Tools
The tools listed below are supported by Austin Community College (ACC). These tools are available to help faculty develop materials and deliver their courses, in addition to creating engaging learning experiences for students.
Faculty may check out equipment such as cameras, laptops, and tripods. Find out more about what classroom equipment is available for check out and who can assist you.
Request Support
If you need support, please submit the Faculty Support form. Need ideas on how to implement any of these tools into your teaching? Please visit the Teaching Consultations & Support page to set up a consultation.
Austin Community College (ACC) is the FIRST community college in the nation designated an Adobe Creative Campus.
Adobe Creative Cloud is available to ACC faculty, staff, and students at a no-to-minimal cost. This suite of products gives you unlimited access to industry-leading creation tools for graphic design, video editing, and web development such as Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, Premiere Pro, Spark, and more. With Adobe Creative Cloud, you get access to the latest updates, new features, apps, and services as soon as they are released.
Articulate 360 is a holistic suite of interconnected apps for all your e-learning needs—from authoring to sourcing assets to collaborating to training.
Blackboard Ultra is the learning management system for Austin Community College. Every face-to-face, hybrid, and online course has a corresponding Blackboard course site.
Google Sites is an online application that makes creating a class, school, or project website as easy as editing a document.
TLED provides opportunities for ACC faculty to incorporate the use of Apple iPads into their courses.
Lecture capture is a general term used for recording lectures. Panopto is the lecture capture tool available for teaching and learning.
Packback is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) learning platform for inquiry-based discussion, writing assignments, and instructor coaching.
Padlet is an online post-it board allowing for faculty and students to engage collaboratively.
Poll Everywhere is a live audience response system that allows you to ask a question that’s displayed on-screen, gather results in real-time, and view them as they come in.
Respondus 4.0 is a software tool to develop and manage exams and is available free to ACC faculty for both your office and home computer.
Google Meet is a web conferencing tool included in the Google Suite of tools available to ACC faculty, staff, and students.
WebEx™ is another web conferencing tool available to all ACC faculty and staff for online sessions with colleagues or students.
Zoom is the latest addition to the available web conferencing tools for teaching and learning at ACC.
Class for Zoom is a tool that integrates with Zoom to allow for a customized classroom experience.
Not sure which web conferencing tool to use?
Review the Web Conferencing Tools: Comparison Chart.
Training and Support
Teaching consultations are available to help you implement these tools into your teaching.
Educational Technologists are available to provide training and answer questions.
Workshops to learn about the tools available for teaching and learning are available.
Contact
Not finding what you need? Please email TLEDcomms@austincc.edu. If any content on this page needs updating, please email tledwebsite@austincc.edu.