Student Technology Toolkit
CCAD provides and supports a variety of tools for teaching and learning in in-person, online, and hybrid settings. These pages offer guidance and tutorials on how to use these tools, and what they are used for.
- 1 The Big 3
- 2 Supporting Tools
- 2.1 Adobe Creative Cloud
- 2.2 Office 365
- 2.3 Google Meet
- 2.4 Microsoft Stream
- 2.5 Loom
- 2.6 Miro
- 3 Other available software
- 3.1 Autodesk Maya
- 3.2
The Big 3
Most online and hybrid instruction and collaboration happen in these three tools.
Moodle
CCAD's Learning Management System (LMS)
used for: course files, gradebook, forums, lessons, assignments, journals, wikis, and VoiceThread
All courses will use Moodle in the 2021-2022 Academic Year.
Google Workspace for Education
used for: Gmail, Drive (unlimited storage), Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Sites, Meet, YouTube
Microsoft Teams
used for: course/group/individual audio and video calls, chats, shared files and lecture recording
Learn more about upcoming changes and exciting new Teams features here.
Supporting Tools
Some online and hybrid instruction and collaboration will use these tools
Adobe Creative Cloud
used for: collaboration and shared file options
As of Fall 2020 students can access this for free using their CCAD email address.
Office 365
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
used for: document creation in Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Please choose analogous Google Workplace tools first.
Google Meet
used for: videoconferencing and recording. This can serve as a back-up choice for Teams. Useful for scheduling one-to-one meetings between faculty and students. Access Google Meet through your CCAD Google Calendar.
Microsoft Stream
used for: private video streaming
Loom
used for: short, 10-15 minute screen recordings
loom.com
Miro
used for: collaborative whiteboard
miro.com
Other available software
Autodesk Maya
used for: Animation classes
Article coming soon
https://ccadit.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ID/pages/1829896200
used for: Animation classes