In the DLE of the VU, the learning management system (LMS) Canvas has a central position. Teachers and students can find documents and presentations there, students hand in their assignments en teachers keep track of grades. Almost every teacher uses a Canvas course to support his or her teaching.
In Canvas several external educational applications and tools have been added, for more functionality. For example tools for effective peer feedback, examinations, video’s and an extensive disccusionplatform. Most of these are integrated into Canvas:
- Ouriginal (previously Urkund): plagiarism detection
- Kaltura: video in education
- Mediasite: video in education
- Zoom: videoconferencing
- Google Meet: videoconferencing
- FeedbackFruits
- Assignment Review: teacher feedback for assignments
- Peer Review: peer feedback for assignments
- Group Member Evaluation: peer feedback for collaboration assignments
- Interactive Document: interactive document assignments
- Interactive Video: interactive video assignments
- Comprehension of Documents: assignment to support comprehension of texts
- Mentimeter: online voting
- Perusall: interactive document assignments
- Annotate PRO: online feedback library
- Google Apps for Education: online collaboration
- Wikiwijs: online open textbook development and publication (more info via steunpunt leermaterialen)
Apps for Testing and Assessment
For digital examination, VU Amsterdam uses:
- Testvision: digitaal assessment and exams
- Proctorio: digital surveillance (proctoring / invigilation)
Want to know more? Read what you can do with Canvas as a teacher, here.
Faculty specific apps (information via Faculty contact persons)
- Labster (Beta faculty): online virtual lab environment
- LabBuddy (Beta faculty): online Lab Notebook)
- CodeGrade (Beta faculty and SBE): online programming learning environment
- Grasple (FGB): online statistics and mathematics exercises
- Sowiso (Beta): online statistics and mathematics exercises
- TrainTool (FSW): online conversation practice tool
- Dialogue Trainer (FGB): online conversation practice tool
Experimental apps (information via onderwijswerkplaats or steunpunt leermaterialen)
- CopyRIGHT check: plugin for Canvas to check for authorship of documents for 'Reader'-regeling
- Talis Aspire: integrated library and Canvas system to develop course reading lists
- Your VUture: digitaal game for students to get to know VU Amsterdam (read more ...)
- Xerte: online environment for developing courseware
- EasyGenerator: online environment for developing courseware
- H5P: online environment for developing courseware
- Gather.town: online virtual meeting conference system
- Padlet: online pinboard
- Mural: online brainstorming and whiteboard
- act-E: online curriculum visualisation tool
- IGuideME: learning analytics and learning nudging