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The Office for Digital Learning is here to help you incorporate educational tech tools and pedagogical strategies into your courses, and provide you with the technical know-how.
Tech Tool Articles
GeoGebra
An interactive mathematics software suite for learning and teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Canvas
Canvas is Penn State’s online system for teaching and learning. It holds the class roster and is used to share course content, grades, communication, and more.
Zoom
Zoom is a cloud-based video and web conferencing platform that allows you to engage in multi-person video meetings and webinars.
Kaltura
Kaltura is Penn State’s cloud-based media management platform. Kaltura works with Canvas and Zoom to record, store, and stream video.
Honorlock
Honorlock provides remote proctoring for online exams with complete Canvas integration.
Top Hat
Engage your students in and outside of the classroom with interactive slides, graded questions, customized content, videos, discussions, and polls.
Gradescope
Save time grading and get a clear picture of how your students are doing.
CATME
CATME is a system of secure, web-based tools that enable instructors to implement best practices in managing student teams.
Kahoot!
Create learning games, quizzes, and polls with Kahoot and engage students both virtually and in the classroom.
VoiceThread
VoiceThread is an online conversation space where users can create, share, and comment on presentations, videos, audio files, and documents.
Office 365
Office 365 is a suite of apps that empowers you to create, collaborate, and innovate from anywhere at any time.
Canvas & Microsoft OneDrive
OneDrive files can be added to any area of Canvas with a Rich Content Editor, including pages, quizzes, and assignments.
H5P
H5P makes it easy to create and share rich, interactive quizzes and content in your Canvas course.
LinkedIn Learning
Sharpen your business, technology and creative skills on your schedule with expert-led instruction from any device, anywhere.
e-Textbook Platforms
E-textbooks provide students with cost-saving digital course materials, and instructors with teaching resources and assessment tools.
Practice Labs
The Practice Labs platform offers an environment where learners can access live IT systems in real time.
Turnitin
A writing assessment toolkit which allows instructors to easily provide feedback to students and detect plagiarism.
Google Workspace
Google Workspace for Education is a cloud-based collection of apps that enhance collaboration, teaching, and learning.
Google Assignments
Google Assignments allows Penn State students, faculty, and staff to share and collaborate on Google files within Canvas.
Miro
The online collaborative whiteboard platform to bring teams together, anytime, anywhere.
EquatIO
Type, handwrite or dictate any expression, and EquatIO will convert it to digital math which can be added into a Word or Google doc, Canvas, and more.
UDOIT
UDOIT allows faculty to identify accessibility issues in their Canvas courses and provides information on how to enable greater accessibility.
Piazza
Piazza is a Q&A platform and discussion forum that saves time and helps students learn using the power of community.
Packback
Packback is an AI-supported online discussion platform that improves student curiosity, communication skills and critical thinking.
Poll Everywhere
Use Poll Everywhere for classroom polls, quizzes, and attendance. Check how well your students understand a topic, and keep them engaged and focused.
Gather
Gather is a spatial video chat platform designed to make interactions over the internet feel more like real life.
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About the Office for Digital Learning
Promoting innovative approaches to engineering education on campus and online, we offer a variety of degree and certificate programs, develop individual online courses, and work with faculty to enhance teaching and learning.