Toolshed & Tutorials
Seeking more information about digital teaching and learning tools and platforms available to faculty, students, and staff of Middlebury, across campuses? You’ve come to the right page! Resources are added here as they become available. For information about additional software available at Middlebury, including Adobe Creative Suite and Office 365, check out the Middlebury ITS Software page.
Canvas
Canvas is Middlebury’s learning management system, and
Canvas Integrations (LTIs)
Canvas integrations (LTIs) are a series of apps that can be used from within Canvas to extend the built-in features of Canvas. Below, find information and instructions for using some of
Course Hub
Course Hub is the starting point for accessing official course information and for provisioning digital resources for classes. Access course descriptions, schedules, and rosters, and also provision digital resources like course
Google Apps for EDU
Middlebury Google Apps is a suite of web-based Google services such as Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and more. All Middlebury faculty, staff and students have access to Google Apps for EDU. Google
GoReact
GoReact is an interactive cloud-based platform for feedback, grading, and critiquing of student video assignments. Instructors create the video assignments. Students upload or record their video submissions. Instructors and/or peers then leave
LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda)
LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda) is an incredible
Microsoft Immersive Reader
The Microsoft Immersive Reader is a free tool built into Word, OneNote, Outlook, Office Lens, Microsoft Teams, Forms, Flipgrid, Minecraft Education Edition, and the Edge browser. It offers an alternative way
MiddCreate
With MiddCreate, faculty, staff, and students can create online websites and spaces for writing, self-expression, professional, academic, or creative portfolios, and more. MiddCreate is Middlebury’s open web design project, based on the Domain of
Panopto
Panopto is a video and audio storage service that allows you to upload, edit, store and share video and audio files with varying levels of privacy settings. Panopto can also be
Poll Everywhere
With Poll Everywhere, a classroom response system,
SensusAccess
SensusAccess allows anyone at Middlebury to translate files into other more useful types of media. You can turn text into audio books for your commute. You can translate files so they
UDOIT
UDOIT - or the Universal Design Online Content Inspection Tool - is a tool available in all Canvas courses that scans your course and flags any accessibility issues, and provides information
Zoom
Zoom is Middlebury’s videoconferencing tool. It allows
TOOLSHED GUIDES
Below is a searchable, sortable list of tech resources and guides available to faculty, students, and staff at Middlebury. You can sort by the different columns or enter a keyword in the search box to filter to specific topics.
| Title | Tools | Keywords | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Guide to Getting started with Wordpress on MiddCreate | Wordpress, MiddCreate | Domain of One's Own, MiddCreate, Wordpress, Website, Portfolio | students, staff, faculty |
| Creating Posters with Adobe Illustrator | Adobe Illustrator, Excel, DeltaGraph, ChemDraw | Graphic Design, Layout, Presentation, Posters, Printing | students, staff, faculty |
| Poster Printing (Vermont) | Plotter Printers | Davis Library, Armstrong Library, Posters, Printing, Vermont, Presentation, Graphic Design | students, staff, faculty |
| Finding Photos | Creative Commons, Unsplash, Pixabay , Wikimedia Commons, Flickr | Photos, Stock Photos, Presentation, Graphic Design | students, staff, faculty |
| Canvas Learning Management System | Canvas Commons, Course Hub, Canvas App, | Canvas, Templates, Examples, Guide, Videos, Webinars | faculty |
| MiddCreate Course Sites | WordPress, Known, Dokuwiki, and Omeka | Domain of One's Own, Choosing Digital Tools | faculty |
| Google Drive, Canvas | Google Drive, Canvas, Guide | faculty | |
| Enable Office 365/Canvas Integration | Office 365, Canvas | Office 365, Canvas, Guide | faculty |
| Canvas, Course Hub | IT Help Desk ticket, Directed study, Student Clubs, Working groups, Communities of Practice | faculty | |
| Panopto | Recording, Course Media | faculty | |
| Canvas Commons | Canvas Commons | Resource Sharing, Copy-right Policy, Intellectual Property | faculty |
| WordPress | WordPress | WordPress, MiddCreate, Sites DOT, Website Creation | students, staff, faculty |
| Tools to Create a Program Logic Model | MiddCreate, | Logic Model | students, staff, faculty |
| MiddCreate, Easy!Appointments, Hypothes.is, | Applications, Website Design | students, staff, faculty | |
| Camtasia Basics | Camtasia | Audio Recording, Podcasts | students, staff, faculty |
| Creaing a Website or E-Portfolio | MiddCreate, Sites DOT, Word Press, Square Space, Wix, Weebly, Lynda | E-Portfolio, Webiste | students, staff, faculty |
| WordPress Privacy Settings | WordPress, MiddCreate, Sites DOT | Public, Protected, Private, Visibility, Hack Education, Reverse Search, FERPA | students, staff, faculty |
| MiddCreate Domains | MiddCreate | Domain of One's Own, Domain name, website | students, staff, faculty |
| Setting up your new WordPress site | WordPress, MiddCreate, Sites DOT | Guide, website | students, staff, faculty |
| WordPress, MiddCreate, Sites DOT | Guide, Guest account, website, Exporting/Importing | students | |
| WordPress, MiddCreate, Sites DOT | Worksheet, Transcription, Mobile App, Security | students, staff, faculty | |
| Tips on Using iMovie | iMovie | Movies, photos, Import, Export | students, staff, faculty |
| Upload to YouTube | YouTube | YouTube | students, staff, faculty |
| Recording Resources | Panopto, Zoom, Camtasia, Quicktime, Skype, & (Keynote, Movenote, iMovie, Doceri, Explain Everything, Screen Chomp, Jing, Capture Fox, Movenote, BB flashback express, CamStudio, Webinaria, Powerpoint) | Recording, Production | students, staff, faculty |
| Video Production Guidelines | Creative Commons, Unsplash | Planning, Production, Camera People, Cameras, Audio, Interviews, Lighting, Copyright, Post-Production, Media Services | students, staff, faculty |
| Handbrake (Extracign DVD clips) | Handbrake | Ripping, DVD, legality | students, staff, faculty |
| Importing Media from a Digital Camcorder | Canon XA10 camcorder, imovie | Importing | students, staff, faculty |
| Getting Started with Adobe Premier | Adobe Premier | Importing, Editing | students, staff, faculty |
| Record and edit audio with Audacity | Audacity | Recording, Editing, Audio, Podcasts | students, staff, faculty |
| Building your Web Presence | Google+, LinkedIn, Slideshare, YouTube, Vimeo, etc. | Content Marketing, Blogging | students, staff, faculty |
| Tips for Stronger Personal Website Security | MiddCreate, WordPress, Backup Wizard, Roboform, KeePass, LastPass, 1Password, Dashlane, WorldFence, DokuWiki | Content Management, Safety, Surveillance, Access, Permissions, Plugins, Backups, Login | students, staff, faculty |
| Digital Tools Guide | All DCL available tools | Tools installed on DLC and Media Lab computers to create, express, understand, analyze, network, and recall information | students, staff, faculty |
| Digital Self-Protection | Duck Duck Go, Tor, Witopia, VPN, | Digital autonomy, Feminist Cybersecurity, Resources, Data Encryption, Ad-blocking | students, staff, faculty |
| Panopto, Canvas, Zoom, PowerPoint, Prezi, Skype, Keynote, Skype, Google Hangouts, Screenflow, iPad Capture Kit | Remote Learning, Continuity, Social Learning, The Attention Economy, Community Agreements | faculty | |
| Media Production Tools | Media Production Tools | Project management, podcasts, MiddCreate, websites, video | students, staff, faculty |
| ThingLink | ThingLink | Virtual, Remote Learning, Language Learning, Augmented Reality, 360 Photos and Video, Continuity, Social Learning, The Attention Economy, Marketing, Training | students, staff, faculty |
| Zoom | Zoom | students, staff, faculty | |
| Panopto | Panopto | students, staff, faculty | |
| Google Apps for Edu | Goolgle | students, staff, faculty | |
| Coures Hub | Course Hub | students, staff, faculty | |
| Canvas | Canvas | students, staff, faculty | |
| Sites DOT—Middlebury WordPress | Sites DOT | students, staff, faculty | |
| LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda) | students, staff, faculty | ||
| MiddCreate | MiddCreate | students, staff, faculty | |
| Poll Everywhere – Classroom polling | Poll Everywhere | students, staff, faculty |