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Supported Teaching and Learning Technology Tools

Teachers College regularly reviews digital tools used for teaching and learning. Products are checked to ensure they meet TC’s standards for security, privacy, accessibility, and other College requirements.

Below are products that support instruction that have been reviewed by TC. There are a wide range of technologies that are licensed and supported by the College. Other products only partially meet TC standards, are not currently funded, or are not supported by the College.

Pilot programs are run for some products while they go through the TC review process. For software that is being piloted, DFI provides faculty with limited technological and financial support. Faculty members interested in piloting any of these tools should contact DFI.

If you are a TC faculty member and do not see software you want to use in class listed on this page, please contact DFI so that we can support your use of innovative technology.

These products have been reviewed by Teachers College and are supported by TC.

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Ally

Accessibility

Allows faculty and staff to quickly determine if the assets in their Canvas LMS courses are accessible. The software guides the user on making changes to their assets to make them more accessible. Students are also able to download multiple types of document formats.

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Articulate Suite

Teaching/Learning

Articulate's Storyline 360 and Rise are two products that create interactive learning objects (e.g., flip cards, matching activities) that can be embedded in Canvas.

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Audacity

Teaching/Learning

Audacity is a multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.

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Badgr

Teaching/Learning

Credentialing platform in Canvas to award badges and verify and track achievements.

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Canvas

Teaching/Learning

Learning Management System for TC course instruction.

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GrackleDocs

Accessibility

A Google Docs add-on that scans a document for accessibility issues.

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Honorlock

Teaching/Learning

Remote proctoring solution.

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iMovie

Teaching/Learning

iMovie is a free basic video editing product that is an option for Mac users.

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Kurzweil Education

Accessibility

Educational software for literary support. Available for all students at TC as well as individuals with disabilities registered with OASID.

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Logic Pro X

Teaching/Learning

Digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI sequencer software application for Macs.

How to use Logic Pro X at TC >>

Microsoft Photos/Video Editor

Teaching/Learning

Video editor within Microsoft's Photos feature.

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NameCoach

Teaching/Learning

NameCoach provides accurate audio name pronunciations embedded online to easily learn and remember how to say names properly.

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Products that are in the Active/Vendor-Supported category have been approved through the TC application assessment process. While these products are approved, please be aware that TC does not provide licenses or technical support for these products. Therefore, acquiring a license for the use of any product from this category will be the responsibility of the individual user or their respective department. You or your department may purchase the product licenses directly from the product vendor/website. You will also need to contact the vendor directly for technical support.

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Adobe Firefly

Teaching/Learning

AI image generator.

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Articulate 360 Storyline

Teaching/Learning

Used to create mobile courses and interactive e-learning courses.

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Bodyswaps

Teaching/Learning

Bodyswaps is a virtual reality (VR) training platform that is designed for soft skills and job interview training.

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Canva

Teaching/Learning

Canva allows users to design visually interesting presentations and flyers and includes many pre-designed templates.

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Codio

Teaching/Learning

An evidence-based platform for high-quality computing education and tech skills development.

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Descript

Teaching/Learning

Descript is a cloud-based platform that allows for transcript-based media editing. It auto-generates a transcript of media, (audio or video), and allows you to then edit the transcript and see those edits reflected in an edited media file.

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Draftback

Teaching/Learning

This Google extension plays back the revision history of any Google Doc you can edit.

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Genially

Teaching/Learning

Make interactive learning and communication materials with Genially's content creation tool. Design click-to-explore experiences that will engage your students.

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Google Gemini

Teaching/Learning

Chat to start writing, planning, learning and more with Google AI

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Kahoot

Teaching/Learning

A gamified quizzing tool to engage students and check their understanding in live class sessions.

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Khanmigo for Teachers

Teaching/Learning

AI-powered teaching assistant that helps with lesson planning, creating test questions, discussion prompts, etc.

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Learnt.ai

Teaching/Learning

Learnt.ai uses artificial intelligence to write lesson plans, set homework tasks, generate icebreakers, create assessment questions, and more.

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Software products currently in the implementation phase; not yet available for campus-wide use.

Software is currently being piloted; not yet available for campus-wide use.

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Echo Lab

Teaching/Learning

Echo Labs offers captioning services for videos and audio descriptions for video.

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Janeway

Administrative

An open source scholarly publishing platform.

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Magic EdTech

Accessibility

Digital accessibility solution service that allows for inaccessible PDFs to be uploaded and remediated. Used by OASID and the Library with content being uploaded to Canvas as files.

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Reviewed, but Not Approved for General Use

The applications listed have been reviewed for accessibility, and significant issues were identified that could impact a user’s ability to interact and use the product effectively. It is strongly recommended that you identify a more accessible application approved for use at TC.

If you would like to discuss alternative options that may meet your needs, contact the Service Desk at servicedesk@tc.columbia.edu. Reach out to OASID at oasid@tc.edu for further information about digital accessibility.

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FigJam

Teaching/Learning

FigJam is an online, collaborative whiteboard that allows users to work simultaneously to add and change content

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Hololink

Teaching/Learning

The product allows you to build and host augmented reality experiences.

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Otter.ai

Accessibility

An app or browser extension that provides automatic real time captions and notes for in-person and virtual lectures, classes or meetings. This is available to individuals with disabilities registered with OASID.

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Quirkos

Teaching/Learning

Quirkos is a qualitative data analysis tool that can function locally or in the cloud. It allows for the uploading, coding, and visualization of data.

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Visible Body

Teaching/Learning

A learning platform that provides 3-D models of anatomical structures, animations of physiological processes and course content.

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VoiceThread

Teaching/Learning

Adult learning software to facilitate remote learning with the use of advanced media.

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Zoe Immersive

Teaching/Learning

A platform for faculty and students to build and distribute interactive experiences for Virtual Reality on any topic.

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New Instructional Software Trials

Looking to try a new technology in your class? Pilot programs are run for some products while they go through the TC review process. For software that is being piloted, DFI provides faculty with limited technological and financial support.

Faculty members interested in being part of pilot programs for these tools should contact DFI. DFI will assist instructors to pilot new instructional software, never used at TC before. After reviewing the list of supported software, instructors can suggest new software by submitting a request.

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