Teaching Tools
Many teaching tools are available for SJSU faculty and supported by eCampus. Explore them here with overviews, descriptions and quick links to the specific tools for teaching and learning.
Quick Links to Teaching Tools
Find quick links here for our various teaching tools.
Overviews of Teaching Tools (below)
Scroll down for overviews and descriptions of our teaching tools.
Learning Management Systems (LMS) are software applications that enable online access to course materials and supplements. Some of the LMS’s features includes tests and quizzes, gradebook, assignments, and enhanced communication options between the student and faculty.
Canvas LMS
San Jose State University uses the Canvas LMS (learning management system) by Instructure. Canvas has a well-organized, intuitive user interface, featuring drag and drop usability and a comprehensive grading tool. Canvas allows faculty and students to configure their notification options to integrate with services such as Facebook, X, text messaging and more.
SJSU Official Syllabus Template
The SJSU Official Syllabus Template is designed to help instructors build a syllabus that plans for diverse student abilities. This site provides guidance on how to use the new SJSU accessible syllabus template for your course.
Video Capturing/Conferencing Tools
There are numerous applications that enable faculty to interact with their students beyond the classroom. By utilizing video capturing tools, faculty can host online meetings and pre-record lectures for their students.
Camtasia and Snagit
Camtasia helps you to create powerful, yet easy-to-use professional videos without having any prior experience with video editing.
Snagit is a simple screen capture software that allows you to capture either videos or pictures of your desktop, edit, and share quickly.
Canvas Studio
Canvas Studio is a video tool within Canvas that offers screen capture, webcam capture video recording and editing options. Create lecture videos, quick introduction videos or use it for assignment, discussion or presentation submissions.
Panopto
The Panopto video platform enables comprehensive video workflows including live streaming, lecture capture, video management, Canvas integration, analytics and accessibility solutions.
Zoom
Zoom provides high quality, easy to use video conferencing capability at San Jose State University. Zoom can be used to host online meetings and interactive sessions with individuals inside and outside of San José State University
Other Teaching Tools
Adobe Creative Cloud
San José State provides faculty, staff and administrators (MPPs) with Adobe software packages for both their campus computers and their home computers. Student Assistants are not included in the work-at-home component of the Adobe program. For additional information, see Adobe Software for Faculty & Staff.
ALLY
Ally is a tool that helps instructors enhance the usability and accessibility of the content in their courses. Ally provides accessibility feedback for faculty within their course workflow in Canvas. It also generates alternative formats of course files and content.
Badgr
Badgr is available for issuing and managing standardized types of digital badges.
Gradescope
Gradescope is a feedback and assessment tool that streamlines the grading process online. Faculty can create and grade assignments and exams using Gradescope, and link them to their course in Canvas.
iClicker
Polling with iClicker provides user-friendly technology that enables instructors and students to interact dynamically through question-and-answer polling, and accurately records results to improve learning outcomes.
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning is an online learning platform enabling individuals and organizations to achieve their objectives and aspirations. Learn online at your own pace, with their library of 5,000+ creative, business, and technology courses.
NameCoach
NameCoach is an audio name recording tool used to promote respect, inclusion, and belonging in every interaction. NameCoach aims to solve the common problem of name mispronunciation by providing everyone the ability to record their name and listen to others' name recordings.
Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere is a web-based polling system to engage students through live online polling, surveys, Q&As, quizzes, word clouds, and more. Check out this chart comparing the major features of Poll Everywhere to iClicker.
Respondus
Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to a learning system like Canvas. Exams can be created offline using a familiar Windows environment, or moved from one LMS to another. Whether you are a veteran of online testing or relatively new to it, Respondus will save you hours on each project. Available only for Windows.
Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality
VR/AR education is a hot topic in the educational technology conversation.Explore the options like a augmented reality glasses, google card box, handheld/mobile devices and their applications available at San Jose State University.
