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Learning with Technology Toolkit: Creating Content

Content Creation Tools

Are you creating new content or modifying an existing resource?

Perhaps you've been tasked with creating a video, a podcast, a photo essay, or a poster. What tools will you use? How will you choose your images or know if the content you are using is protected by copyright? What about uploading your own content to the web? Have you considered who owns or controls the content you produce? To learn more, visit the Usask Copyright Page or watch Using Licensed Material in Your Student Work and Applying Open Licensing to Your Work.

Find technologies to suit your learning needs under the tabs below.
To learn how to use a technology, click on the links in the How-To or Additional Learning Opportunities column.

Learning technologies that support these assignment types:
Essays, Research Papers, Blog Posts, Reflective Journaling, Digital Storytelling

Campus Supported Writing Tools How-To Additional Learning Opportunities

MS Word

Word: Getting Started

Visit the Writing Help Centre to receive feedback at any stage of your paper or project.  The Writing Centre is located on the first floor of the Murray Library.  You can also submit your work online and receive feedback within 24 - 48 hours.
Feeling Inspired? Try these self-supported tools How-To Additional Learning Opportunities
Google Docs is a free online word processor that has hundreds of fonts and templates to create different types of word documents.

Beginner’s Guide to Google Docs

LibreOffice is a free, open-source Office Suite that includes all the same features as MS Office Word. LibreOffice Getting Started Guide

WordPress is an open-source publishing platform that can be used for creating Blogs, Portfolios, or Digital Stories. Available by request only with limited campus support.

WordPress Getting Started

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Learning technologies that support these assignment types:
Class Presentations, Infographics, Photo Essays, etc.

Campus-Supported Presentation Tools How-To Additional Learning Opportunities

PowerPoint

PowerPoint-Getting Started

Consider submitting your work to the University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal (USURJ).  Submissions can include articles, reviews, artwork, and research snapshots. USURJ is an open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal featuring original artwork and scholarly articles by University of Saskatchewan undergraduate students. 

Feeling Inspired? Try these self-supported tools How-To Additional Learning Opportunities
Prezi Prezi Tutorials

Prezi on YouTube

Google Slides How to Use Google Slides Google Slides on YouTube
Keynote (Mac) Keynote Support Keynote on YouTube
Haiku Deck How to Use Haiku Deck Haiku Deck Tutorial on YouTube
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These technologies support these assignment types:
Posters, Presentations, Photo Essays, Infographics, Websites, Videos, etc.

Self Supported Graphics Tools How-To Additional Learning Opportunities

Image Editors

 

Image Websites that are free to use with Attribution

For more information on using and sharing images, see the USask Copyright Page

  All GCFGlobal.org® content is available for free at edu.gcfglobal.org

These technologies support these assignment types:
Podcasts, Interviews, Focus Groups, Peer Review/Feedback, etc.

Campus Supported Audio Tools How-To Additional Learning Opportunities
Getting Started for Students
  • Zoom for Audio Recording
Getting Started with Zoom
This blog post provides information for students on designing a podcast for an assignment. There are tips and resources at the bottom of the page as well as information specific to submitting audio files via Canvas.
Self-Supported Tools How-To Additional Learning Opportunities

On YouTube

Campus Supported Video Editing Tools How-To Additional Learning Opportunities
Getting Started for Students
Self-Supported Tools How-To Additional Learning Opportunities

Shortcut - Beginners Tutorials

Getting Started with ScreenCast

Blender First Steps

Campus Supported Cloud Storage Tools How-To Additional Learning Opportunities

OneDrive

How to claim your USask OneDrive account
Feeling Inspired? Try this self supported tool Support Level Learning Opportunities [How to Guides]
Google Drive is Google's free cloud storage service that allows you to store your files and access them from anywhere and any device. How to Use Google Drive
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Licensing Your Work


Apply Open Licensing to Your Student Work by Jordan Epp

Remember Your Task

Need more help?

For Campus-Supported Tools

Contact IT Support


For Self-Supported Tools, search

YouTube  OR  Google