Technology for Teaching
Effective teaching with technology at Tufts requires you to be familiar with the tools and resources available to you as well as how to use them in the facilities that you are teaching in. Tufts offers a number of tools and resources to support teaching, learning, and scholarly collaboration with technology at Tufts.
In the event students are unable to attend class for an extended period of time or in the event that classes are canceled unexpectedly due to weather or other disruptive circumstances, learn how to enable courses to continue on Keep Teaching and specific tips in Spring 2020 - Guidelines for Teaching Online.
NOTE: It will be important to ensure your course materials are accessible when teaching online. See these suggestions for Accessible Teaching.
Each year, Tufts Technology Services (TTS) Educational Technology Services group sponsors the Teaching with Technology (TWT) Awards recognizing effective and creative uses of technology in teaching at Tufts.
Core Platforms
TUSK
TUSK
Student Information System (SIS)
Student Information System (SIS)
Video and Lecture Capture Tools
Learn what tools to use to capture lecture, make short videos, have notes and sketches over a presentation or video. Learn about flipped classroom, how to make studio-quality recordings of lectures, or share videos with or from students.
Kaltura Tools (Media Gallery and My Media)
Kaltura Tools (Media Gallery and My Media)
Discussion Tools
Tufts provides and supports several tools for supporting synchronous and asynchronous discussion with your students. Learn about Trunk's Forums, TUSK's Discussions, Piazza in Trunk, Piazza in Canvas, Trunk Journals Tool and other tools to use.
Other Tools
Educational Technology User Guides
Tufts Educational Technology Services User Guides made with ScreenSteps, offer user-friendly instructions in a series of text and images. Browse a manual or use the search box to find a specific topic.
Provided by Tufts Technology Services