Library Guides: Instructional Support & E-Learning Tools: E-Learning Tools

Introduction

This guide is a resource for anyone looking to freshen they way they approach the classroom, or for new ways to teach, collaborate, network, and market. Learning in the modern workplace and classroom is much different than it used to be and continues to change each year.

These tools can be used in the classroom, for asynchronous workplace training and education, for outreach purposes, and for data collection. They can be used in organized or self-guided learning. They can be used to provide modern training or promote every day learning. They can increase personal autonomy in the teaching and learning process and increase the value of what we teach and learn. These tools are also great for students to use in creating projects for coursework.

More of a visual learner? View this intro as a Prezi.

Video Assessment

Do you want to make sure that the videos you are creating are being watched and understood? Use these assessment tools to find out:

EDpuzzle
Find or upload a video, add quizzes and content, track student understanding.
PlayPosit (Formerly EduCanon)
Know what content your students understand before they come to class. Make videos interactive and make your students accountable.

Screensharing Tools

Need to provide a live demonstration to the class? Share your screen on any device with a web-browser with the following:

Screenleap
Share your screen to any device that supports web browsing. User simply types in a nine digit code to see your screen. Subscription required if you need more than 2 hours per day.

Content Creation

Do you want to answer questions using a quick screen capture with audio? Do you need to do a screen cast or make an educational video? Looking to spruce up your presentations and make them more engagement? Are you looking for tools to help you with animation, graphic design, or video? Check out the following:

Snagit Tutorials
Learn how to use SnagIt to record quick video and photo.
Camtasia Tutorials
Getting started, editing, audio, captions, interaction, and advanced tutorials.
Screencastomatic
Records your screen. Mouse and Click callouts. Audio. Optional webcam view.
Canva
iPad & Web-based. Amazingly simple graphic design. Collaborative.
Adobe Spark
Create stunning video projects in minutes. 25,000 icons and millions of images to choose from. Add your voice, your images, your videos. Adobe voice will add the soundtrack and transitions. Free.
HaikuDeck
Allows you to create stunning visual presentations. Choose from a large variety of themes and over a million images. Can export as Powerpoint, Keynote, or PDF. Can use iPhone as a remote.
PowToon
Create animated videos and presentations for free.
Guide On The Side
Create contextual tutorials on the side of any webpage. Account through Libraries IT needed.
Piktochart
Create Infographics in less than 10 minutes. Point and click editor. 400+ templates.
Prezi
Prezi is cloud-based, meaning you can present from your browser, desktop, iPad, iPhone, or Android device and always have the latest version of your work at your fingertips. Create or edit on the go, then auto-sync across all your devices with ease.
Tiki-Toki
Tiki-Toki is web-based software for creating beautiful interactive timelines that you can share on the internet.

Productivity

Make it easier to create collaborative teams on the spot, share notes/annotations, and present articles, videos, and photos with the following tools:

Evernote
Takes notes complete with audio, photos, OCR, sharing, searching, tagging, and syncs to all devices. Notes can be shared via e-mail or web.
Skitch
Take a screenshot and mark it up with text images, callouts, etc. Save to Evernote or Camera Roll. Can mark up PDFs.
Slideshare
Find and host presentation slidesets as well as other documents and infographics. Owned by LinkedIn.

Augmented Reality & Immersive Apps

Want your students to interact with the world in a new way? Want to give students a creative outlet for expressing their ideas and projects? Try to augment their realities with the tools below:

Google Translate (Word Lens)
Free app on iOS or Android. Uses device camera to view objects in other languages and immediately translate them to a desired language. Supports Spanish, Italian, Porguguese, German, Russian, and French.
Telligami
Mobile app that allows you to create and share a quick animated Gami video. Create a scene. Add dialogue. Save and share.
Augment
With Augment, simulate your 3D models in real world, real size and real time. Create amazing interactive print experiences.

Formative Assessment Tools

Need to collect formative assessment in the classroom? Want to make it game-based? Check out these free tools to get started:

Kahoot!
Free game-based platform that doesn't require accounts to participate. Only need a device with a browser and internet connection.
Socrative
Socrative lets teachers engage and assess their students with educational activities on tablets, laptops, and smartphones. Real time questioning, instant result aggregation, and visualization, teachers can gauge the whole class current level of understanding.
Formative
Intervene with your students in the moments that matter most (while they are answering questions). Transform your content in seconds and go paperless with online assessments, classwork, or homework. Create an assignment, assign it to students, receive live results, and give feedback.
Hotseat (Purdue Created & Supported)
Hotseat provides all learners a place to quickly and easily participate in a productive backchannel discussion during class. Suddenly, everyone has a voice. Abiding by the “run what you brung” model, Hotseat allows learners to post questions and comments using whatever technology they have available -- SMS texting, iOS and Android mobile apps, and desktop and mobile websites. This gives everyone a chance to actively engage in classroom activities.
Poll Anywhere
Ask your audience a question with the Poll Everywhere app. Audience answers in real time using mobile phones, Twitter, or web browsers. See your response live on the web or in a PowerPoint presentation. Also has a text-to-wordcloud option.

Social Collaboration

Pinterest
The visual bookmarking tool that helps you discover and save creative ideas.
Twitter
Gives everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers.
Facebook
GroupMe
It's like a private chat room for your small group. Have as many as you want, and it's always free. Now, you can coordinate with coworkers, organize a game night, and keep in touch with family all in the same place.

Purdue-Specific Resources

Purdue has some amazing tools to help you make the most of your students' classroom experience. Checkout the following and find out what is here!

ITaP Technology Toolkit
ITaP provides Purdue faculty with a selected suite of instructional technology tools that allow the enhancement of the student experience inside and outside the classroom.
ITaP Labs, Printing, Classrooms, AV Services
This page provides links to information about ITaP Instructional Labs, Technology Enabled Classrooms, Audio Visual Equipment and Small Group Collaboration Spaces.
Purdue Innovative Learning
Web Accessibility Resources
Policies, accessibility evaluation tools, color checkers, document and video accessibility, web accessibility, Microsoft accessibility, etc.
Assistive Technology Center
Information about assistive technology for students, staff, and faculty regardless of disability status.

Help

Need help with any of these tools? Contact:

Sarah Reifel, PRSH (Chair of LISWG)

Aly Edmondson, LOES

Emily Little, HSSE

Robin Meher, LOES

Ann O'Donnell, HSSE

Victoria Thomas, LOES