Tools

• Tinkercad
  • Basic 3D shapes for design and 3D printing
  • Tinkercad introduction to 3D design and software

• Voyant Tools
  • Voyant Tools is a web-based text reading and analysis environment. It is a scholarly project that is designed to facilitate reading and interpretive practices for digital humanities students and scholars as well as for the general public.
  • Voyant provides an extensive guide on how to use their platform.

• Audacity
  • Record voice over or podcasts, general audio editing needs such as cutting audio, volume and effects. Ideal for simple editing through to more complex projects.
  • Audacity has great online manuals.

• Dia
  • Structured flow charts, technical diagrams such as electrical circuits, chemistry and building sites
  • Dia software manual
• Framadate
  • Free polls and events to help generate discussions and make decisions

• Tabletop Club
  • Open-source multiplayer game that allows you to play your favourite tabletop games in a physics-driven 3D environment.

• Canva
  • Professional-looking presentations and graphic design content using ready-made templates.
  • Support for creating and adapting design templates
• Inkscape
  • Vector design for artistic and technical illustrations such as cartoons, clip art and typography
  • Online guides and manuals for using the software and for individual areas of design

• H5P Commons at BCIT
  • BCIT Commons space for creating H5P
  • Resources
    • Request help creating your own interactions  for your courses
    • BCIT Library Ed Tech Tools & Tips: Create Interactive Videos with H5P
• OpenETC
  • Create H5P in a personal or invitation-only space for creating and hosting objects.
  • Students can create H5P objects, an example of open pedagogy.
• Pressbooks
  • Create H5P and embed them into Pressbooks using the H5P plugin.
  • Resources
    • BCcampus maintains this excellent resource called The H5P Pressbooks Kitchen
    • Publishing with Pressbooks: A Visual Guide – H5P

• BCIT Open Journal Publishing
  • BCIT Library provides training and support for the creation of open access journals using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) publishing software.
  • Contact ebrarian@bcit.ca for more information.

• GNU Image Manipulation Programme (GIMP)
  • Photo and image editing, such as re-touching photographs through to more in-depth graphic design features such as logo creation.
  • GIMP tutorials
• Image Resizer
  • Cropping and resizing images in your browser for social media, blogs or general online use.
• Instasize
  • Resize a photo in your browser without making an account.

Mattermost

• Secure private messaging for teams and learning communities.
• Open-source team chat technology similar to Discord, Slack, or Microsoft Teams.
• As a communication and collaboration technology, it combines threaded discussions with real-time chat in an intuitive and flexible way.
• Features like persistent history, advanced search capability, file sharing, typing status, mobile apps, and emoji reactions add up to a versatile tool that is still easy to use.

Getting Started with Mattermost

• Mattermost is supported by the OpenETC, a co-op organization supported by BCcampus. OpenETC Mattermost is hosted in Canada.
• Request a Mattermost team on the OpenETC.

• Pressbooks
  • Pressbooks is an online publishing platform that is built on the popular WordPress publishing and blogging platform. Students can choose to read the textbook online, download a PDF, read the textbook on their e-reader, or they could even request a print copy of the textbook, paying only the printing fees.
  • BCIT Pressbooks Basic Training (27:47 video)
  • The Open Publishing Project Pilot is exploring how to sustainably support openly licensed faculty projects in PressBooks. If you are interested in finding out more, please contact us
  • BCcampus provides Pressbooks support with
    • Video tutorials
    • BCcampus Open Education Self-Publishing Guide
    • The Adaptation Guide
    • BC Open Textbook Accessibility Toolkit
    • LaTeX Support – schedule a tutoring session and find LaTeX information

• Integrated with Learning Hub
• Video hosting and recording
• Automatic captioning