Waterloo's EdTech Sandbox offers both a virtual and a physical space for Edtech exploration.
Waterloo's EdTech Sandbox
Coming to Waterloo's main campus iteratively, with a soft launch of our virtual space in Spring 2025, and the soft launch of our in-person space (LIB 329) in Fall 2025, Waterloo's EdTech Sandbox provides an online and in-person space for our community to experiment with educational technology (EdTech). The EdTech Sandbox is accessible to all faculty, staff, and students.
For a list of technologies, equipment, and resources available for use and booking, see the Sandbox Resources.
Review the Project Updates below to stay up to date on engagement opportunities and ways to get involved with the EdTech Sandbox.
If you have a booking but need to cancel, please visit and use the EdTech Cancellation Form.
Sandbox Timeline: Access, Bookings, and More
Accessing the Virtual Space
As we've been awaiting the launch of the physical space for the EdTech Sandbox, there are numerous strategic partnerships we are building across campus to establish a strong network of EdTech stakeholders. These partnerships include:
- VR Headsets to virtually attend lectures, captured via 360 cameras
- The use of MS CoPilot in grading student assessments
- Evaluating LEARN Tools, specifically Creator+ and Performance+
- Evaluating polling tools such as iClicker and Vevox
- EdTech Forum: Sign Up
- Investigation of the management and administration of VR Headsets
If you're interested in getting involved in any of the projects currently underway in the EdTech Sandbox, either click on the link above to sign up (where applicable) or connect with the EdTech Sandbox Supervisor by completing the EdTech Sandbox Intake Form.
Jump to a list of technologies available through the virtual sandbox space.
Accessing the Physical Space
The Sandbox's physical space is currently under construction with an anticipated launch date of Friday, October 24, 2025. In anticipation of its launch, we've been developing processes for prospective users interested in using our EdTech and booking out the Sandbox space. Information about how to access the Physical Sandbox space will be published to our website once it is available. Please stay tuned. In the meantime, submit your queries about the sandbox by completing the EdTech Sandbox Intake Form.
Jump to a list of technologies available through the physical sandbox space.
Training Opportunities
There are currently no trainings available at this time. Stay tuned for future training opportunities.
Virtual Sandbox
The virtual EdTech Sandbox is a collection of resources, programs, and softwares available for 24/7 online access from anywhere. These resources will support innovative teaching and learning, for instructors and students.
Physical Sandbox
The physical EdTech Sandbox is an alternative learning space to a traditional lecture hall, with moveable furniture to allow for different learning space configurations and various learning technologies to inspire learning.
Project Updates
Temporary site licence permits access to iClicker at no cost to students until August 2026
Temporary site license permits access to iClicker at no cost to students until Auguest 2026.
Attend the Webinar: Interactive Content in LEARN: Creator+ and the Instructor Experience
On April 14, 2025, from 10am-11am EDT, the Teaching Innovation Incubator will be hosting a webinar for interested users to learn more about Creator+ and lessons learned from Waterloo instructors who employed it in a real class setting. Click on the session title for more details. Registration is required.
Learning from examples: Waterloo instructors showcase their course design using Creator+
Highlighting example use cases of the Creator+ tool by Waterloo faculty members who have used Creator+ in their courses.