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PolarFlix is Bowdoin's on-campus movie streaming service, powered by Swank Motion Pictures and provided at no cost to students by Student Activities. This article explains what PolarFlix is, how to access it, and how to resolve common access issues.

Instructions for faculty on setting up a Canvas assignment that collects Panopto video or audio submissions from students, and how to review and grade those submissions using SpeedGrader.

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.

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

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.

Instructions for faculty on uploading video and audio content to Panopto and embedding it in a Canvas course, including embedding via the Rich Content Editor, adding content as a Canvas Module item, and uploading directly through the Canvas-Panopto integration.

Step-by-step instructions for students submitting a video or audio file to a Canvas assignment using the Panopto integration. Covers uploading a file, inserting it into the submission, and confirming successful submission.

Details about Bowdoin's Zoom site license — what's included, meeting capacity limits, how to request a webinar license, where cloud recordings are stored, and the dial-in audio policy.

How to establish the USB trust connection between an iPad and a Mac so you can share the iPad's screen in a Zoom meeting using the cable option.

Recommended Zoom meeting settings for faculty and staff hosting synchronous meetings or classes, covering meeting ID, security, audio, video, and participant options.

Instructions for applying a virtual background in Zoom on a computer or iPhone/iPad, including how to download and use Bowdoin's custom background image library.

Best practices for Zoom hosts to make meetings and classes more accessible — covering audio quality, recording, chat, screen sharing, polling, and captions.

Step-by-step instructions for setting up and using a Meeting Owl conference camera with Microsoft Teams and Zoom. Covers unpacking, connecting the device, and configuring it as the audio/video source in both applications. For faculty and staff using a Meeting Owl in a meeting room.

Use Quicktime's editing tools to combine multiple video files into a single new video file.