Learning Technologies

A Lifetime of Learning Starts in Your Class

Northeastern’s portfolio of technologies includes anytime-anywhere learning management, collaboration systems, content delivery solutions, and numerous other programs that specialize in enhanced teaching and learning opportunities.  

Below, you can explore technology for university vendor-provided training, support, and more. In addition to Academic Technologies licensed and supported resources, there are many more free educational tools, and those with additional costs, integrated into Canvas. Find a comprehensive list of tools integrated into Canvas in the Tech Knowledge Base.

Core Teaching and Learning Tools

Canvas

Northeastern’s learning management system empowers learners with mobile, social, and cloud-based course content. 

Panopto Lecture Capture

Northeastern’s lecture-capture tool enables you to record, stream, upload, share, and view course recordings anytime, anywhere, from your preferred environment. 

Zoom for Teaching and Learning

This video conferencing platform allows instructors to see up to 49 students at a time, create breakout rooms for group work, and more. 

GradeScope

Gradescope is an assessment and grading tool integrated into Canvas that allows faculty to use rubric-based grading for hand-written or code-based assessments. 

Respondus Test Creator

Respondus 4.0 Test Creator supports creating quizzes and tests in Canvas through Word document or Excel spreadsheet upload. 

Teams for Teaching and Learning

Microsoft Teams can be used as an extension of the learning that’s taking place inside the classroom and within Canvas. 

Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere allows students to respond to polling questions via mobile device or web browser and displays results in real time. 

HelioCampus Assessment (formerly AEFIS)

Northeastern’s program assessment platform is available from within Canvas courses and can be linked to Canvas course rubrics, assignments, and quizzes for program assessment with just a few additional steps.  

Turnitin Plagiarism Detection

The Turnitin integration in Canvas provides a comprehensive tool to support conversations about expectations around original work. Features include plagiarism detection, online grading and feedback tools, and peer review workflows. 

Respondus Lockdown Browser

Respondus LockDown Browser is a tool that locks down the testing environment to prevent students from browsing to other sites during an exam.

Specialized Teaching and Learning Tools

Canvas Studio

This communication tool allows students and instructors in Canvas to collaborate through audio and video media and also provides useful video metrics to instructors. 

Teaching and Learning Accessibility Support

Classroom content and interactions should be available to every student regardless of physical or learning differences. Learn about options for creating accessible content in your courses. 

Publisher and Open Educational Resources

Many teaching and learning resources integrate into Canvas easily.

Qwickly Course Tools

Qwickly course tools are integrated into Canvas and provide faculty a single hub to post announcements, distribute content, and create discussion topics to one or multiple courses. 

VoiceThread

VoiceThread allows students and instructors to create multimedia presentations and discuss via text, voice, or video. You can watch the discussion in real-time or asynchronously. 

Qwickly Attendance

Qwickly Attendance enables faculty to take attendance using a list on screen or allow students to check in on their own browsers, complete with a countdown timer and unique PINs. 

LinkedIn Learning

Using LinkedIn Learning, faculty can integrate training content and video directly into their course. LinkedIn Learning offers more than 16,000 on-demand content on business, creative, and technology skills. 

Advanced Teaching and Learning Tools

Cidi Labs DesignPLUS in Canvas

Cidi Labs DesignPLUS templates improve the consistency and accessibility of courses and provide students with a better experience while allowing instructors to do more in less time. 

H5P

H5P is an interactive content creation tool integrated into Canvas. Using H5P, instructors can use the HP5 hub to create various content types, such as knowledge checks, memory games, interactive books, hotspots, and more. Access to training and resources are available in the Tech Knowledge Base

Adobe Express and Adobe Creative Cloud

Northeastern faculty, staff, and students have access to Adobe Creative Cloud for design, audio and video editing, digital image processing, print and copy layouts, web design, 3D rendering, and more.