| Forms |
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Provides both real-time and asynchronous alternatives for users.
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Useful tool for data collection, surveys, polls, and assessments.
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Seamlessly integrates with PowerPoint, providing educators with a dynamic tool for creating interactive and engaging lecture experiences.
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Incorporates branched questioning options, enabling tailored learning paths for personalized education and gamification.
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| Microsoft Whiteboard |
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Provides both real-time and asynchronous alternatives for users.
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Useful tool for creating visually organized boards which include elements such as freehand drawings, sticky notes, text, shapes, images, and media.
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Allows users to brainstorm and collaboratively structure ideas in a visually appealing and organized manner.
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| PowerPoint Online |
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Provides both real-time and asynchronous alternatives for users.
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Allows multiple users to edit the same presentation simultaneously.
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Useful tool for collaborative brainstorming and visual ideation.
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Users can also leave comments and create tasks, allowing for efficient co-authoring.
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Offers the capability to create screencast recordings, empowering users to capture and share presentations as a video.
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PowerPoint seamlessly integrates with Blackboard, facilitating easy embedding and granting permissions for collaborative editing with students
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| Stream |
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Microsoft’s video hosting platform integrated into TU's M365/SharePoint environment.
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Includes versatile content creation tools, enabling users to easily record their screen and produce webcam videos (15 minute limit).
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Offers video enhancement tools such as inking, stickers, music, text overlays, background adjustments, and the seamless integration of multiple clips, facilitating dynamic and engaging video presentations.
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Offers mobile recording capabilities, enabling users to create videos on the go using their smartphones or tablets.
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Includes captions and ability to download a transcript.
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| Panopto |
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Towson’s preferred video hosting platform.
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Fosters engagement through interactive features, including quiz functionality, note-taking capabilities, and interactive discussion comments.
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Offers mobile recording capabilities, enabling users to create videos on the go using their smartphones or tablets.
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Includes captions and ability to download transcript.
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Seamlessly integrates with Blackboard.
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| Sway |
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Useful tool for constructing interactive webpages.
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Ideal for crafting engaging presentations, newsletters, portfolios, tutorials, and storytelling.
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Offers ability to embed multimedia elements such as images, videos, and audio clips to capture and maintain audience attention.
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Seamlessly integrates with other M365 apps, including Forms to gather audience feedback, opinions, and responses.
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Includes option to enable real-time collaboration and co-authoring capabilities, allowing multiple users to work together on the same presentation simultaneously.
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| VoiceThread |
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An asynchronous presentation and discussion tool.
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Useful tool for facilitating asynchronous discussions where participants can comment, ask questions, and respond to prompts at their own pace.
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Engages participants by incorporating various multimedia elements such as images, videos, and audio recordings.
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Serves as a collaborative platform for building presentations, fostering teamwork.
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Seamlessly integrates with Blackboard, including gradebook functionality.
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| Slido |
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Facilitates increased interaction during presentations, and meetings through polling, and quizzes in real-time.
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Offers gamification through a quiz feature, including leaderboard view.
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Add-ins available for PowerPoint, Zoom and WebEx
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Offers presenters data and insights into audience preferences, opinions, and engagement levels through analytics and reporting features.
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| Word Online |
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Provides both real-time and asynchronous alternatives for users.
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Multiple users can work on the same document simultaneously, and changes are synced in real-time.
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Users can also track changes, leave comments, allowing for efficient co-authoring.
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Word seamlessly integrates with Blackboard, facilitating easy embedding and granting permissions for collaborative editing with students
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