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Learning Design Toolbox
Learning Design Services provides pedagogical support for effective use of educational resources, tools and technologies.
We offer ongoing support through:
- Drop-in Training: Watch for events via our newsletter.
- Book an Individual Help Session—In Person or Online: bit.ly/learningdesignconsult
- Drop-in Virtual Office Hours: Zoom with Learning Design.
- Virtual Office Hours: Find our virtual office hours and more faculty resources on our Learning Design Services (umb.edu/learningdesign) website.
- Contact Us: learningdesign@umb.edu
Instructional Resources
Instructure Canvas
Canvas is a Learning Management System (LMS) that includes helpful tools for communication, content delivery, assessment, grading and more.
- Log in at umassboston.instructure.com.
- Visit the Canvas Training and Resources page to access training and how-to resources.
Accessible Course Content: Yuja Panorama
Panorama automatically identifies ADA accessibility issues with course content and helps remediate the content to improve access for all learners.
- Coming soon! umb.edu/learningdesign/accessibility
LinkedIn Learning
16,000+ videos on relevant topics, including MS Office, Canvas, Photoshop. Faculty can link directly to videos from within Canvas courses. Completion certificates can be displayed on a LinkedIn profile to enhance employability.
- Access LinkedIn Learning.
Teaching Toolbox
Collaboration
- Zoom is a multimedia tool used for video, and audio discussions, narrating PowerPoints, built-in quizzes, and individual and group assignments.
- Pronto is a real-time text chat tool for desktop or mobile devices that features individual direct messages and group chats.
- Google Workspace: Collaborate with other Google Drive users using your UMass Boston account to access the full Google Suite of tools.
- WordPress: Create a website using WordPress with your UMass Boston
account blogs.umb.edu.
Engagement
- Studio is a multimedia tool used for video, and audio discussions, narrating PowerPoints, built-in quizzes, and individual and group assignments.
- Echo360: an Active Learning Platform that combines video, lecture capture, polling and course analytics at echo360.umb.edu.
- Perusall: is an online social annotation platform that allows you to increase student engagement, collaboration, and community within your course.
- Canvas Teacher and Student Apps are available for teachers and students on Android and iOS.
Assessment
- Turnitin is a plagiarism prevention tool that can be used in a Canvas course.
- Respondus Lockdown Browser & Monitor are two tools that increase the security of test delivery in Canvas.
- Gradescope makes it easier for instructors to quickly grade remote and paper-based
assignments and gain additional insights into student learning. - Respondus 4.0 allows you to import text-based tests (Word, etc.) into Canvas.
Resources
Need help with these resources? Visit the Learning Design Technical Support page.