Teaching Tools
The UIS Educational Technologies (EdTech) group administers and maintains the following online academic enterprise-level tools and integrations for use by faculty, staff and students specifically for teaching, learning, and research at Georgetown University.
UIS has determined that these laptop computers have sufficient resources for most remote educational tools and activities. However, some academic programs may use software platforms that require more resources. Check with a faculty advisor or your academic department before purchasing.
Canvas
Canvas is an online course management system for face-to-face, hybrid and online courses. Using this flexible, open, and extensible platform for course sites, instructors can post content, create assignments and quizzes, assign grades, and communicate with students. Integrated within Canvas are a number of third-party tools that can be used to enrich students’ learning experience.
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Canvas Faculty Guides
Canvas Student Guides
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Zoom
Zoom is a web conferencing tool that provides a platform to conduct live online conferences, presentations, lectures, meetings and group chats. Use Zoom on your desktop or laptop computer (Windows and Mac), mobile device (iOS and Android), or other conferencing systems such as Polycom (H.323), to connect to anyone internal or external to Georgetown.
Faculty can use the Zoom Conferencing tool in their Canvas courses to schedule meetings with students and hold online office hours. Students (and faculty too) can use Zoom outside of Canvas to create and host their own meetings.
All Georgetown faculty, staff and students will receive licensed Zoom Pro accounts. This allows for 300 attendees in all Zoom meeting rooms. If you anticipate more attendees please email us in advance.
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Zoom Guides
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Panopto
Panopto is a cloud-based lecture capture and media playback service that’s integrated in Canvas. Use Panopto to record content using your computer’s audio, video, and desktop screen. Instructors in Canvas can share lecture capture recordings and uploaded media with students in their courses. Check out the CNDLS page on Panopto for more information.
To provide the best possible experience with Panopto we recommend setting your NetID@georgetown.edu email address as the default contact method in Canvas.
- You can check to see what your current contact method is in Canvas.
- Students will have their NetID email address set as the default in Canvas.
- If faculty and staff have claimed their first.last@georgetown.edu email alias then it’s likely set as the default contact address in Canvas.
- You can change your default contact method in Canvas to your NetID@georgetown.edu.
Panopto Guides
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ShareStream
The ShareStream media platform provides audio and video to courses and to the public at large. ShareStream is integrated in Canvas and can provide students with video and audio content streaming. It can be used with Canvas’s Rich Content Editor, Assignments, Pages, and can be added to the Course Menu. Check out the CNDLS page on ShareStream for more information and to schedule a consultation.
ShareStream Guides
Get Help with ShareStream
Respondus LockDown Browser
LockDown Browser is a web browser that locks down the testing environment in Canvas. When students use LockDown Browser they are unable to print, copy, visit other websites, access other applications, or close the quiz or exam until it is submitted for grading. When a Canvas quiz or exam requires LockDown Browser it cannot be accessed by standard browsers.
Lockdown Browser Guides
Best Practices for Online Quizzes, Tests and Exams
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Turnitin
Turnitin helps instructors check students’ work for improper citation or potential plagiarism by comparing it against numerous online databases. Turnitin’s Feedback Studio also provides instructors with tools to leave written annotations, video and text comments. Turnitin is available to instructors and students through Canvas.
Turnitin Guides
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Musition
Musition Practice and Task Launch is integrated in Canvas and provides instructors the ability to create questions using audio recordings and notation excerpts and then utilize these questions for assessment, worksheets and curriculum mapping. Tasks and assessments created in Musition are linked with a Canvas course, and scores flow back into the Canvas gradebook.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
This tool is only available in Music department Canvas courses.
Support for this tool is provided by Musition. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
Musition Faculty Guides
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Google Assignments
Google Assignments is a free tool in Canvas that uses Google Drive Apps to help instructors create, distribute, collect, analyze and grade student work. Instructors can also use Google Assignments to embed files from their Drive account into Canvas Pages, Announcements, and more.
Google Assignments Faculty Guides
Google Assignments Student Guides
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GoReact
GoReact is a tool for teaching performance-based skills online. It is an interactive cloud-based platform for feedback, grading, and critiquing of student video assignments. Instructors create the video assignments. Students upload or record their video submissions. Instructors and/or peers then leave time-coded text, video, or audio feedback. Assignments are graded using easily-customized rubrics or points. Reports allow you to track and measure student progress.
Login through Canvas to create a GoReact assignment. You will never need to go to goreact.com to access a Canvas GoReact assignment. Assignment names, due dates, points possible, and the course roster are all managed by Canvas.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
Support for this tool is provided by GoReact. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
GoReact Faculty Guides
GoReact Student Guides
Get Help with GoReact
Gradescope
Gradescope’s primary use is to grade and manage paper-based handwritten assignments and exams. After initial setup and syncing with Canvas, assignments and exams can be scanned and uploaded to Gradescope by the instructor or by individual students. Once uploaded, Gradescope uses handwriting recognition to identify the students’ names and responses, organizing them for grading. Gradescopes dynamic rubric provides flexibility in grading and providing feedback. The final scores can then be synced to Canvas and students can view the feedback.
You will receive a welcome email from Gradescope in your Georgetown inbox upon first setting up or interacting with Gradescope in Canvas. You should ignore the request to change your Gradescope password in this email.
Gradescope Faculty Guides
Gradescope Student Guides
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Ed Discussion
Ed Discussion is a tool that facilitates discussions and interaction between students and instructors. Students can post messages, ask questions, and provide feedback. Instructors can draw attention to good replies and endorse posts that have correct answers to questions. You might use this to facilitate discussions, engage students, and track student participation.
Once Ed Discussions is enabled in Canvas, they recommend instructors to remove the Canvas ‘Discussion’ tool from their course menu.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
Support for this tool is provided by Ed Discussion. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
Ed Discussion Faculty Guides
Ed Discussion Student Guides
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FeedbackFruits
Offers a suite of tools to help faculty create engaging and stimulating active learning courses. For example, they offer tools for assessment and peer feedback, collaborative learning and social annotations, and tools for engagement and interaction.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
Support for this tool is provided by FeedbackFruits. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
FeedbackFruits Faculty Guides
FeedbackFruits Student Guides
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Hypothes.is
Hypothes.is is a collaborative annotation tool that can be integrated in a Canvas assignment, allowing students to annotate an external webpage or PDF, as well as see and comment on each other’s annotation. The instructor can also participate, and access individual student annotations through SpeedGrader. Check out the CNDLS page on Hypothes.is for more information and for help getting started.
Support for this tool is provided by Hypothes.is. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
Hypothes.is Faculty Guides
Hypothes.is Student Guides
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Lucid for Education Learning Suite
Lucid for Education is a suite of visual applications consisting of LucidChart and LucidSpark, which are apps for org charts, flow charts, and other charts. Lucid combines the creative power of diagramming and design to help students understand their own thinking, foster creativity, and encourage collaboration. Now freely accessible through Canvas as external tools.
Note: LucidSpark is a whiteboard app which might be a good substitute for Google’s JamBoard (RIP).
Support for this tool is provided by Lucid. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
Getting Started with Lucid in Canvas
Lucid Guides
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Piazza
Piazza provides an online class forum that can be integrated in Canvas for students to hold discussions and pose questions to their peers, instructors, and TAs. Instructors are able to moderate the discussion, along with endorsing accurate answers.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
Support for this tool is provided by Piazza. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
Piazza Faculty Guides
Piazza Student Guides
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Perusall
Perusall can be integrated in Canvas and allows students to make annotations directly on papers, which can be graded by AI. Instructors can check whether students are reading papers without having to give them quizzes. Perusall can incorporate etextbooks, online articles, and PDFs, which can then be marked up in a myriad ways.
Support for this tool is provided by Perusall. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
Perusall Faculty Guides
Perusall Student Guides
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VoiceThread
VoiceThread is an online discussion, assignment and presentation tool that can be integrated in Canvas. Instructors and students can use VoiceThread to create and share dynamic asynchronous conversations recording their computer’s audio and video, typing, and drawing on the screen. Check out the CNDLS page on VoiceThread for more information and to schedule a consultation.
Support for this tool is provided by VoiceThread. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
VoiceThread Guides
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Yellowdig
Yellowdig can be integrated in Canvas and provides a discussion platform to communicate and collaborate about class content. Users of Yellowdig can share a broad array of learning resources (e.g., videos, news articles, blogs and more).
Instructors will need to contact Yellowdig prior to enabling the tool in Canvas. Please reach out to support@yellowdig.com for more information.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
Support for this tool is provided by Yellowdig. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
Yellowdig Guides
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Barnes & Noble College
The BN Bookstore tool in Canvas provides instructors the ability to link their course with the campus bookstore, where students will see the materials selected for your course, and be able to purchase those materials. BN Faculty Resources tool can be used by instructors in Canvas for researching, adopting, and sharing textbooks and course materials; making it easier for students to access a variety of affordable options in all the formats available from the bookstore.
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Cengage Learning
Cengage Learning integrates with Canvas and provides web-based textbooks that include interactive, multimedia resources, flashcards and assessments.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
Support for this tool is provided by Cengage. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
Cengage Guides
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FlatWorld Homework
FlatWorld Homework is an educational publisher that can be integrated in Canvas and is used to create and administer assignments that are automatically graded and recorded in the Canvas gradebook.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
Also, to provide the best possible experience we recommend setting your NetID@georgetown.edu email address as the default contact method in Canvas.
- You can check to see what your current contact method is in Canvas.
- Students will have their NetID email address set as the default in Canvas.
- If faculty and staff have claimed their first.last@georgetown.edu email alias then it’s likely set as the default contact address in Canvas.
- You can change your default contact method in Canvas to your NetID@georgetown.edu.
Support for this tool is provided by FlatWorld. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
FlatWorld Homework Faculty Guides
FlatWorld Homework Student Guides
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Lingco
Lingco Classroom is an online personalized language learning platform for students that can be integrated in Canvas. It uses artificial intelligence to quickly assess students’ existing language level so it can guide them, fix their mistakes, and work on exactly what they need in order to improve. It provides instructors with real-time insights on where their students are struggling and uses machine learning to recommend activities and content for the instructors to assign.
Instructors will need to contact Lingco prior to enabling the tool in Canvas. Please reach out to support@lingco.io for more information.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
Support for this tool is provided by Lingco. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
Lingco Faculty Guides
Lingco Student Guides
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Macmillan Learning
Macmillan Learning’s institutional solutions are designed to engage learners through tools for pre-class learning, in-class engagement, and post-class assessment. Macmillan Learning e-textbooks and other products integrate with Canvas.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
Support for this tool is provided by Macmillan Learning. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
Macmillan Training and Demos
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McGraw-Hill Campus
McGraw-Hill Campus is an educational publisher that provides customized educational content that integrates with Canvas. They also provide reference and trade publications for the medical, business, and engineering professions.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
Support for this tool is provided by McGraw Hill. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
McGraw-Hill Campus Faculty Guides
McGraw-Hill Campus Student Guides
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myBusinessCourse
myBusinessCourse provides lecture videos created by the authors of the textbook, as well as quizzes and assignments that integrates with Canvas.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
This tool is only available in School of Business Canvas courses.
Support for this tool is provided by myBusinessCourse. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
MyBusinessCourse Faculty Guides
MyBusinessCourse Student Guides
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MyLab and Mastering
Pearson MyLab and Mastering provides collections of online homework, tutorial, assessment products, and digital textbooks that integrate with Canvas.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
Support for this tool is provided by Pearson. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
MyLab and Mastering Guides
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Pearson Access
Pearson Access provides collections of online assessment products, and digital textbooks that integrate with Canvas.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
Support for this tool is provided by Pearson. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desk will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
Pearson Access Guides
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W.W. Norton
W.W. Norton provides collections of online assessment products, and digital textbooks that integrate with Canvas.
Users may need to pay to access this tool.
Support for this tool is provided by W.W. Norton. Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.
W.W. Norton Guides
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iClicker Cloud
With iClicker Cloud you can poll students using a number of different question types: multiple-choice, word cloud, open-ended, numeric, and clickable image. Students respond to polls using their mobile device or computer’s web browser. iClicker Cloud can sync your course roster and send poll session scores to your Canvas Gradebook.
Faculty/instructor accounts for iClicker Cloud are free. However, iClicker Cloud student accounts have a 14 day grace period. Once the grace period has ended payment is required for continued use. Please see iClicker pricing for more information.
To ensure students are included in your iClicker Cloud roster, students must use their NetID@georgetown.edu email address when they create their iClicker accounts.
Older setups that use iClicker basestations and iClicker remotes must start using the iClicker Cloud software starting Spring 2024. Using older iClicker basestations and remotes does not require a mobile device and is free for both faculty and students. See iClicker’s support page for information about using iClicker basestations and remotes with iClicker Cloud software.
Support for this tool is provided by iClicker (Macmillan). Georgetown UIS and Canvas help desks will not be able to resolve issues related with this tool.