The following tools are offered and supported by OIT's Learning Environments in conjunction with other teaching and learning services.
Canvas
- Login Log in to Canvas
- Status Check to see if there are any known issues with Canvas
- Online Tutorials Learn how to use Canvas
- Live Workshops In-person Canvas training sessions
- LTI - Learning Tools Interoperability Learn more about requesting third party integration tools
- Course Specific Mailing Lists OIT has created course specific mailing lists for each individual course section for Canvas users.
Learning Spaces
- Classrooms Determine classroom resources by building or search for a room that fits your needs
- Computer Labs Browse a list of computer lab locations and printing rates
- Reserving Classrooms Request a classroom with specific technology here
- Podium Tutorials Information about using the podium computers
- Podium FAQ Answers to commonly asked questions
- Windows Software Load Current list of all available software on Rice lab Windows computers
- Mac Software Load Current list of all available software on Rice lab Macintosh computers
- Software Requests Software requests for Registrar-managed classrooms and teaching labs are due to OIT in April of each year, and the software is set before the start of the academic year in August.
- AV Vendors for Non-supported Spaces and Equipment Suggested vendors if you need assistance in spaces not controlled by the Office of the Registrar
Course Tools
- Screen Capture Kaltura Personal Capture: course and desktop capture tool to record videos of class sessions
- Web Conferencing [login] Zoom: video and web conferencing tool that supports online meetings and group messaging
- Audience Response Systems Interactive classroom quizzing/polling
- Google's GSuite for Education [login] Includes Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides
- Box at Rice [login] Enterprise cloud-based storage
- Blogs [login] WordPress self-service blog platform
- Video Digitization Digitize Blu-rays, DVDs, and VHS tapes and add to your course's Canvas site
- Computational Resources Application development support and tools
- Event Services Training on classrooms and labs
- Live Events Currently streaming events
- Archived Events Previously live streamed events
- Resources Tools available through vendor partnerships