Research Guides: Educational Technology Tools (for Librarians): Educational Technology Tools

Educational Technology Tools

This is a list of educational technologies available through MCPHS and free online. These are by no means the only tools available, but rather tools that the institution supports and/or MCPHS librarians have used or are currently using. Use this guide to explore content creation tools as you build digital learning objects for Research Guides, Blackboard content, and other online locations.

Tools available through MCPHS

LibWizard
This Springshare platform offers tools for building forms, surveys, quizzes, and interactive tutorials. Anything you create in LibWizard easily embeds in any LibGuide. You can access LibWizard through your LibGuides account, and Springshare offers tutorials and trainings.
Kaltura
This tool is built into Blackboard and is how you upload video (existing, new, or student-created) and share within your course. The Center for Teaching & Learning has a detailed page on how use Kaltura, and you can access it through Blackboard.
Zoom
A video conferencing platform that is easy to use, allows you to share your screen, video and audio with participants, chat, and record.
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
This tool is available within all Blackboard courses and is for real-time video conferencing. In addition to seeing and hearing participants, you can share files, use a virtual whiteboard, and screenshare.
Guide on the Side
This platform is not longer being updated, we recommend LibWizard instead. Use this platform to build interactive tutorials that guide students through using databases and navigating online experiences. You can easily include images, questions, and quizzes.
iSpring
Use this PowerPoint add-on to add audio & video narration to your slide decks, and interactive content including quizzes and timelines. Put in a Help Desk Ticket for Information Services to set it up on your MCPHS computer.

Tools freely available Online

Soapbox
Use this tool through Wistia to record your webcam and screen simultaneously for quick explainer and how-to videos to embed in courses, Research Guides, and email.
Canva
Use this online graphic design tool create posters, icons, infographics, edit photos and more. The platform also offers tutorials and design suggestions.
Giphy
GIFs are a great way to demonstrate task-based activities and can be embedded anywhere an image can be included. Use a free service like giphy or Photoshop to create them from existing images or videos.

Lightboard Recording

MCPHS has Lightboard recording studios on both the Boston and Worcester campuses for producing instructional video lectures. A Lightboard enables instructors who are used to writing on whiteboards during their lectures to produce videos for online courses with a similar style.

To schedule a personal or small team visit contact professionalstudies@mcphs.edu.

Studio Recording Options

Split Screen Camera + Desktop
Records a video of yourself lecturing, your desktop content and PowerPoint slides.
Split Screen Lightboard with frosted glass
Records a video of yourself lecturing, and your PowerPoint slides projected on on frosted glass so that you can annotate it with the fluorescent markers.
Direct Camera Recording
Records a video of just yourself, no other content.
Lightboard Only Recording
Records a video of yourself and any writing on the lightboard.