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

Canvas Surveys

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

Setting up 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

Setup

URL: teams.microsoft.com

Slack