​The technologies listed below are being used for teaching and learning at Victoria. Some of them are actively supported by Victoria ITS staff, while others are not. You will find Victoria-specific information on many of these tools below.  If we don't have our own information, you'll be taken to the support pages provided by the tool.
* Technologies marked with an asterisk are those that are widely used at Victoria.
Technologies marked with an arrow will direct you to external help pages.
If you have questions or would like training in using these technologies, both those supported by Victoria and those that aren't, please talk to one of our learning and teaching team.
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​Blackboard is Victoria's learning management system. It can be used to provide information, teaching material and grades to students. Every course is required to have at least the course outline on Blackboard
The discussion board feature in Blackboard allows students and instructors to initiate, participate and lead online forums, share ideas, critique and reflect on questions, and debate topics related to the course.

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D
Using an online tool for digital annotation, linked notation and mark-up of documents and images.
Document Cameras are available in many learning spaces and allow you to present non-digital content to your classes. This could be a book, drawing or any small object.​
Dropbox is a personal cloud storage service used for file sharing and collaboration.

E
eTV distributes programmes recorded off-air from domestic and international television channels and Internet channels, that can be viewed and downloaded under the terms and conditions of the Screenrights Licensing Scheme for education.

F
Facebook is a social networking website which allows users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch with friends.
Flickr (pronounced "flicker") is an online image and video hosting, management and distribution service. It supports an active and engaged community where people share and explore each other's photos.

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Google Docs is a group of online tools for collaboratively creating and sharing documents. It includes Google Docs (text editor), Google Sheets (spreadsheets) and Google Slides (presentations).
Google Drive is a file storage and synchronisation service which allows storage, file sharing and mobility of content across devices.
Google Hangouts is a combined communication service that allows members to initiate and participate in text, voice or video chats, either one-on-one or in a group.
GoSoapBox is used to interact with an audience during a presentation or lecture. It allows you to pose a question, run a poll or get text responses in real time. It is a cloud-based software which runs through a web browser and uses your audience's mobile devices.

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An iPad is a tablet device with up to 10 hours of battery life and a large selection of apps. They are extremely portable which makes them ideal for mobile teaching.
Information about the telephone services provided by ITS.

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Kami (formerly Notable) is a web based tool to mark-up and annotate online documents and images.  View, annotate, share and collaborate your PDF and documents in real time.

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The Lightboard allows the key aspects of a whiteboard – the ability to write and draw – to be replicated on video, without the need for extensive post-production editing.
LinkedIn is a social networking site designed specifically for the business community. It allows users to build a professional profile and document networking and career contacts.

M
Mahara or Myportfolio is a multi-featured web application to build electronic portfolios. It can be used to create journals, resumés, upload files, embed social media resources from the web and collaborate with other users.
Matlab is used for machine learning, signal processing, image processing, computer vision, communications, computational finance, control design, robotics, and much more. The Matlab platform is optimised for solving engineering and scientific problems.
A Microsoft Surface Tablet is a complete mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone. The Microsoft Surface Tablets are an advantage for teaching and research because you can draw on the screen.
Portable large screen computers used in teaching spaces.

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NVivo is a qualitative data analysis (QDA) computer software package produced by QSR International. It has been designed for qualitative researchers working with very rich text-based and/or multimedia information, where deep levels of analysis on small or large volumes of data are required.

O
Office 365 is a suite of web based applications which work in combination to provide online access to: cloud storage, social networking, Microsoft Office tools, team productivity capability and more.
This is Microsoft's file hosting solution that allows users to sync files and later access them from a web browser or mobile device.
OneNote is an online notebook which is part of the Microsoft Office group of programs.

P
This is an online platform that facilitates interaction among students and instructors to work through learning exercises and problems. It allows feedback to students on their work and peer supported learning.
 

Q
Qualtrics is the university’s licensed on-line survey creation tool. It is primarily used for research purposes, but it can also be used in teaching scenarios such as class revision or feedback. From basic polls to complex surveys integrating websites and pop-up windows, Qualtrics is a highly flexible tool with a range of uses.

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This is a slide hosting service where users can upload files privately or publicly in serval different presentation file formats. Slidedecks can be viewed on the site or embedded into other sites.
Spreadsheets are used for organising and analysing data. Microsoft Excel is the most commonly used spreadsheet application but there are many others including Google Sheets, Apple Numbers and LibreOffice Calc. 
Spreadsheets can be used collaboratively for collecting and analysing class data sets.
SPSS Statistics is a software package used for statistical analysis. In addition to statistical analysis, data management (case selection, file reshaping, creating derived data) and data documentation are features of the base software. It is commonly used by social scientists but it is also used by market researchers, health researchers, survey companies, government, education researchers, marketing organisations, data miners, and others.

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Talis Aspire is the system used at Victoria University to create course reading lists and manage copyright compliance.  All courses must use Talis to create and manage readings that have been copied for course reading lists. 
Link to the ITS pages about teaching rooms
Creating text documents is important for pretty much everyone at Victoria.  There are a number of programs available for creating documents of any length, from single pages to large theses.
Turnitin can be used to check student writing for similarity to other sources, such as web pages, articles and other students' work.
Twitter is an online news and social networking service where users' posts, called "tweets", are limited to 140 characters.

V
Vimeo is a video-sharing website in which users can upload, share and view videos.
VStream is the video recording and distributing system used at Victoria. It allows recordings to be made in an office, in teaching spaces and on any remote computer. Videos from other sources can also be uploaded. All recordings can be made available through Blackboard, shared with other VUW staff or even made publicly available on a website. Live streaming can also be handled through VStream.

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Yammer is an enterprise based networking and communication tool. Users with approved network credentials can join discussion groups, share documents and links and images. It allows push communication in the form of microblogging.
Youtube is a video sharing service that allows users to upload video and make it available through private channels, subsrcibed feeds or publicly available.

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Zoom is a video conferencing tool that allows both online meeting functionality, video conferencing and mobile collaboration. Free Zoom accounts can be created by anyone, and VUW staff can be upgraded to Pro accounts with more features.