Learning Technologies
A course will need tools and supports for enabling teaching excellence and enhancing student learning and success. This collection of tools and supports provides faculty, instructors and students with a learning space that complements all modes of instruction from face-to-face to fully online.
Brightspace
A central hub for learning and teaching. UVic’s learning management system (LMS).
What is this used for?
- Class communication and announcements
- Sharing course materials (text, multimedia, links, and files)
- Assignments and quizzes
- Learning activities and class discussion
- Grades and feedback
How can I get help?
Echo360
A video platform designed to record, host, and deliver high-quality video to any device. Use Echo360 by itself or directly within a Brightspace course.
What is this used for?
- Lecture capture (in-person and online)
- Record and lite-edit video content
- Share video content
- Student polling, notetaking and Q&A
- Video assessments and feedback
How can I get help?
Zoom
Connects students and instructors through real-time video calls. Use Zoom by itself or directly within a Brightspace course. Save meeting recordings directly to your computer or your Echo360 video library.
What is this used for?
- Live online lectures (capacity 300)
- Online office hours
- Live tutorials
- Guest speakers
- Virtual student presentations and small-group breakout discussions
- Student engagement through chat, polls, whiteboards, annotations, screen sharing, breakout rooms
- Record online sessions (lectures and more)
How can I get help?
- Zoom FAQs
- Daily live help (in Zoom)
- Book a consultation
- Request help by email
- Service Catalogue – Zoom (University Systems)
- Zoom Support (by Zoom)
Microsoft Teams
A virtual workspace for real-time collaboration and communication. Connect with students and colleagues using chat, video, collaborative documents, and more.
What is this used for?
- Class teams for communication and discussion
- Class teams for group projects
- Conversations with students (chat or video)
- Student-led study groups
- Community / Experiential learning groups
How can I get help?
- MS Teams FAQs
- Daily live help (in Zoom)
- Book a consultation
- Request help by email
- Office365 at UVic (University Systems)
- MS Teams Support (by Microsoft)
Crowdmark
A collaborative grading platform for both online and in-person assessments. Use Crowdmark by itself or directly within a Brightspace course.
What is this used for?
- Handwritten or digital work where students need to give full answers, solutions, drawings, or figures
- Grade question by question
- Grade collaboratively in real-time
- Provide rich feedback through annotations, comments, hyperlinks, and more
- Create a library of feedback
How can I get help?
Online Academic Community (OAC)
A user-friendly way to build websites or blogs. UVic’s instance of WordPress.
What is this used for?
- Class websites
- Student blogs and learning reflections
- Student e-portfolios
- Virtual poster fairs
- Research lab websites
- Share content outside the UVic community
- Create interactive multimedia using H5P
