Educational technologies play an important role in facilitating high quality and engaging learning opportunities for students. At the University of Guelph, instructors can take advantage of a wide variety of centrally supported technologies.
Not sure which technology to use or looking to extend your use of current technology? The Instructional Technology Specialist (ITS) team can provide expertise in the assessment and implementation of teaching and learning technologies.
See our Instructor Training page for available sessions to help you become more comfortable with these tools and technologies.
Explore the various tools and technologies supported at the University of Guelph.
Blue is the University’s platform for Student Feedback Questionnaires.
For more information, visit the Blue by Explorance – OpenEd Support and Documentation.
Classroom spaces at the University of Guelph are outfitted with technology to support the delivery of lectures.
To find out what technology your classroom has, visit the Classroom Profiles website. For more information and support, please contact Classroom Technical Support (CTS).
CourseLink is the University’s learning management system (LMS), powered by Brightspace by D2L. This comprehensive platform allows instructors to share course content, deliver assessments, and provide grades and feedback all in one place.
Popular Tools Available in CourseLink |
Announcements
Content
Discussions
Dropbox
Rubrics
Grades
Groups
Quizzes
Video Assignments
For more information, including a full list of CourseLink tools, visit CourseLink LMS Tools – OpenEd Support and Documentation. |
Gradescope is an assessment tool that helps instructors administer and grade their quizzes and assignments, whether they are delivered online or in-class as a traditional paper assignment. Gradescope’s integration with CourseLink allows for easy syncing of course rosters and grades.
Please note that Gradescope’s Bubble Sheet assignment type replaced Scantron at U of G and is now the supported and recommended option for large scale on-paper multiple choice assessment.
For more information and support, visit Gradescope – OpenEd Support and Documentation.
iClicker Cloud is a student response system (SRS) that allows instructors to immediately check in with students through a variety of formative or summative activities (e.g., live polling or quizzing). iClicker can integrate with CourseLink for easy syncing of course rosters and grades.
Please note that while there is no cost to the instructor to leverage iClicker to collect responses, there will be a cost to the participating students for an iClicker Cloud subscription.
For more information and support, visit iClicker – OpenEd Support and Documentation.
The Microsoft 365 (M365) suite provides a variety of applications that can support collaboration and communication for teaching and learning, including Microsoft Teams. You can harness the full potential of M365 apps for teaching and learning by creating a Classlist-linked Microsoft Security Group allowing you to securely share course resources with students and TAs enrolled in your course for the duration of the course.
Please note that all users (faculty, staff, and students) may not have access to every tool in the Microsoft 365 suite. Contact CCS to determine what access you and your students have.
For support, Microsoft provides a series of quick start guides for most Microsoft 365 apps.
The OpenEd Toolbox is a custom-built application providing a suite of tools that can extend CourseLink functionality, including group creation/modification and quiz printing.
For more information, visit OpenEd Toolbox – OpenEd Support and Documentation.
The Peer Evaluation, Assessment and Review (PEAR) tool is an online peer review application developed by OpenEd. This tool assists instructors in facilitating the peer review and group assessment processes.
For more information and support, please reach out to CourseLink Support.
Qualtrics is a powerful online survey tool that can be used by instructors and students to collect data and feedback.
For more information and support, visit the library’s Data Collection & Surveys page.
The Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor are a suite of integrations that secures the online testing environment within CourseLink. Respondus LockDown Browser prevents students from visiting other sites and applications and Respondus Monitor provides proctoring for online assessments.
Please note, Respondus Monitor can only be used in a subset of courses per the Respondus Monitor Guidelines.
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Slido is an online audience engagement platform offered as part of University of Guelph’s Webex licence. Slido can integrate with PowerPoint (Windows OS only) and Google slides, providing a more streamlined delivery of interactive components to students during class, such as polls, quizzes, and word clouds.
To access Slido, choose Log In > Log in with Webex and enter your University of Guelph credentials. For more information and support, visit the Slido Community & Help Center.
Please note you do not need to deliver your class over Webex to leverage Slido.
SYL is the University’s new course outline builder. SYL replaces Course Outline Manager as the supported option for creating consistent and accessible course outlines as of Summer 2024.
For more information and support, visit the SYL SharePoint site.
Zoom is a web conferencing tool available for teaching and learning that can be integrated directly with CourseLink. To leverage Zoom for teaching and learning as well as the CourseLink-Zoom integration, instructors should request a Zoom Pro licence from OpenEd.
For more information on enabling Zoom in your CourseLink site, visit Zoom – CourseLink Support & Documentation. For additional support resources, visit Web Conferencing (Zoom) – OpenEd Support and Documentation or Zoom Support.