Technology & Evidence-Based Learning
Technology & Evidence-Based Learning
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Emory Teaching Technologies
Emory University Technology
Emory University and Rollins School of Public Health offer an array of teaching technologies for faculty and learners to use in the classroom and online. Core technologies used are listed below, along with links to information and support sites located around Emory.
Canvas
Central to teaching at Emory, the Canvas Learning Management System is available to every faculty member and learner. Training is available through the Teaching and Learning Technologies team at Emory where they have a variety of support options. Excellent guides for Canvas can be found here.
Studio in Canvas
Along with Canvas, the Studio video platform in Canvas offers video creation software as well as the capability to easily caption, organize and store videos. Studio has a comprehensive set of guides available through Canvas and Emory offers an online, self-paced course on Studio.
Design Plus, Multi-Tool, and UDOIT
- There are a few additional tools integrated with Canvas that add to its functionality. These tools can be found here.
- Three of the most valuable tools in Canvas are the UDOIT Accessibility Checker, which is the easiest and fastest way to check your course for accessibility, along with the built-in Canvas Accessibility Checker in the edit window in Canvas. Canvas at Emory also has an add-on design tool that allows for a more robust design of Canvas pages along with a course builder. It is called Design Plus which can be accessed with ALT+SHIFT+D (on PC) or OPTION+SHIFT+D (on Mac).
Zoom
Zoom is a flexible, advanced video platform for synchronous online meetings, discussions, and lectures. Here is a Zoom tutorial created at Emory focused on teaching along with Zoom best practices.
Office 365
Office 365 is available for use on multiple devices and includes PowerPoint, Excel, Microsoft Word, Outlook, One Note, and Teams, as well as online storage and file sharing through Microsoft OneDrive.
Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere is an advanced polling software for active learning, and is available for use in the classroom or online in Zoom. Review this instructor's documentation as well as Emory Libraries' guidance on how to use Poll Everywhere.
Panopto
In addition, Rollins provides access to Panopto, a video recording platform. Panopto documentation can be accessed here. The following video on streams, slides, and downloads in Panopto may also be helpful.
Qualtrics
Rollins also provides community members with access to Qualtrics, a survey and information-gathering tool. Email help@sph.emory.edu
Emory University and RSPH Technology Service: Additional tools
Additional software resources at Emory can be found through Academic Technology Services.
Other Resources
The quality and number of available educational technologies are growing and constantly improving. There is software to correct your spelling and grammar; take your research and convert it into visuals; create and edit videos; collect information and multimedia from around the web and compile it in one digital space; map non-linear ideas; gather comments from people in multiple locations and compile them in real-time; and teach with interactive games, scenarios, quizzes, and multiple other options. This list of educational technology resources is not exhaustive, but provides insight into commonly used and accessible tools that can be integrated into your classroom.
Communication
Data, Math, and Visualization
- GBD Viz Hub: Data visualization
- Datacamp: Data science lessons
- Cacoo: Team diagrams
- Tableau: Data visualization
- Plotly: Data for Python, R, Julia, Javascript, MATLAB
- Wiris: Digital equations
- Desmos: Calculators/digital math
Games, Quizzes, and Surveys
- Flippity: Interactive games
- Quizlet: Interactive quizzes
- Kahoot!: Interactive games
- Poll Everywhere: Polls
- Survey Monkey: Survey tool
- Qualtrics: Survey tool
- Google Forms: Survey tool
Images, Visuals, and Graphic Design
- The Noun Project: Icons, clip art, photos
- WordArt: Word clouds
- EdWordle: Word clouds
- Debate Graph: Networks of thought
- Unsplash: Free images
- Flickr: Free images
- Pexels: Free images
- Wikimedia Commons: Free images
- Canva: Create graphics
- Adobe Creative Cloud Express: Create graphics
- Mindmeister: Create concept maps
- Coggle: Create concept maps
- Lucid Spark: Create concept maps
Interactive Tools
- H5P.org: Create interactive web pages
- VoiceThread: Interactive text, voice, video
- EdPuzzle: Create/remix content
- Pear Deck: Add interaction/PowerPoint
- Timeline JS: Interactive timeline creator
- Juxtapose: Storytelling with images
- Story Map: Create maps that tell stories
- Storyline: Tell stories with numbers
- Scene: VR stories
- Padlet: Digital bulletin board
- Thinglink: Create/remix content
Podcasts and Audio
- The Podcast Host: How to podcast
- Anchor by Spotify: Create/host a podcast
- Vocaroo: Record and share audio
- Soundcite: Create inline audio
Project Management
Video Content and Creation
- Camtasia: Create and record video
- Screencast-O-Matic: Create and record video
- MIT OpenCourseWare: Educational video form MIT
- Frontline
- Educational Documentaries
- TED Talks
Whiteboards
Writing Tools
Chat GPT and AI
Rollins and Emory University have developed a range of resources for faculty, staff, and students to support the use of AI in academic environments. At Rollins, priority was given to developing guidance for learners using AI in courses and providing support for faculty in determining policies.
Generative AI Guidance
Rollin's School of Public Health provides general guidance on generative AI to help faculty and instructors develop their own course policies. We expect that courses will vary in their specific policies depending on context; therefore, students are likely to encounter a variety of policies across their course schedule in each semester.
Clear and transparent communication about your course syllabus policy and reminders in assignment and exam instructions is important. Before outlining your AI course policies, it could also be helpful to contextualize for your students what learning means for your course and how this definition aligns with the specific AI policy you choose to adopt.
In addition to documenting the policy in your syllabus, we strongly encourage all instructors to engage in a discussion with students at the start of the semester to clarify expectations and to address any questions that may arise about use of generative AI.
Read our full generative AI guidance
Emory Libraries Generative AI Information
Technology Support for Learners
Technology Resources at Rollins
- Emory University IT Service Desk can be reached at 404-727-7777
- RSPH Technology Service Desk for technical assistance can be reached at 404-727-5536 or by email at help@sph.emory.edu They are available Monday through Friday, from 8am to 5pm.
- RSPH Service Desk Walk-Up offers online and in-person appointments for IT support. Go to help.emory.edu in your browser and then enter your Emory credentials to make an appointment.
- My Hub has a comprehensive list of resources for Rollins learners. Use your Emory NetID and password to log in here.
Additional Campus Resources Through Emory University
- Student Digital Life provides a central location for accessing many of Emory's learner technology services.
- Technology training and seminars for learners are offered through Emory Libraries.
- Writing, research, and bibliography software is available through the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library.
- Information on Emory's free versions of Microsoft Office 365 and Zoom
- A guide to the wireless network on campus Emory Unplugged which can be accessed by using Emory credentials
- The Student Learning Toolkit provides support for the technology used in classes, including Zoom and Canvas.
Office of Evidence-Based Learning
The Office of Evidence-Based Learning (OEBL) was launched in 2016 in the Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education (BSHES) at the Rollins School of Public Health. Its mission is to generate scholarship in public health pedagogy and to support faculty and instructors in implementing effective teaching practices as they train future public health professionals.
OEBL focuses on two main areas:
- Developing the scholarship of teaching and learning in public health: OEBL aims to position the BSHES department, and by extension Rollins, as a leader in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in public health. OEBL supports and collaborates with instructors in developing and conducting SoTL projects that contribute to a data-driven knowledge base on how to most effectively train learners to be successful public health practitioners when they graduate.
- Supporting faculty and instructor development in teaching: OEBL provides support to instructors through consultations on syllabus development, course preparation, and course revisions; peer observations of classroom teaching; and assistance with in-depth course evaluations such as the implementation of the Group Instructional Feedback Technique.
For inquiries about collaboration on SoTL projects or teaching support in the areas listed above, reach out to OEBL Director Liz Walker, PhD, or Assistant Director Robin McGee, PhD.