Welcome to the EdTech Hub
Educational technologies, or EdTech, are digital technology tools used to deliver and facilitate learning, learning activities, and aid in creating or disseminating content. The EdTech Hub pulls together information regarding our centrally supported EdTech tools to help you decide which EdTech tool(s) may suit your use and how or where to get support.
Centrally supported means that the University provides funding and/or resources and technical support toward the tool, and that appropriate due diligence has been completed to ensure the tool meets privacy, security, and accessibility requirements.
Training opportunities
Introduction to AI - November 7
Visit the Training page to learn about upcoming EdTech training sessions.
What you'll find on this site
Supporting teaching and learning at Waterloo
The EdTech Hub is primarily supported by members of three collaborative groups:
- IST’s Instructional Technologies and Media Services
- Centre for Teaching Excellence
- Centre for Extended Learning
- Subject matter experts from other campus areas
We focus on helping you integrate technology into teaching and learning.
Resources for instructors
- Educator's Accessibility Toolkit published by the Ontario's Universities Accessible Campus
- View the Learning Management System Review project recommendations
- Guidance on use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Web conferencing tools you may be considering for any synchronous, recorded, or lecture streaming events within your course
- Centrally supported EdTech tools
- Microsoft 365 apps (e.g., Teams, OneDrive, Stream)
- Electronic classrooms
- IST Service Catalogue | Teaching, Learning, and Research services (available services)
- IST Knowledge Base | Teaching, Learning, and Research resources (support/how-to articles)
News
Vevox product update - September
Learn more about the latest product update from Vevox
Participants needed for polling tool pilot: Comparing Vevox and iClicker
As announced on May 3rd, the University obtained a one-year centrally funded site licence to pilot the polling tool Vevox, for both academic and non-academic purposes. iClicker is still currently supported since no single polling tool previously met all the requirements of our community of users. Both tools have recently added new features that need to be evaluated before assessing the results of the Vevox pilot.
The University has recently been provided with a short-term opportunity to thoroughly pilot iClicker and its new features, free of charge. Before this, iClicker has been available to Waterloo students via a paid subscription.
Instructional Technologies & Media Services (ITMS) is partnering with the Teaching Innovation Incubator (TII) to lead a pilot comparing these two polling tools to determine whether one of these tools would meet the needs of our users, or whether both will continue to be required for specific situations.
Vevox Integration with LEARN
We're excited to announce that Vevox, one of the supported polling tools currently being piloted, will have an integration with LEARN enabled for the Fall 2024 term. This integration will allow Vevox to push grades to LEARN for correct answers and/or for participation.