Most Common Digital Teaching Resources

Tutorials

• Lynda: for learning applications

Canvas apps

• Canvas Teacher App: Replaces “speedgrader” apps Canvas used to have.  It allows you to grade and make changes to assignments, quizzes, announcements and discussions
• Canvas: Mobile app for the Canvas LMS both teachers and students can use
• Polls: App for gathering live feedback in-class using Canvas Log-in

Studying apps

• Quizlet: For retrieval practice
• Studyblue: For note-taking

Media apps

• Voice Memos: For short voice recording
• Spark Video: For creating quick photo stories or presentations
• iMovie: For movie editing
• Youtube Capture: Capturing videos that can then be uploaded to Youtube
• Shadow Puppet: For creating easy digital stories

Notetaking apps

• Evernote: For recording text, audio, or image as notes
• Camscanner: For scanning content using your mobile device as scanner
• Pages: For writing on the iPad
• Explain Everything: For screencasting using your mobile device
• Mindmapper: For creating concept maps
• Notability: For annotating
• iAnnotate: For annotating files

Reading apps

• Kindle: For accessing e-books from Amazon
• Gutenberg: For free audio books
• iBooks: For accessing Apple’s iBooks
• Audible: For listening to audio books
• Hoopla: For borrowing from the Public Library

Storage apps

• Google Drive: For storage and collaboration
• Dropbox: For storing files

Personal productivity apps

• Trello: For logging project information
• Cardstar: For storing your shopping cards digitally

Tips for using mobile apps

• Moving text between devices