Teaching with Technology
CU Denver offers a suite of academic technologies to enhance teaching and learning experiences. These tools have been vetted for accessibility and security and ensure a seamless experience for students and instructors. TIPS has created and curated the best guides and resources in order to help you become an expert in all the technology tools offered by CU Denver. Of course, you can always schedule a 1on1 consultation with TIPS to get your specific questions answered.
Looking to pilot a new software? Our Academic Technology and Training team is a great partner. We make sure our pilots meet the same high quality accessibility and security standards, as well as work with OIT to implement and assess technology pilots.
Getting Started
This guide will help you get started with all of the technology available at CU Denver.
New Instructor Technology Guide
Anthology Ally
Anthology Ally is a built into Canvas and will improve the accessibility of course content for students and instructors. Students can choose alternative formats of course content based on their preferences and instructors will get feedback and guidance to improve the accessibility of their course content.
Anthology Ally Guide
Video Resources
Video Title: Intro to Anthology Ally
Camtasia
Camtasia is a video editor and screen recording tool. Camtasia is great for recording your screen for presentations, recording lectures, and making more professional-looking videos.
Camtasia Guide
Video Resources
Video Title: Camtasia Tips and Tricks
Canvas
Canvas is a web-based learning management system, or LMS. It is used by instructors and students to access and manage online course learning materials. Whether your course is in-person, hybrid, or online you will have access to a Canvas course shell for that course.
Canvas Guide
Video Resources
Video Title: Introduction to Canvas for Online and Hybrid Instructors
Video Title: Intro to Canvas for In-Person Instructors
Video Title: Intro to New Quizzes in Canvas
Video Title: Inclusive Canvas Practices
Video Title: Top Canvas Settings
Video Title: Canvas Best Practices
Video Title: Canvas Gradebook Tips and Tricks
Video Title: Personalizing Your Canvas Home Page
Video Title: Enhancing Your Content Pages
Video Title: Canvas for TAs
Video Title: Creating a Sandbox and Importing the CU Denver Course Template
Video Title: Navigating the Canvas Dashboard
Video Title: Uploading Your Syllabus
Video Title: Creating a Course Welcome/Course Tour Video
Video Title: End of Semester Canvas Video Guide
Video Title: Copying Content from One Course to Another
Lucid
Lucid in Canvas is a set of tools that lets instructors and students collaborate visually in Canvas. It includes Lucidchart, a diagramming tool, and Lucidspark, a virtual whiteboard.
Video Resources
Video Title: Lucid in Canvas
Microsoft Bookings
Microsoft Bookings is a web-based appointment scheduling tool included in the Microsoft 365 suite, allowing users to easily create a booking page where students, faculty, and colleagues can view availability and book appointments directly online, integrating with their Outlook calendars to find suitable times.
Video Resources
Video Title: Scheduling Appointments and Office Hours with Microsoft Bookings
Panopto
Panopto is a video-hosting platform for both instructors and students. A safe and secure environment to store your important video content is critical. Panopto is integrated into Canvas to provide seamless viewing of your videos for students.
Panopto Guide
Video Resources
Video Title: Panopto in Canvas
Video Title: Sharing Panopto Videos in Canvas
Video Title: Sharing and Managing Folders with Panopto
Video Title: Zoom Integration for Panopto
Video Title: Getting Organized with Panopto
Video Title: Panopto Support
Video Title: Embedding Panopto Videos in Canvas
Video Title: Exporting Videos from Camtasia to Panopto
Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere helps to create an interactive classroom experience for your students through live online polling. Poll Everywhere can be used to gather feedback, as a participation activity, for knowledge checks, or as a fun engagement tool. Students can participate by scanning a QR code on their device, by going to a weblink, or by texting a code.
Poll Everywhere Guide
Video Resources
Video Title: Setting Up Your Poll Everywhere Account
Video Title: Creating Polls in Poll Everywhere
Video Title: Poll Everywhere PowerPoint for Windows
Video Title: Poll Everywhere PowerPoint for Mac
Video Title: Using Poll Everywhere in Canvas
Respondus
Respondus Lockdown Browser is a test proctoring solution. Lockdown browser locks down a student's browser to provide a more secure testing environment. This testing environment prevents students from taking screenshots, printing, navigating to other windows or applications, and from having a second monitor.
Lockdown Browser Guide
Respondus Test Generator (4.0) is a tool for creating and managing online assessments.
Test Generator 4.0
Video Resources
Video Title: Respondus LockDown Browser
Video Title: Intro to Respondus Monitor for Instructors
Video Title: Respondus Test Generator
SensusAccess
SensusAccess is a self-service tool that converts documents into a range of digitally accessible alternative formats. It can transform inaccessible documents- PDFs, scanned documents, pictures of text, and PowerPoint presentations and put them into more accessible formats. The service can also be used to automatically convert documents into a range of alternate media including audiobooks (MP3 and DAISY), e-books, and digital Braille.
SensusAccess Guide
Video Resources
Video Title: Intro to SensusAccess
Snagit
Snagit lets you take screenshots, edit your images, and record lightweight recordings. Snagit is great for creating clear documentation and training materials.
Snagit Guide
Video Resources
Video Title: 5 Snagit Tips & Tricks for Images
Turnitin
Turnitin is an originality-checking and plagiarism-prevention service that checks writing for citation mistakes or inappropriate copying. Turnitin compares submitted papers to a massive database of student work, websites, books, and articles.
Turnitin Guide
Video Resources
Video Title: Intro to Turnitin
Student Resources
This guide will help students get started with all the technology available at the university.
Student Technology Guide
Video Resources
Video Title: 5 Canvas Tips and Tricks for Students
Video Title: Intro to Respondus Monitor for Students
Video Title: Anthology Ally for Students
Video Title: Lucid in Canvas for Students
Zoom
Zoom is our university's video meeting platform. All faculty, staff, and students have licensed Zoom accounts available at no cost.
Zoom Guide
Video Resources
Video Title: Intro to Zoom
Video Title: Zoom AI Companion