Answer Garden
AnswerGarden is an IOS and web-based tool that can be used as a quick and convenient way to collect some brief feedback from a group of students. No teacher or student login is needed, though teachers can set up an admin password and can also ‘moderate’ responses so that only those approve ‘go live’. Among […]
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus is a web-based, visualization tool that will present a word map of your selected word and its related vocabularies (both synonyms and antonyms). Using Visual Thesaurus, you can find the most appropriate word to use in a few seconds. Visual Thesaurus can also be used as a dictionary with pronunciations and definitions […]
Camtasia
Camtasia is a powerful proprietary video editing and screen-recording software that is available to UBC students, faculty and staff free of charge. Features include: Screen recorder Webcam Media import Multi-track timeline Annotations Transition Animations Voice narrations Audio and visual effects Quizzes Green screen editing For a more detailed overview of the features of Camtasia click here […]
MindMup 2.0
MindMup 2.0 is a free mind-mapping tool that can be used for individual notes-taking, collaboratively planning, and for students to work collaboratively in classrooms. To use Mindmup: Launch the website: https://www.mindmup.com/ Click on “Get Started” and “Create a new Map” (if you wish to create a collaborative map, first select ‘google drive’ – that way collaborators […]
Emaze
Emaze is a web based tool (and Chrome extension) for creating presentations and describes itself as the next generation of presentation tools. You need to sign up for an account and then continue as a free account user. With this you will not have full functionality as you can’t download presentations as pdf files but you can share the […]
