Additional academic technology tools for faculty, including collaboration, annotation, survey, and discussion tools to support course delivery and student engagement.

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Pinned Article Overview of Tools for Learning and Teaching

An overview of the academic tools and resources to support learning and teaching that the college provides.

Flipgrid for Video Conversations

Flipgrid is a video conversation app that allows you to pose a questions and gather responses as short video clips

How to record your name with NameCoach and add it to your Outlook email signature

How to record your name with NameCoach and add it to your Outlook email signature

Recording your name with NameCaoch

How to record your name using NameCoach

Setting up a Microsoft Team for your Canvas course

Step-by-step instructions for faculty on enabling the Microsoft Teams integration in a Canvas course, including activating Microsoft Sync and adding the Teams link to the course navigation menu so students can access their class team directly from Canvas.

Setting up a Shared Whiteboard Using the Microsoft Whiteboard App on an iPad.

Microsoft Whiteboard offers an infinite canvas with an interface designed for pen, touch, and keyboard. Collaborate with others in real time using the Microsoft Whiteboard app on an iPad or from a computer web browser. Share photos, charts, and annotations all in one space.

Sign in to PollEverywhere with your Bowdoin credentials

How to use your Bowdoin credentials to login to PollEverywhere

Signing in to the Padlet app on iPad

Information on how to sign in to the Padlet app on an iPad using Bowdoin's SSO.

Using NameCoach in Canvas (Instructor)

NameCoach is a tool that allows name pronunciations to be accessed within Canvas.

What is Padlet?

Description of Padlet

What is Poll Everywhere?

Poll Everywhere is a web-based audience response system designed to boost engagement and interaction in presentations, meetings, classrooms, and events. It allows you to create various live activities, like polls, Q&A sessions, quizzes, and word clouds, that your audience can participate in using their smartphones or any other web-enabled device.

Accessing a Padlet from your Canvas course page (Students)

Explains what Padlet is and how students can access a Padlet that an instructor has added to a Canvas course, either from a laptop or an iPad. Includes a video walkthrough.

Use Padlet for Collaborative Discussion Boards (Instructors)

Overview of Padlet for instructors at Bowdoin, covering how to access Padlet using Bowdoin SSO, how students access Padlets through Canvas, and where to find Padlet training resources for classroom use.