CCAD provides and supports a variety of tools for teaching and learning for in person and online settings. These pages offer guidance and tutorials on how to set up and use these tools, and what they are used for.

The Big 3

Most teaching, learning and collaboration happens in these three tools.

Moodle

CCAD's Learning Management System (LMS)
used for: course materials, activity grades, assignments, journals

Google Workspace for Education

used for: Gmail, Calendar Drive, Docs, Slides, Forms, Sites, Meet, YouTube

Microsoft Teams

used for: online classes, course/group/individual audio and video calls, chats, shared files

Supporting Tools

Some online and hybrid instruction and collaboration will use these tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

used for: collaboration and shared file options. Includes the Substance 3D Collection.
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 Google Workplace tools first.

Google Meet

used for: videoconferencing and recording. This can be used as a backup option for Teams. Useful for scheduling one-to-one meetings between faculty and students. Access Google Meet through your CCAD Google Calendar.

Loom

used for: short, 5-10 minute screen recordings
loom.com

Miro

used for: collaborative whiteboard
miro.com

Other available software

You can access software from other sites for free with your CCAD student email address.

Toon Boom Student and Faculty License

used for: Animation and Film classes

Autodesk Educational License

used for: Animation, Interior and Product Design classes