Learning Technologies
AT develops, optimizes and supports a variety of technologies used for teaching and learning. These include tools like Canvas, Zoom, Syllabus management tool and more.
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Academic Technology
Academic Technology supports teaching, learning, research and administrative needs through integrated services, partnerships and strategic IT initiatives tailored to the evolving needs of faculty, students and staff.
Services
Canvas | Learning Management System (LMS)
Canvas is SFSU's learning management system, where instructors can organize their courses and materials and students can efficiently interact with resources and participate in classes.
Related Support Documents: View Canvas Documentation via AT Help
Zoom | Web and video conferencing
Zoom provides high quality, real-time video, voice, chat and other collaboration options for faculty, students and staff.
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Lecture capture
Academic Technology maintains two unique lecture capture services that enhance the online learning experience for students in participating courses.
Digital archive system (DIVA)
The Digital Information Virtual Archive (DIVA) is a digital repository containing over 70,000 digital items from campus and community collections, including audio, video, images and documents representing everything from fine art to local history.
PollEverywhere | Student Response System
Improve learning outcomes and empower students to participate in class. Poll Everywhere improves student and educator communication with real-time polling, quizzes, Q&A, competitions and more.
Labspace | Virtual Computer Lab
Labspace provides students and faculty anytime, anywhere access to software applications. Popular titles such as SPSS, SAS, Mathematica, MATLAB, ArcGIS and Microsoft Office are available. For students, this means they can access software used in their courses from home, a coffee shop or anywhere they have a computer and internet connection. For faculty, specialized software is more easily available for conducting research, training or scholarship.
Labspace is available to:
- Students who are enrolled in a course for which the faculty member has requested access
- Faculty who have made a request for access for scholarly, research or professional development purposes (faculty can request access to Labspace for their courses or for individual students)
Related Support Documents: Support Documents
Learning Glass
Learning Glass is a video recording studio that allows instructors to record a video with drawn visuals, similar to presenting with a whiteboard, but without having your back to the camera. Some examples of content to be presented this way would be complex math formulas, diagrams, or flow charts.
Before recording your first video you will meet with an instructional designer from the team here at Academic Technology. This short consultation will help you prepare your material for the most effective presentation in your Learning Glass recording. Consultations are between 30 minutes and an hour long, depending on what you wish to discuss and how complex your materials are.
Learning Glass studio sessions are 1 1/2 hour to 2 hours long, depending on what content you wish to present. If you have never done a Learning Glass session before, you must complete an instructional design consultation <LINK> before you are allowed to schedule studio time. The studio is available Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Student Course Feedback (SCF)/Students Evaluations of Teaching Effectiveness (SETE)
Student Course Feedback(SCF)/Student Evaluations of Teaching Effectiveness (SETEs) are accessible and convenient, cost-efficient and green student evaluations for teachers, and provide a voice to students in all classes. AT supports the technical implementation of the Academic Senate policy that governs SCF/SETE.
Syllabus management tool
Syllabus is SFSU's custom syllabus development and sharing tool; create and manage custom syllabi and seamlessly share throughout classes.