https://www.d2l.com/products/virtual-classrooms-video-assignments-premium/
• eText (Illinois): https://etext.illinois.edu/
• Flipgrid: https://info.flipgrid.com/
• Free WIFI Locations in Illinois: http://illinois.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=23e8046edd2940bc8ad3ad1725e47cd0
• Gala (Michigan): https://www.learngala.com/
• Gala: https://docs.learngala.com/docs/authoring-getting-started.html
• Google Docs: https://www.google.com/docs/about/
• Google Drive: https://www.google.com/drive/
• Google Hangouts: https://hangouts.google.com/
• Google Meet: https://apps.google.com/meet/
• Gradescope: https://www.gradescope.com/
• Haworth+ergotron: https://www.haworth.com/
• Illinois Media Space (IMS): https://mediaspace.illinois.edu/
• Innovative Educators: https://www.innovativeeducators.org/
• ISKME: https://www.iskme.org
• Jing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jing_(software)
• Kaltura: https://corp.kaltura.com/
• LibreTexts: https://libretexts.org/
• Microsoft (MS) 365: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365
• MS Classroom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Classroom
• MS OneDrive: https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/
• MS OneNote Class Notebook: https://www.onenote.com/classnotebook
• MS OneNote: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onenote/digital-note-taking-app
• MS PowerPoint: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/powerpoint
• MS Stream: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-stream
• MS Teams: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software
• MS Translator: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/translator/
• OER Commons: https://www.oercommons.org
• Omeka: https://omeka.org/
• OpenAuthor: https://www.oercommons.org/authoring-overview
• OpenStax (Rice): https://openstax.org/
• Otter.ai: https://otter.ai/login
• Panopto: https://www.panopto.com/
• ProctorU: https://www.proctoru.com/
• Scalar: https://scalar.me/anvc/
• Screencast-O-Matic: https://screencast-o-matic.com/
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/en/
• turnitin: https://www.turnitin.com/
• UIC Academic Computing and Communications Center. 2020. "eLearning Authoring." https://accc.uic.edu/services/teaching-learning/elearning-authoring/
• VidGrid: https://www.vidgrid.com/
• VoiceThread: https://voicethread.com/
• WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/
• WordPress: https://wordpress.com/
• Yellowdig: https://yellowdig.com/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/
• Zoom: https://zoom.us/

References & Resources

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There are plenty of other tools out there, and creative teachers with tips for using them. If you find something promising, please share it with me (djs@illinois.edu.) Thanks!

Revised: 2020.10.30