Canvas @ Illinois is a learning management system that offers a secure environment in which to share content, create and turn in assignments, keep track of grades, and run a variety of analytics. Canvas enhances the learning experience for students and instructors alike by improving the ease of content delivery, grading, and managing course materials. Learn more about getting started in Canvas.

Educators can use Moodle to create lessons, manage courses, and interact with students. Follow this guide to getting started in Moodle.

If you are currently teaching a face-to-face course that has an online equivalent that has already been developed, you may be able to repurpose some of the course materials by using this guide to Augmenting a Course for Remote Teaching.

Zoom is a web-conferencing tool that you can use in your online course to conduct virtual office hours, live lectures with fewer than 100 participants, project meetups, live final presentations, and more.

Learn more about Zoom in the following links:

• Zoom Video Conferencing Tips
• Zoom Web Conferencing FAQ 
• Comprehensive Guide to Educating Through Zoom 
• Five Tips to Engage Student on Zoom

Illinois Media Space is the campus multimedia distribution platform, powered by Kaltura. Media Space is integrated with Compass 2G and Learn@Illinois, allowing you to embed and display your media assets across campus platforms. Read more about the functionalities Media Space can offer you

PowerPoint is a tool instructors can use to present their lectures in both face-to-face and online courses. The slides should be fully accessible for mobile devices and mindful of accessibility guidelines. Learn more from CITL experts on how to incorporate PowerPoint into your online course.

• Best Practices and Effective Use of PowerPoint
• Step-by-step to recording a voice over PowerPoint lecture