Technology Toolbox

Google Workspace for Education

Google Workspace for Education, formerly known as Google Apps for Education, is a suite of Google tools that can be used for file management, creation, and collaboration. The workspace includes Google Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Sites, Forms and Classroom. Anyone with an @alaska.edu email address can log in (via UA single sign-on) and use these tools on the @alaska.edu domain.

How can I use Google Workspace for Education in my course?

• Document-based collaboration
• Template sharing
• File sharing
• Presentations
• Course delivery
• Polls and surveys
• Data collection
• LTI integration with Canvas LMS

How can my students use Google Workspace for Education?

• Document collaboration
• Word processing and publishing
• File sharing
• Presentations
• Spreadsheet-based charts and graphs

Google Apps @Alaska.edu

H5P

H5P is a suite of interactive tools that enable people to create new ways of displaying and interacting with online content. H5P has also been integrated to Canvas LMS and are available to integrate into your course shell. Read more about how to do this.

How can I use H5P in my course?

• Create interactive video
• Generate bar and pie charts
• Build “dialog” cards (text-based turning cards)
• Define hotspots on images
• Construct a visual timeline
• Layer images for comparison and add contextual text (such as before and after comparisons)

H5P

Hypothes.is

Hypothes.is is a collaborative online annotation tool that enables peers to read, annotate and comment on online content. Hypothes.is has also been integrated into Canvas LMS for use in course shells.

How can i use Hypothes.is in my course?

• Ask students to collaboratively annotate reading assignments
• Move class discussion into reading assignment spaces
• Configure Hypothes.is into a Canvas LMS module
• Use Hypothes.is in a Canvas assignment

Hypothes.is

Voicethread

Voicethread is a multimedia presentation tool that can make use of all types of media: images, videos, audio (microphone or phone) text annotation. It allows visitors to make comments on stories in six different ways: 1) voice with a microphone, 2) or voice with telephone), 3) text, 4) audio file, or 5) video with a webcam, 6) annotation by drawing. Plus it allows for group interaction on an asynchronous basis. As with most social software, there is an option to make your presentations private or not.

How can I use Voicethread in my class?

• Presentations:  Instructor discussion, student presentations
• Discussion:  Often discussion questions are posed at the end of lectures/class sessions
• Calculation solving:  Assign problems and have different students explain how to solve an equation.
• Creative writing/Historical Interpretation:  Use voicethread as a story prompt for creative writing/poetry creation by providing images for students.
• Language Practice or  Proficiency:  Spanish Grammar Class to evaluate student oral performance

Voicethread

WeVideo

WeVideo is a web-based video editor available for all individuals with an @alaska.edu email address. Create video projects that can be personally managed, collaboratively edited, or that have shared editing privileges. Combine media from multiple video sources, images, text and add transitions into a single video project.

How can I use WeVideo in my class?

• Create succinct class lectures
• Edit recorded demonstrations
• Collaborate on editing virtual field trips
• Add audio narration over images and/or video

How can students use WeVideo?

• Record and share presentations
• Conduct and record interviews

WeVideo

WordPress

WordPress is a blog and website platform that we use at UAF CTL for sites residing on https://community.uaf.edu.   Alternatively, you can use the commercial platform  with a free or paid account.

How can I use WordPress in my class?

WordPress is an incredibly functional tool. We currently host WordPress sites that house entire courses, discussion blogs, and sometimes just supplementary articles, videos, or other media. To see the wide variety, take a look at the Community Home Page (be aware that some of the content is out of date and not all classes are currently running.)

Also, we cover the use of WordPress in our workshops if you want a more hands-on detailed explanation of how to use it in your classroom.

Community.uaf.edu