Educational Technology at Cambrian
Educational technology, often referred to as EdTech, empowers faculty to enhance teaching and learning, customize instruction, promote inclusivity, and streamline assessment. Below is a list of EdTech tools available at Cambrian, along with links to support resources and guidance on how to use them.
Once you have an idea of your course content, think about how technology can support your teaching goals. Are you looking to boost engagement, improve accessibility, enhance assessments, or scale your course more effectively? Review the tools below and consider how they might help you solve specific teaching challenges.
If you have questions or would like to explore how these tools can support your teaching and learning goals, we’re here to help!
Moodle
Moodle is Cambrian’s Learning Management System (LMS). Faculty use it to deliver course content, communicate with students, facilitate assessments, and more.
Moodle Activity Types
In Moodle, activities are interactive course features where students engage with content, peers, or instructors. This page explains the different activities and resources available to use in your Moodle course.
- Assignment
- Attendance
- Book
- Chat
- Checklist
- Choice
- Custom Certificate
- File
- Folder
- Forum
- Glossary
- Group Self-Selection
- H5P
- Lesson
- Page
- Questionnaire
- Quiz
- Scheduler
- Text & Media Area
- URL
- Wiki
- Workshop
Yuja Panorama
YuJa Panorama helps make course content in Moodle more accessible. It flags accessibility issues, offers guidance to improve them, and allows faculty to fix many issues directly in Moodle. Students can also download alternative formats like audio, ePub, or accessible PDFs to suit their learning needs.
Respondus LockDown Browser
Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom browser that secures the testing environment in Moodle. When faculty enable LockDown Browser on a Moodle quiz, students cannot print, copy, visit other web pages, access other applications, or close a quiz until it is submitted for grading.
eGrades
Cambrian’s eGrades web portal is an electronic gradebook that allows faculty to set up grade books, enter students’ grades, and submit final grades to the Enrolment Centre when a course ends.
Office365
All Cambrian employees and students have access to the full Microsoft 365 suite. These tools can be used online or offline to support teaching, collaboration, communication, and productivity.
Included Applications:
Outlook: Email, calendar, and task management tool for staying organized and communicating with students and colleagues.
Word: Word processing application for creating and editing documents, syllabi, assignments, and reports.
Excel: Spreadsheet tool for managing data, creating gradebooks, running calculations, and visualizing information.
PowerPoint: Presentation software used to create slideshows for lectures, workshops, and student presentations.
OneNote: Digital notebook for organizing notes, planning lessons, and collaborating on shared notebooks.
OneDrive: Cloud storage platform for securely saving, sharing, and accessing files from any device.
Forms: Quick and easy tool for creating surveys, polls, quizzes, and feedback forms.
Teams: Communication and collaboration platform for hosting virtual classes, meetings, group chats, and file sharing.
Clipchamp: Video editor for creating, editing, and sharing instructional or promotional videos.
Bookings: Online appointment scheduling tool for office hours, meetings, or consultations.
Whiteboard: Digital canvas for brainstorming, drawing, and collaborating in real time, often used in Teams meetings.
Copilot: AI-powered assistant built into Microsoft 365 apps to help generate content, analyze data, summarize documents, and boost productivity.
Zoom
Zoom is Cambrian’s primary video conferencing tool for virtual classes, meetings, and office hours. It supports screen sharing, breakout rooms, and recording, and integrates with Moodle for scheduled meetings.
Padlet
Padlet is a visual collaboration tool that lets users post and organize content (text, images, links, video, etc.) on a shared digital board. It’s perfect for brainstorming, group work, resource sharing, and project planning.
Nearpod
Nearpod enhances interactivity in live or asynchronous classes with games, polls, quizzes, videos, collaborative boards, and drawings. It’s especially useful for keeping students engaged in real time.
Clockwork
Cambrian College uses an online software called Clockwork to help with student accommodations, counselling services, and Test Centre referrals.
H5P
H5P allows you to create interactive content, such as quizzes, presentations, and drag-and-drop activities, directly within Moodle. It’s a great way to build student engagement and formative assessments.
You can create H5P activities directly in Moodle, or you can visit eCampus Ontario’s H5P Studio for open-source examples.
Pressbooks
Pressbooks is an open-source publishing platform that allows you to create and share interactive webbooks, eBooks, and print-ready PDFs. Ideal for creating custom course materials, open textbooks, or student-authored content.
eCampusOntario Pressbooks is a publishing platform that enables faculty to create, adapt, and share open textbooks and course materials.
AppsAnywhere
Faculty and students can access Cambrian software through the AppsAnywhere portal. This will provide them access to either easily install the application itself or to run it virtually on their own system.