Technologies on Campus

  Please visit the new LTE Toolkit pages for further details on academic technologies.

Choosing academic technologies to use for instruction and assessment can be a challenge, and the problem has been exacerbated by the move to remote teaching and learning.  

For the first time, you can find information about all the major approved academic technologies in one place, along with information you need about how to get technical support, and what the best uses are from a learning perspective.

​You will find the technology tools listed in a convienent and frequently updated A-Z listing, and also a helpful list of the same tools by function and common uses.  Each approved tool will have details how to use, best practices, resources and support details.  The sites describes Learning Technologies Ecosystem principles and how they driving the purchase of academic technologies at USask and explained how to get a new academic technology approved for use.

 

Canvas

USask has selected a new Learning Management System (LMS) vendor, Canvas, to support our campus community with an improved student learning experience consistent with our principles.  The move to Canvas will also provide faculty with improved efficiency and new features. Blackboard Learn will continue to be available for up to the next two years (2022), after which Canvas will act as the core USask LMS.

Canvas performs all of major functions of an LMS, such as posting your learning materials (readings, videos, syllabus), collecting and grading assignments, social learning via discussions and collaborations, and active learning via surveys and quizzes.

Academic Video Powered by Panopto

The academic video service engages students and enhances instruction by enabling the capture and sharing of video content throughout the teaching, learning, and discovery experience. Panopto, a cloud-enabled service, powers the University of Saskatchewan’s Academic Video service. Integrated with the LMS, recordings are viewable by eligible users on most web browsers and mobile devices.  Academic Video allows instructors to:

  • Record and live-webcast your lecture, seminar or presentation
  • Create Personal Recordings
  • Record and upload video content from mobile devices
  • Perform simple editing of recordings
  • Assign and collect Student Video Assignments
  • Share and publish content

Webex

Instructors and students have access to the Webex conferencing suite. It may be used for a variety of virtual events from one-on-one meetings to teaching classes. As an instructor you can use it for virtual office hours. You may also encourage your students to use it to help alleviate potential difficulties with getting together to work on group projects.

Riipen - Project-Based Learning Platform

Riipen is available to be used by instructors in any course looking to incorporate experiential learning via work-integrated learning, community-engaged learning, placements, internships, or practica. It can be used to streamline existing partnerships and to find new ones locally, nationally, and internationally. It provides an all-in-one platform for connecting, communicating, sharing documents, and managing deadlines between stakeholders (instructors, students, and community/industry partners).

E-Portfolios

A private space for students to store and share their work and reflection that is not tied to a course, but rather belongs to them so long as they are registered as a student or alumni at USask.

WordPress blogs

Every instructor and student has access to his or her own personal WordPress blog hosted by the university. Many instructors include blogging assignments as part of student course work.

Wikis

Every instructor and student has access to university-supported wikis. Wikis allow you to share and collaboratively manage documentation and other information in easily editable online locations. The wikis can be public or private to the members. Instructors may set up a wiki space as a place for instructors and students to collaborate on and share resources.

OneDrive - individual file sharing and storage

OneDrive is Microsoft's cloud storage solution that is available to USask students, staff, and faculty. OneDrive connects you to your files - allowing you to store, protect, share, and access files from anywhere, on any device.