The following resources are recommendations for which software to use. If you don’t know where to start, we suggest the “Top Recommendation” column. If you want to explore alternatives, the last column has some choices to explore.
Activity |
Top Recommendation |
Resources |
Alternative Options |
Polling/Surveys |
In-class: Poll Everywhere Out-of-class: Canvas Surveys |
Get Poll Everywhere WashU account access: Kella Thornton URL: polleverywhere.com Poll Everywhere Faculty advice: Video |
Zoom polling Qualtrics |
In-class interactive collaboration |
Google Docs |
Docs.google.com [You can sign up for a Google account with your wustl.edu address, if desired] |
Box Notes |
Asynchronous conversations |
Canvas Discussions |
Faculty advice: Video |
Google Docs |
Whiteboarding |
iPad: GoodNotes Surface: OneNote |
GoodNotes: goodnotes.com (or in the App Store) OneNote: OneNote (or in the Microsoft Store) |
Evernote Apple Notes (for iPad only) Notability |
Student work groups |
Microsoft Teams |
Slack |