Digital tools for Learning and Teaching

Digital tools supported for learning and teaching at ANU.

Assessment & Feedback

Turnitin CPF

An electronic text matching service to check the originality of submitted assignments through Canvas. All marking is conducted within Canvas through SpeedGrader.

More information: Turnitin CPF.

In Wattle, Feedback Studio is used for marking (including rubrics, reusable comments and voice recordings).

More information: Turnitin pages in the Wattle Manual.

 

Wattle Quizzes

Creating quizzes and providing formative feedback.

More information: Quizzes section in the Wattle Manual.

 

Proctorio

Online proctoring of exams, including ID verification and plagiarism detection tools.

More information: Proctorio

Classes Online (Synchronous)

Teams

Video conferencing and online classes.

More information: ANU Microsoft365; Microsoft Teams for Education

 

EchoVideo

EchoVideo includes the option to Live Stream a lecture to online students. Online students receive the video being projected (e.g. slides) and audio from the lecturer's microphone; they can participate in polls and in the Q&A discussion on EchoVideo slides.

While this can be a valuable online option for some courses, it does not provide the same experience as the video conference platforms. Students cannot see or hear other students, and there can be a few minutes delay in the stream they receive.

If your EchoVideo recording is scheduled already, you still need to opt-in for EchoVideo Live Streaming through a request to the ITS ServiceDesk.

More information: EchoVideo - Live Streaming for Instructors; ServiceDesk (login to request Live Streaming)

 

Curriculum Data

Curriculum Management System (CMS)

Stores curriculum data and assists with the development, mapping, approvals and publishing of curriculum items.

More information and login: Curriculum Management System (CMS)

Interactive Content & Digital Whiteboards

H5P (in Wattle)

Creating and sharing interactive content in Wattle, e.g. accordion style pages, hotspot questions, interactive books and videos, branching scenarios, etc.

More information: H5P Explained; log into Wattle before accessing this self-enrolable course.

 

KuraCloud

Delivering interactive lessons.
College specific: College of Science and Medicine only

More information: What is the KuraCloud desktop application?

 

Microsoft Whiteboard

Collaborative visualising ideas and creating notes, templates.

More information: MS Whiteboard

 

Miro

Online whiteboard for teams to collaborate visually on ideas, projects, and plans in real-time, like brainstorming, mind mapping, and diagramming. Comparable to a digital sticky note board where everyone can contribute and see changes instantly, even when remote.

More information: Create a Miro Educational account

 

Padlet

A tool to create interactive boards to organise and share ideas, resources, or project materials in a visually compelling format.

More information: Padlet

Learning Content Management (LCMS)

Learning Content Management System (LCMS), based on Alfresco

Open-source-based document management system.
College specific: College of Science and Medicine only

More information: Medical School Staff Guides, LCMS

Learning Management System (LMS)

Canvas

In 2025, the ANU introduced Canvas, a new Learning Management System (LMS). Canvas will replace Wattle, the current system, and offers many new features to help make the learning and teaching experience quicker, easier and more streamlined.

 

Wattle

Before 2025, Wattle (Web Access To Teaching and Learning Environments) was the Learning Management System (LMS) and primary web presence for most courses, providing online learning materials, interactivity, communication, assessment, feedback and reporting. Wattle was based on the open-source Moodle platform, with a number of other integrated facilities. From 2025, the ANU began transitioning from Wattle to Canvas as the primary LMS.

More information: Wattle Manual; Wattle support; Login

Polling Tools & Surveys

EchoVideo

Adds Polls among EchoVideo slides to use during lectures, or into videos creating "interactive media", to encourage student engagement.

More information: Echo360 Polls - Overview.

 

Poll Everywhere

Creating and hosting polls, surveys, Q&As, quizzes, word clouds

More information: ANU Software & Systems: PollEverywhere

 

Teams

Within a Microsoft Teams meeting, the Polls App allows polls for use during a meeting, including Multiple Choice, Quiz, Word Cloud, Ranking, Rating

More information: Microsoft: Poll attendees during a Teams meeting

 

MS Forms

Creating surveys and quizzes with the option of adding videos to the questions

More information:  New to Forms? Start here!; Access Forms in your Microsoft365 account;

Video & Lecture Recording

EchoVideo

Integrated with Wattle, EchoVideo is installed in many ANU teaching venues to provide automated recording of audio and video projection (e.g. slides) for lectures, seminars and lectorials. 

Interactive options to further engage learners include: polls, Q&A text-based discussions, live streaming and transcripts. Additional video material may be uploaded and managed in EchoVideo, including embedded video in other Wattle-based content (e.g. "Books").

More information: Echo360 in the Wattle Manual; Echo360: Getting started for instructors; Using the Echo360 Video Media Editor