Available Software for Faculty and Staff

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The Ally Accessibility Report in Canvas helps instructors improve the accessibility of their course materials and allows administrators to monitor accessibility scores across departments.

Canvas Course Accessibility Report Guide

Canvas Account Accessibility Report Guide

Adobe Creative Cloud offers a suite of professional tools for graphic design, video editing, web development, and digital publishing. Faculty and staff can use it to create course materials, presentations, research posters, instructional videos, and marketing content. It supports both creative projects and administrative communications across print, digital, and social media formats.

All faculty and staff, both full and part time, have access to the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of products. You can even use Adobe apps on up to two devices at a time. Once in the Adobe Creative Cloud portal, install the products you need. Students can access Adobe Creative Cloud through the virtual computer lab (vLab) or on-campus computer labs.

Adobe Creative Cloud Learn & Support Resources

Adobe Sign is a secure and legal electronic signature solution. It enables users to electronically sign, send, and manage documents. Users can upload various document formats, add signature and form fields, and invite others to sign via email. Features include reminders, notifications, and progress tracking. Adobe Sign ensures security and compliance with standards like the ESIGN Act and EU eIDAS regulation, offering a convenient, time-saving, and paperless solution for remote document signing.

Adobe Sign Overview Guide

Adobe Stock is an online library of high-quality, royalty-free photos, illustrations, and other visuals for creative projects. It integrates with Creative Cloud, allowing users to search, preview, and license content directly within Adobe apps. There's even a convenient PowerPoint Add-in perfect for creating polished instructional slide decks.

UIW has an Education License: Faculty and staff may use images for UIW professional and academic activities related solely to UIW and not for any other commercial purpose. You can reproduce, archive, modify, and display the asset for advertising, marketing, promotional, and decoration purposes.

Find Royalty-Free Images with Adobe Stock Guide

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, while instructors and support staff can preview how materials work for different users. This tool supports flexible, inclusive learning for everyone.

Alternative Formats Overview Guide

Bookings is a meeting scheduling solution where others can book time with you based on your Outlook calendar availability. It’s great for office hours, advising sessions, or project meetings, eliminating back-and-forth emails to find openings.

Bookings is split up into two products; Personal and Shared. Personal Bookings is designed for individuals and is perfect for instructors connecting with students. Shared Bookings is designed for departments or teams to offer scheduling with multiple members, rather than individual use.

Personal Bookings Overview Guide

Camtasia is a robust tool that helps instructors create and edit engaging instructional videos. You can record your screen, webcam, or both, making it ideal for lectures, tutorials, and demonstrations. Camtasia also makes it simple to enhance your videos with captions, annotations, and visual effects.

Camtasia Overview Guide

Accessible through Cardinal Apps, Canvas provides a robust set of tools to create engaging, organized, and effective learning experiences. From structuring course content to fostering collaboration, grading efficiently, and tracking progress, these core features empower instructors and students alike. UIW Canvas solutions and the Instructure Canvas Guides take a deeper dive into all the features.

• Canvas Assignments are essential for assessing student learning, instructional effectiveness, and course progress. With Canvas, you can create a variety of assignments, including those with rubrics, peer reviews, and multiple submission types. This gives you the flexibility to assess learning in diverse ways and provide valuable feedback to students.
• Canvas Discussion boards can foster meaningful interactions between students, enhancing collaborative learning. They support threaded conversations, media attachments, and engagement in both synchronous and asynchronous courses, helping to create a dynamic classroom experience.
• Canvas Quizzes are designed for timed assessments and automated grading, offering diverse question types. Choose between Classic Quizzes for simplicity or New Quizzes for advanced features like enhanced question types, elevated moderation settings, and analytics. Use quizzes for exams, knowledge checks, or interactive assessments tailored to your course.
• Canvas Pages allow you to add detailed content, instructions, and multimedia to your course. Pages you create can be linked within modules to provide a cohesive and organized learning environment, offering students easy access to all necessary materials.
• Canvas Modules are the backbone of a course, allowing you to organize content into clear, sequential learning experiences. They help you create a logical flow for students, with options to control content release, set prerequisites, and guide student progression through the course materials.
• SpeedGrader streamlines the grading process, offering a powerful tool to assess student work efficiently. You can provide inline comments, use rubrics for scoring, and give feedback across multiple submission types, including documents, videos, and audio from one place.
• With Canvas New Analytics, you can access detailed data about student performance, engagement, and course activity. Use these insights to track progress, identify at-risk students, track online attendance, and make informed decisions that improve course design and student outcomes.

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

Clipchamp is a video editing tool that helps students and instructors create engaging, multimedia content. With drag-and-drop editing, built-in stock images, music, and video clips, it's simple to produce polished videos for class projects or instructional use. AI-powered features like automatic captions also support accessibility, making Clipchamp a valuable tool for clear communication and creative storytelling.

Clipchamp Overview Guide

Stream offers video creation, editing, and sharing with it's own online player. Instructors can use it to manage recorded lectures, easily captioning videos, chunk content into chapters, and embed in Canvas with the OneDrive app. It’s a flexible tool for supporting flipped classrooms, hybrid learning, and digital accessibility. Stream is also great for students to rewatch lessons, catch up on missed material, or create and share video assignments.

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 scheduled lecture capture and video management solution. It allows Health Professions and Music Therapy instructors to record, store, and share lectures and presentations. Integrated with Canvas, EchoVideo makes it easy to deliver video alongside other course materials. EchoVideo also includes engagement and analytics tools to help instructors monitor student activity.

EchoVideo Overview Guide

Edpuzzle is an online tool that lets instructors create interactive video lessons using their own content or videos from sites like YouTube, Khan Academy, and Crash Course. You can add notes, questions, and prompts to keep students engaged and check for understanding, making it perfect for class prep work or blended and online courses.

Edpuzzle Overview Guide

Epson iProjection allows you and your students to wirelessly connect devices to the classroom projector from anywhere in the room. It supports Windows, macOS, Chromebooks, iOS, and Android, giving you the freedom to move around while presenting. You can also display up to four screens at once.

Epson iProjection Guides

ExamSoft is the assessment platform used by health profession programs to create and manage secure, computer-based exams. After you build an assessment in Examsoft, students download and install the Examplify application to take it on their own devices.

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

Examsoft access 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.

Examsoft Help for Instructors Guide

Forms makes it easy to create surveys, quizzes, and polls. Instructors can use it to check understanding, gather feedback, or create self-graded quizzes, making it ideal for both in-person and online learning. It’s a quick, interactive way to engage students and track learning progress. Forms is also great for students to collect data for projects, complete practice quizzes, or give feedback on courses and group work.

Forms Overview Guide

GivePulse is a civic engagement platform that helps you manage, track, and report student participation in volunteer and service-learning activities. All Service Learning courses in Canvas have GivePulse integrated automatically. Instructors can submit a GivePulse integration request to get this tool in any other Canvas course and track student efforts through Canvas Assignments.

GivePulse Overview Guide

Hypothesis is an easy-to-use social annotation tool that lets students highlight, comment on, and discuss readings directly in the margins. It's available as an external tool option in Canvas Assignments, allowing you to assign digital texts, guide student engagement with prompts, and assess participation, all within Speedgrader. Hypothesis supports collaborative reading, critical thinking, and deeper interaction with course materials.

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 to all faculty, staff, and students. 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

LockDown Browser is a custom browser that limits a student's testing environment so that they are unable to navigate to other web pages or open other applications on the device they are taking a Canvas Quiz on.

LockDown Browser Overview Guide

Respondus Monitor Automated Proctoring

Respondus Monitor is a video-monitoring service that works alongside Respondus LockDown Browser. It uses the students webcam to record them during testing and flags possible concerns. After, you can review the footage to further investigate.

Respondus Monitor Resources

Respondus Live Proctoring via MS Teams

Respondus Live Proctoring allows instructors to monitor students during online exams using Microsoft Teams. Instead of using automated proctoring, instructors teaching smaller classes can set up a live video meeting with students to observe the testing session in real time. 

Respondus Live Proctoring Resources

Microsoft Loop is a flexible workspace you can use individually or with students and colleagues. Create interactive checklists, organize notes with labels, and use templates to plan lessons, outline content, or manage tasks. Use it as a personal teaching notebook or create shared pages to support collaborative planning, student group work, or instructional team coordination. Everyone can contribute in real time, keeping course activities organized and on track.

Microsoft Loop Overview Guide

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 their enrollment at UIW. If a student is no longer enrolled, these services remain active for one year after their 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 you 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 colleagues and students from anywhere. For fall 2025, Microsoft is updating their Teams Canvas app in the course menu and a new solution is coming soon.

Microsoft Teams in Canvas Guide

Microsoft Teams Guides

The OneDrive app in Canvas lets you embed course materials and share files stored in your UIW OneDrive directly within Canvas. This integration supports larger files and helps instructors streamline course organization. Students have their own version of the app, allowing them to submit and share documents, videos, and other files from their UIW OneDrive accounts in your courses.

OneDrive 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 is an interactive tool that lets instructors create live polls, quizzes, word clouds, and open-ended questions. Students can respond using any device with internet access, there's no app required. It works in both in-person and online classes, making it easy for everyone to participate and engage in real time.

Poll Everywhere Overview

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

SoftChalk Cloud is a content authoring and management platform designed for educators. It allows educators to create interactive and engaging digital content, such as lessons, quizzes, and activities, without extensive technical skills. SoftChalk Cloud also provides tools for sharing, managing, and delivering this content to students directly into Canvas. It's commonly used to enhance online courses and create interactive educational materials.

Create a SoftChalk Cloud Account Guide

StudyMate is an educational tool designed to help students engage with course content through interactive activities and self-assessments. It allows instructors to create flashcards, quizzes, and games that students can use for studying key concepts. StudyMate integrates with Canvas, making it easy for educators to generate study materials from existing course content. It’s particularly useful for reinforcing learning, promoting retention, and offering students a more engaging way to review course material.

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 is an originality checking tool that helps instructors review student work for potential plagiarism and citation issues. It compares submissions to a large and growing database of published sources, websites, and student papers. The originality report highlights matching content and allows instructors to investigate further, supporting fair evaluation and academic integrity.

From the student perspective, Turnitin can serve as a reminder to cite sources carefully and avoid unintentional plagiarism. Instructors can use the report as a starting point for discussion rather than a final judgment.

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. Instructors can use it to present concepts visually, organize ideas during live sessions, or facilitate group work, whether teaching in person or online. It’s a flexible tool for encouraging participation and creative thinking. Whiteboard is great for students to take visual notes, organize study guides, sketch out ideas, or map concepts when planning projects or reviewing for exams.

Whiteboard Overview Guide