Third-party EdTech are EdTech tools that are not owned or subscribed to by Canadore. The College strongly recommends that faculty use College owned or subscribed to EdTech for instruction whenever possible. This said, there are many useful third-party EdTech tools for instruction on the market like the ones listed in the curated list below. Follow these best practices to use them:
- Adhere to College Privacy Protection and Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities policies
- Use for formative assessment only
- Provide students a link to the third-party EdTech privacy policies
- Provide an alternative means to participate in class activities for students who do not wish to use a third-party EdTech tool not supported by the College
- Reach out to ACE or complete an Online Request Form in iCAN to determine if use is okay for any third-party EdTech tool not listed
Note: The College does not provide support for the use of third-party EdTech. Reach out to the respective third-party EdTech companies for usage assistance.
Description
FlipGrid is a collaborative multimedia discussion board. Faculty or students can post a question and then students post a recorded video, audio, or text answer to that question.
Use
- Interactive discussion
- Work collaboration
Access and Support
Description
Kahoot is a quiz platform used to create quiz questions and administer them in a trivia-based competitive game show format. Students participate online by inputting a “Game PIN” generated by Kahoot to participate and answer questions.
Use
- Question review
- Recall of content
Access and Support
Description
Mentimeter is a presentation software that can be used to poll students’ understanding of a topic. Students answer polls by inputting a customized code generated by Mentimeter. Answers to polls are displayed as visually appealing word graphics such as word clouds, pie charts and bar graphs.
Use
- Polling
- Sharing of polling results
Access and Support
Description
Miro is a collaboration platform that allows groups to share a canvas or whiteboard and complete work together. The platform includes multiple pre-made templates that can be applied to the canvas or whiteboard to brainstorm, plan, and collaborate.
Use
- Interactive discussion
- Work collaboration
Access and Support
Description
Padlet platform is akin to a virtual bulletin board. It can be used to share information, brainstorm, or to collaborate to create content or complete work together.
Use
- Interactive discussion
- Content sharing
- Work collaboration
Access and Support