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.
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.
G Suite 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
Some majors will use this software for their classes.
Substance Suite student & faculty licenses
used for: Create, capture, and paint 3D materials + stage and render 3D scenes.
As of Fall 2021, Substance Suite is owned by Adobe. However, some aspects of the licensing are not fully integrated in the Creative Cloud for Education. See the instructions above to set up Substance Suite on your personal or CCAD-issued laptop.
Toon Boom student and faculty license
used for: classes that require this software