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Instructional Use Cases and Supported Technologies at UNC

Instructional Use Cases and Supported Technologies

Note: Technologies in italics may involve a cost to use; all others are either centrally supported or available at no cost to instructors and students.

Engagement

  • Formative assessment: Low-stakes quizzes (Canvas, Poll Everywhere, supplemental textbook tools, 3rd party homework systems, Kahoots), grading software (Canvas, polls, Gradescope), prompt creation (Copilot, other GenAI tools)
  • Collaboration: Small group assignments, collaboration software (Canvas, MS Teams, Google Docs, Padlet), shared annotations (Perusall, Hypothesis), conferencing (Zoom), discussion forums, messaging apps (Piazza, Slack, Discord, CampusWire); classroom AV (multiple displays)
  • Course materials creation: Course media, text, spreadsheets, simulations, video, images, XR (MS Office, Adobe Creative, Panopto, VoiceThread, Copilot, other GenAI tools, third-party apps)
  • Sharing/presenting course work: Website development (tarheels.live), media creation (Powerpoint, Adobe Creative, Panopto, VoiceThread), data visualization (Tableau, other Library services)
  • Information and research: Identifying source material, staying current (search engines, Copilot, other GenAI tools, library guides) data visualization (Tableau).
  • Classroom technologies: Wireless display (Mirroring 360, Splashtop, Mersive), slide advancers, displays, throwable mics, moveable furniture

Learning Culture

  • Student interaction: Collaboration software (Canvas, MS Teams, Google Docs, Padlet), conferencing (Zoom), discussion forums, course messaging apps
  • Students/instructor interaction: Collaboration software, conferencing (Zoom), classrooms technologies, slide advancer, wireless display (Mirroring 360 Splashtop), active learning furniture
  • Relating to students: Surveys (Qualtrics, Poll Everywhere, Canvas), polls, learning analytics (My Course Analytics Dashboard), prompt creation (Copilot, other GenAI tools)
  • Inclusive learning environments: Community-building/ice-breakers (polls, forums), course structure (Canvas), low-stakes assessment (Canvas, polls), accessibility (screen readers, hearing assistance apps), student interest surveys, polling (Qualtrics, Poll Everywhere) course messaging apps, team formation

Course Management

  • Time-savings/productivity: Managing assignments (Canvas), grading (Gradescope, auto-grading solutions); messaging apps, lesson planning, assignment/assessment drafts, image generation (Copilot, other GenAI tools)
  • Structure: Navigation of course materials and units are intuitive, predictable, consistent; instructions are clearly articulated easy to find (Canvas, classroom displays)
  • Exam integrity: Lockdown browser (Respondus lockdown browser), integrity checkers (TurnItIn)
  • Attendance: UNC Check-in, Poll Everywhere attendance feature.

Instructional Modes

  • Remote participation: Accommodating student flexibility, guest speakers (Zoom, HyFlex classrooms, MS Teams)
  • Asynchronous participation: Lecture recording (Panopto, Adobe Premiere, VoiceThread, Zoom), interaction (VoiceThread, discussion forums), collaboration (Canvas, MS Teams, Google)
  • Online courses: Content delivery, course materials (Zoom, Canvas, et al.)