UMass Boston

Learning Design Services provides pedagogical support for effective use of educational resources, tools and technologies.

We offer ongoing support through:

• Drop-in Training: Watch for events via our newsletter.
• Book an Individual Help Session—In Person or Online at umb.edu/learningdesign.
• Drop-in Virtual Office Hours: Zoom with Learning Design.
• Virtual Office Hours: Find our virtual office hours and more faculty resources on our 
Learning Design Services (umb.edu/learningdesign) website. 
• Contact Us: learningdesign@umb.edu

Instructional Resources

Instructure Canvas

Canvas is a Learning Management System (LMS) that includes helpful tools for communication, content delivery, assessment, grading and more.

• Log in at umassboston.instructure.com.
• Visit the Canvas Training and Resources page to access training and how-to resources.

Accessible Course Content: Yuja Panorama

Panorama automatically identifies ADA accessibility issues with course content and helps remediate the content to improve access for all learners.

• umb.edu/learningdesign/accessibility

LinkedIn Learning 

16,000+ videos on relevant topics, including MS Office, Canvas, Photoshop. Faculty can link directly to videos from within Canvas courses. Completion certificates can be displayed on a LinkedIn profile to enhance employability.

• Access LinkedIn Learning. 

Teaching Toolbox

Collaboration

• Zoom is a multimedia tool used for video, and audio discussions, narrating PowerPoints, built-in quizzes, and individual and group assignments.
• Pronto is a real-time text chat tool for desktop or mobile devices that features individual direct messages and group chats.
• Google Workspace: Collaborate with other Google Drive users using your UMass Boston account to access the full Google Suite of tools. 
• WordPress: Create a website using WordPress with your UMass Boston 
  account blogs.umb.edu.

Engagement

• Studio is a multimedia tool used for video, and audio discussions, narrating PowerPoints, built-in quizzes, and individual and group assignments. 
• Echo360: an Active Learning Platform that combines video, lecture capture, polling and course analytics at echo360.umb.edu.
• Perusall: is an online social annotation platform that allows you to increase student engagement, collaboration, and community within your course.
• Canvas Teacher and Student Apps are available for teachers and students on Android and iOS. 

Assessment

• Turnitin is a plagiarism prevention tool that can be used in a Canvas course.
• Respondus Lockdown Browser & Monitor are two tools that increase the security of test delivery in Canvas. 
• Gradescope makes it easier for instructors to quickly grade remote and paper-based 
  assignments and gain additional insights into student learning.
• Respondus 4.0 allows you to import text-based tests (Word, etc.) into Canvas.

Resources

Need help with these resources? Visit the Learning Design Technical Support page.