Software Solutions for Teaching and Interaction

The following software solutions can be used to interact with students using video. Visit each product page for suggested ways to use each tool in your instruction. 

Canvas Studio - is a video tool that allows you to engage with your students using video. With this tool you can record yourself and your computer screen, share videos with your students and inject questions into your videos. 

GoReact - is an interactive cloud-based platform for feedback, grading, and critiquing of student video assignments.

Panopto - is CSUN’s online video platform for recording, hosting, and sharing video. With Panopto, you can simultaneously record video from a webcam, capture your screen, and audio from a microphone, or upload your own video files.

Zoom - CSUN’s video and web conferencing tool, is available to all students, faculty, and staff. Zoom allows for video, audio, and screen sharing between up to 300 participants.

Canvas Studio vs. GoReact vs. Panopto

Camtasia - is a powerful software program that can capture any combination of your computer’s audio, screen, and webcam, and then lets you edit and annotate your recording. 

Panopto - is CSUN’s online video platform for recording, hosting, and sharing video. With Panopto, you can simultaneously record video from a webcam, capture your screen, and audio from a microphone, or upload your own video files.

SnagIt - is a tool that helps you capture images and videos of your computer screen for the purpose of tutorials, instructions and more.

Zoom - CSUN’s video and web conferencing tool, is available to all students, faculty, and staff. Zoom allows for video, audio, and screen sharing between up to 300 participants. Zoom also offers a recording feature, either locally to your computer or to the cloud. 

Panopto vs. Zoom

Zoom - CSUN’s video and web conferencing tool, is available to all students, faculty, and staff. Zoom allows for video, audio, and screen sharing between up to 300 participants. 

Microsoft Teams - is a part of the Microsoft Suite that allows everyone at CSUN to chat, meet, call and collaborate in one place, no matter where they are. Microsoft Teams is available to students as well. 

Hypothes.is - brings annotations to Canvas helping students with reading comprehension and developing critical thinking about course materials.

EquatiO - An equation editor that creates and remediates STEM content. 

myCSUNbox - is CSUN's secure cloud-based file storage and collaboration solution that gives students, faculty and staff the ability to access content at any time, from any device. myCSUNbox stores large files and is the recommended storage solution. 

Canvas - has all the features of a modern learning management system including the ability to accept and grade assignments, conduct discussions in forums, administer quizzes and exams, store and organize course resources, communicate with students, etc. Note: Canvas has a limited amount of storage and is not meant for large files such as videos. myCSUNbox is the recommended storage solution. 

Labster - gives students access to a realistic lab experience that will let them perform experiments and practice their skills in a fun and risk-free learning environment.

Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment during an online quiz or exam. Instructors may use this tool for their Canvas quizzes, either as part of a myCSUNtablet course or any other course.