The digital tool catalogue offers a clear presentation of the resources available in digital teaching.

This overview page offers a short description of the different standard tools for digital teaching at TU Vienna as well as further links to tutorials, courses and didactic approaches to the respective tools.

Adobe Creative Cloud includes all mainstream Adobe products. These programmes can be used for film & video editing, photo editing, creating and editing accessible subtitles with Adobe Premiere and much more. 

More information about the products as well as general information about the procurement process can be found in the TU.it Shop, opens an external URL in a new window.

Axes PDF provides tools for creating accessible PDFs or making existing PDFs accessible.

Axes PDF for word is included with an MS Office licence and does not need to be ordered separately.

The axesPDF Quickfix is included in the licence for all TU.it PDF tools. 

You can find more information in the TU.it Shop, opens an external URL in a new window.

Etherpad enables synchronous document editing within a TUWEL course. The programme is integrated into TUWEL and does not require external procurement.

Instructions for creating and using Etherpad can be found in the Cheat Sheet - Creating an Etherpad, opens an external URL in a new window (PDF version).

 Further usage scenarios and exercises can also be found in the TUWEL usage scenarios course, opens an external URL in a new window.

Final Cut Pro is a programme with which you can edit and design videos and audio material, as well as create / or subtitle accessible videos.

This programme is only available for MacOS users. 

Further information and ordering information can be found in the TU.it Shop, opens an external URL in a new window.

In addition to LectureTube and LectureTube Live, the document camera offers the possibility to present real objects or handwritten derivations in the lecture hall. Thus, among other things, experimental procedures, physical models and other material objects can be integrated into the lecture. Please note: not every lecture theatre has a document camera. The list of lecture rooms, opens an external URL in a new window including equipment is kept up to date in coLAB.

Integration into lectures in the lecture hall via LectureTube
Presentation of real objects
More information can be found on the corresponding coLAb page: Document camera, opens an external URL in a new window.

With LectureTube it is possible to record lectures as usual in the lecture hall and make them available to students later via TUWEL. The advantages lie in the familiar environment and the technical possibilities of the lecture halls (blackboard, presentation) as well as in learning independent of time and place, in the relief of the room situation and in improved exam preparation. In addition, LectureTube and LectureTube Live are based on the open source software Opencast and are constantly adapted to the needs of lecturers and students at TU Vienna. Through the integration in TISS, lecturers can independently create weekly appointments and programme recordings. Please note: The prerequisite for this is that the corresponding room reservation has already been released.

  1. Recording of lectures and courses as in classroom teaching
  2. Video On Demand available via TUWEL
  3. Can also be used over several semesters, as long as the content of the course remains the same.

More information can be found on the corresponding coLAb page: LectureTube, opens an external URL in a new window.

Note: It is possible to set the number of users with access to the recorded videos in 3 levels.

 

The LectureTube Editor allows you to edit your videos recorded in a LectureTube-equipped lecture hall.

You can find instructions on how to do this in the LectureTube Editor Guide, opens an external URL in a new window.

This variant of LectureTube is based on the principles described above and is merely a real-time variant of the tool.

Live streams directly from the lecture hall
Additional recording and Video On Demand possible
More information can be found on the corresponding coLAb page: LectureTube Live, opens an external URL in a new window.

With the help of LectureTube Studio, teachers can quickly record short videos directly via their web browser without additional hardware and upload them directly to LectureTube. These videos are directly assigned to a course in TUWEL and are available to students in the corresponding TUWEL course.

  1. The camera image, the screen or both can be selected as the recording source.
  2. Furthermore, you can crop the front and back of your recorded videos directly in the browser before uploading them.
  3. In addition, you can download the videos locally to your computer directly after recording. 
  4. Direct integration into the corresponding TUWEL course

With the help of the LectureTube upload, videos or learning materials produced by the lecturer in video form can be uploaded directly to the LectureTube platform via a function in the corresponding TUWEL course and are automatically available to students in the TUWEL course.

  • Possibility to upload your own recordings and videos to LectureTube
  • Automatic integration into your TUWEL course

MATLAB Named License (MATrix LABoratory) is an interactive program package for vector and matrix algebra.

For further information and order details please visit the TU.it Shop, opens an external URL in a new window.

With MATLAB Grader™, you can scale assessments and automatically grade programming assignments on MATLAB® in TUWEL. MATLAB Grader can be used for both formative performance assessments with automatic feedback and summative performance assessments such as question-based tests and exams. Mehr Details finden Sie hier im Demo-Kurs zu MATLAB Grader™., opens an external URL in a new window (One-time registration in course required.)

The assessment tool is now fully integrated into TUWEL and allows teachers to set students programming tasks in MATLAB.

Further information such as access to MatLAB Grader can be found here in the MatLAB Grader How To, opens in new window (PDF).

Mentimeter is an audience response tool that allows you to involve students in your teaching directly and in real time. Students can respond anonymously to questions, take part in a quiz or ask their own questions using an internet-enabled device. In this way, you increase active participation in your lecture and receive direct feedback on learning progress.

You can find more information about Mentimeter and the ordering process at: https://tuwien.ac.at/mentimeter, opens an external URL in a new window

MS Office contains the programmes Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word, among others, and is therefore often a much-used tool in teaching. 

Teachers can obtain both MS Office 365 and MS Office LTSC. Students can only use MS Office 365. 

Please bear this in mind when creating your content.

For further information and notes, please refer to the TU.it Shop, opens an external URL in a new window.

MS Office contains the programmes Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word, among others, and is therefore often a much-used tool in teaching. 

Teachers can obtain both MS Office 365 and MS Office LTSC. Students can only use MS Office 365. 

Please bear this in mind when creating your content.

You can find further information and tips in the TU.it Shop at MS Office, opens an external URL in a new window.

This tool is not limited to web conferences, but also offers versatile possibilities to work together collaboratively in small or larger groups. In addition, MS Teams can also be used as a cloud service, as numerous renowned cloud services are compatible with it. Due to the large number of plug-ins, MS Teams can be supplemented at will and transformed into a truly powerful, customised tool.

  • Web conferencing tool
  • Collaborative work possible
  • Cloud services
  • Integration of numerous plug-ins possible
  • More information can be found on the corresponding coLAb page: Microsoft Teams.

Similarly, all Microsoft products are explained very well in a TU.it learning path, opens an external URL in a new window. In Teams, you will find this as a light bulb icon in the left margin bar.

In order to use Microsoft Teams, you need an MS Online account. You can find more information on this in the TU.it Shop at Microsoft Teams, opens an external URL in a new window.

There is also a TU Teams community, opens an external URL in a new window where you can ask questions.

Möbius is a testing and assessment system from DigitalEd and is based on the computer algebra system Maple. It is mainly used for STEM subjects, such as mathematics for technical science studies, modelling as well as simulations. 

For more information, contact the Blended Learning Methods and Applications group.

 

 

With this programme you can easily draw and design diagrams. 

For further information, please refer to the TU. it Shop, opens an external URL in a new window.

Online TED Pro is an audience response system for rapid digital real-time polling. With Online TED you can actively involve your students in courses. 

Classroom response systems such as Online TED make it easier to handle the interaction of an audience with the lecturer during web conferences.

Audience questions
Intermediate questions and feedback
Evaluation questions
An explanation as well as best practice examples can be found in

EDIN- dem E- Didaktischen Nachschlagewerk. , opens an external URL in a new window

Further information and procurement details can be found in the Tu.it Shop, opens an external URL in a new window.

Overleaf is an online collaboration tool for LaTeX users.

ShareLaTeX/Overleaf is an online LaTeX editor that allows real-time collaboration and direct compilation of LaTeX source code to PDF via the web interface. Overleaf is a TU-external, server-based application that is accessed via a web browser.

For further information, please refer to the TU.it Shop, opens an external URL in a new window

Rhino is a design (CAD) software that can create, edit, analyse, document, render, animate and translate NURBS curves, surfaces and solids, SubD geometry, point clouds and polygon meshes.

Further information and ordering options can be found in the TU.it Shop at Rhino 3D, opens an external URL in a new window.

simplemind Pro serves as a mindmapping tool e.g.: for visualisations in digital teaching. 

For information and general procurement processes, please visit the TU.it Shop, opens an external URL in a new window.

This tool offers the possibility to create and edit recordings that are to be made available later in a TUWEL course, for example, with the help of an upload in LectureTube. From simple screen recordings to the picture-in-picture function - with this tool, videos can be individually created and also set to music as desired. 

  • Recording of teaching units (such as lectures, exercises, etc.)
  • Possibility to set PowerPoint slides to music
  • Possibility to record screen content with sound

More information can be found on the corresponding coLAB page: Camtasia Studio, opens an external URL in a new window.

Zur Beschaffung des Programms besuchen Sie bitte dem TU.it Shop, opens an external URL in a new window.

 

Snagit is a software for creating and enhancing screenshots (screen shots). It can also be used to photograph invisible scroll areas of a browser window. It offers options for creating your own presentations from screenshots.

  • Recording screen contents
  • create photo, video or audio recordings of desktop content
  • integrated annotation of screenshots

More information can be found on the corresponding coLAb page: Snagit, opens an external URL in a new window.

Information on the procurement process can be found in the TU.it Shop, opens an external URL in a new window.

TISS, opens an external URL in a new window is the campus information system of the TU Vienna (TU Vienna Information Systems and Services).

TISS provides central support for the administration of all courses at the TU Vienna and is used for the initial announcement of e-learning courses that are handled via TUWEL, opens an external URL in a new window.

You can find more information about TISS on this page CSD- TU Wien Website.

The TU Vienna recommends TUWEL, opens an external URL in a new window (TU Vienna E-Learning), the learning management system based on the open source software Moodle, as the central tool for handling courses. With this platform it is possible to process versatile tasks in the area of face-to-face teaching, distance teaching and hybrid forms.

More information can be found on the corresponding coLAb page: TUWEL, opens an external URL in a new window.

Extensive documentation and video tutorials on the central learning platform can be found in the TUWEL Tutorials Kurs, opens an external URL in a new window

Teachers can also try out the various TUWEL functions from the students' perspective in advance at any time. You can find all the tools to try out in the TUWEL Einsatzszenarien-Kurs, opens an external URL in a new window.

The tool ZOOM, opens an external URL in a new window is recommended for holding live teaching events. In comparison with other web conferencing tools, Zoom has been the most convincing so far. In addition to its ease of use and good accessibility, ZOOM's voice and video quality are also very good.

  1. Web conferencing tool
  2. Recordings possible
  3. Integrated operation in TUWEL
  4. User group in TUWEL can be restricted

Important: Please advise your students to obtain the Zoom licence from the TU.it Shop, opens an external URL in a new window! Otherwise there might be difficulties with the licence.

More information can be found on the corresponding coLAb page: ZOOM, opens an external URL in a new window

Information on the procurement process as well as general information can be found in the TU.it Shop, opens an external URL in a new window.