Available Software for Students

Adobe Creative Cloud is a set of professional tools for design, video, photography, and web projects. It's great for creating print, digital, and social media content.

Students can access Adobe Creative Cloud apps exclusively through vLab or on-campus computer labs. Attempting to activate an Adobe app using your student email outside of vLab of off campus will not work.

Adobe Creative Cloud Learn & Support Resources

Ally Alternative Formats is a tool that transforms course materials into different formats such as audio, electronic braille, and HTML. It also offers language translation options. Students can choose the format and language that best support their access needs.

Alternative Formats Overview Guide

Clipchamp and Stream are being merged into one product by Microsoft. Stay tuned for updates as they release more information.

Clipchamp is a simple, powerful video editing tool that helps you create polished videos for class projects, presentations, or personal use. You can drag and drop clips, add music and images from the built-in library, and use automatic captions to make your videos more accessible. It’s a great way to build digital skills and share your ideas creatively.

Clipchamp Overview Guide

Stream lets you watch, create, edit, and share videos all in one place. Use it to review recorded lectures, navigate key topics with chapters, and turn on captions for better understanding. You can also use Stream to record and submit your own video assignments for class.

Stream Overview Guide

Microsoft Copilot for work and web is an AI companion tool that helps you brainstorm ideas, research topics, edit drafts, and work more efficiently. When signed in with your UIW Microsoft account, Copilot includes enterprise data protection (EDP) and an ad-free interface.

Copilot Prompt Gallery

EchoVideo is a lecture recording and video platform used in some Health Professions and Music Therapy courses. Instructors use it to share recorded lectures and presentations, which you can access directly in Canvas along with other course materials. EchoVideo helps support your learning by making it easy to review class content anytime.

Students can also use EchoVideo to create and submit video projects for assignments, making it a useful tool for demonstrating skills, delivering presentations, or completing video-based coursework.

EchoVideo Overview Guide

Edpuzzle is an interactive video tool used in some of your courses to help you stay engaged and check your understanding. Your instructor may use videos from YouTube, Khan Academy, or other sources with built-in questions or prompts. If you're using Edpuzzle through Canvas, you don’t need to create a separate account, just watch and respond within the assignment.

Edpuzzle Overview Guide

Examplify is an assessment platform used by health profession programs to deliver secure, computer-based exams. Your instructor builds assessments in Examsoft, then you take them using Examplify on your own device.

If your program uses Examplify, you’ll receive access once your account is set up by your department.

Access to download Examplify varies by program:

• Osteopathic Medicine and Occupational Therapy access Examsoft Enterprise via Cardinal Apps with your UIW credentials.
• Athletic Training, Biomedical Sciences, Optometry, Pharmacy, and Physical Therapy access unique Examsoft Legacy Portals with their assigned login information.

Examplify Help for Students Guide

Forms makes it easy to create surveys, quizzes, and polls. Instructors use it to check understanding, gather feedback, or create self-graded quizzes, for both in-person and online learning. Forms is great to collect data for individual or group projects and make practice quizzes to study.

Microsoft Forms Overview Guide

GivePulse helps you find, track, and report volunteer and service-learning hours. You can use it to sign up for events, log your hours, reflect on your experiences, and build a record of your civic engagement at UIW. While students can access GivePulse directly through Cardinal Apps, you may have some Canvas courses that use it in assignments.

Hypothesis is a tool that lets you highlight and comment on readings directly in your browser or through a Canvas assignment, helping you engage with the text and collaborate with classmates. You can use it to ask questions, share insights, and respond to others. Hypothesis makes reading a more interactive and social experience.

Hypothesis Overview Guide

Immersive Reader supports diverse learners by making text easier to read, hear, and understand. It offers text-to-speech, adjustable font and spacing, line focus, and tools like a picture dictionary and translation. These features support students with dyslexia, visual impairments, and those learning English. While Immersive Reader is built into many Microsoft apps, it's also available in Canvas—look for the Immersive Reader button at the top of most course pages.

Immersive Reader in Canvas Guide

LinkedIn Learning is available through Cardinal Apps. It offers on-demand video courses on business, technology, creative tools, and more. Courses are led by industry experts and let you learn at your own pace, build new skills, and earn certificates to support your academic or professional goals.

LinkedIn Learning Access and Account Set Up Guide

Microsoft Loop is a flexible workspace you can use on your own or share with others. Create interactive checklists, organize notes with labels, and use templates to structure your work. Loop works well as a personal notebook for planning, studying, or collecting ideas, and it also supports shared pages where everyone can contribute in real time.

Microsoft Loop Overview Guide

LockDown Browser is a custom browser that limits your testing environment, preventing you from navigating to other web pages or opening other applications while taking a Canvas Quiz. Students are encouraged to take practice exams using Lockdown Browser in either your Canvas orientation course or if provided by your instructor.

LockDown Browser Overview Guide

Respondus Monitor Automated Proctoring

Respondus Monitor is a video-monitoring service that works alongside Respondus LockDown Browser. It uses your webcam to record you during testing.

Respondus Monitor Resources

Respondus Live Proctoring via MS Teams

Respondus Live Proctoring allows instructors to set up a live video meeting to observe the testing session in real time. You'll get an invitation to join a Teams meetings in courses using live proctoring.

Respondus Live Proctoring Resources

MAXQDA is a qualitative data analysis tool that helps researchers organize, code, and interpret text, audio, video, and survey data. MAXQDA is available for all UIW faculty, staff, and students.

MAXQDA Overview Guide

Microsoft 365, formerly called Office, provides UIW students and instructors with access to Excel, PowerPoint, Word, OneDrive, OneNote, Outlook, and other tools for learning, teaching, and collaboration. You can create and edit documents online or install Microsoft apps on your personal devices using your UIW email.

Student access, including Outlook email, is available for the duration of your enrollment at UIW. If you are no longer enrolled, these services remain active for one year after your last semester as a student. For questions about access and retention policies, please contact the UIW HelpDesk.

For those interested in Microsoft 365 training, LinkedIn Learning is available and offers beginner to advanced video courses.

Excel

Excel is a spreadsheet program that helps you organize and analyze data, making it easier to update information as your data grows or changes.

PowerPoint

PowerPoint is a presentation program for making slide shows, screen recordings, and even simple animations. You can use the presentation coach to sharpen your speaking skills or export your slides as images for easy graphics.

Word

Word is a word-processing program used to create, edit, and format text-based documents. Its built-in tools make it easy to go from a blank page to a polished, professional file.

Microsoft Teams is a collaboration platform where students can chat, meet, share files, and work together in real time. It brings together messaging, phone, video calls, and integrated apps, making it easy to connect with classmates and instructors from anywhere.

Microsoft Teams Guides

The OneDrive for Students app in Canvas lets you share and submit documents, videos, and other files directly from your UIW OneDrive account. This convenient option avoids storage limits in Canvas, allowing you to share larger file sizes with ease.

OneDrive for Students App in Canvas Overview Guide

Padlet is a virtual bulletin board where students and instructors can post text, images, videos, files, and links in one shared space. Its versatility and simplicity make it an excellent tool for interactive, engaging, and collaborative learning experiences whether teaching in-person or online.

Padlet Overview Guide

Poll Everywhere lets you respond to live polls, quizzes, and questions using your phone, tablet, or computer. Your instructor may use it in class to check understanding, gather opinions, or make learning more interactive. You don’t need an app, just an internet connection to join and participate.

 Poll Everywhere Overview Guide

Qualtrics is a powerful online survey and experience management platform that enables students to create, distribute, and analyze surveys and feedback. This tool helps you gather insights from peers, students, and other stakeholders, making it easier to enhance your learning experiences. With around 23 different question types, Qualtrics offers the flexibility to design creative and engaging surveys that can inform data-driven decisions and improve outcomes.

Qualtrics for Quantitative Research Guide

StudyMate helps you review course material through flashcards, quizzes, and games created by your instructor. It’s built into Canvas, so you can easily access study activities tied to your class content. StudyMate makes it easier to practice key concepts and prepare for exams in a more engaging way.

StudyMate Overview Guide

Turnitin Draft Coach is a tool available in the online version of Microsoft Word that helps improve writing before submission. It checks for grammar issues, citation accuracy, and similarity to other sources, while also offering explanations to support learning. Each document can be checked up to three times, so it’s best to use Draft Coach thoughtfully during the writing process.

Turnitin checks your work for similarity to other sources, helping your instructor review citation and originality. It compares your submission to a large database of websites, publications, and student papers. The report shows any matching text so your instructor can take a closer look if needed. Think of Turnitin as a tool to help you stay on track with proper citation and academic integrity. It is not a pass-or-fail score but a way to start a conversation if there are concerns.

Turnitin Originality Overview Guide

Visible Body Suite is an interactive 3D anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry platform used to explore the human body. It includes over 24,000 visual assets, including full male and female gross anatomy models, microanatomy structures, muscle motion animations, physiology and pathology visuals, and cadaver images paired with CT and MRI scans. Instructors and students can use the suite to review body systems, reinforce course content, and build a stronger understanding of complex topics through detailed, visual exploration.

Create a UIW Visible Body Account Guide

Whiteboard offers a digital canvas for brainstorming and collaboration. It's great to take visual notes, organize study guides, sketch out ideas, or map concepts when planning projects or reviewing for exams.

Whiteboard Overview Guide