Educational Technology
Below are a list of tools that OSU Ecampus has adopted and is using in active courses and/or those we are exploring and piloting with faculty to assess their viability and scalability and effectiveness with online students.
If you are interested in using an educational technology not represented here or need assistance with using these tools in your own courses, contact ecampusfacultysupport@oregonstate.edu.
Box
Box is a tool for storing personal files, coursework and most types of research data. You can upload entire folders from your device or create new Microsoft files right in the Box environment, then share your data with other Box users.
Box guides
H5P.com
This iteration of H5P integrates interactive content seamlessly into Canvas, either for self-check or graded practice activities. (Note: Ecampus must build activities on behalf of faculty and only fully accessible H5P activity types are available.)
H5P tutorials
Kaltura (MediaSpace)
Record audio, video, screencasts and more with OSU’s video solution, Kaltura. It can be accessed through Canvas or directly at OSU MediaSpace.
Peerceptiv Peer Review
Peerceptiv is research-validated peer assessment tool that scales to large classroom enrollments; this tool also has group features to help inform student groupings and evaluate group work.
Peerceptiv guides
Perusall
Peerceptiv is research-validated peer assessment tool that scales to large classroom enrollments; this tool also has group features to help inform student groupings and evaluate group work.
Perusall guides
Turnitin
Turnitin is Oregon State University’s plagiarism prevention and originality reporting service, integrated with Canvas.
Turnitin guides
Voicethread
Voicethread is an Ecampus-licensed tool for rich video-based discussions, presentations, and group work.
Voicethread guides
Zoom
Zoom is the OSU web-conferencing system for faculty and staff that includes features such as screen sharing, audio/video conferencing, file sharing, and chat.
Zoom guides
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