Tools Supported by IDAT
- Ally – accessibility tool
- Audacity – audio editing
- Brightspace – learning management tool
- Foxit Editor & Reader – PDFs
- Google Workspace – email, collaboration, & storage
- Infobase – training platform
- Kahoot! – interactive quizzes
- Kaltura – video creation & hosting
- MindMup 2.0 – Google Drive mind map add-on
- MyMeredith – campus intranet portal
- ReadSpeaker – text to speech
- Respondus Lockdown Browser – secure testing browser
- Turnitin – originality checker
- Zoom – web conferencing
- Zoom Scheduler – browser plugin, schedule Zoom from Google Calendar
Explore tools by teaching goal
Do you know what you are trying to do but just don’t know which tool to use? We’ve got a chart to list tools by the teaching goal.
- Engage with students
- Assessments
- Student collaboration
- Accessibility
- and more
For another list of what Instructional Technology tools by purpose or instructional goal, please visit our list our page within the My Meredith portal.
Other Instructional Tools
In addition to our categories exclusively for Zoom, Brightspace, and Google Workspace, we have many other instructional tools to use. You can also explore instructional tool tutorials and tips here on the blog under the “Instructional Tools” category.
Fixing accessibility issues in documents is a skill that can be developed like any other. Here are some practice documents for you to build your digital accessibility muscle! This post will detail testing these documents with Panorama but you can also open them in other programs. Open the document based on file type using Microsoft […]
Yuja Panorama is a tool for checking document accessibility and creating alternate formats. It is our replacement for Ally but has a standalone portal for all employees to have access to these important tools. Accessing Panorama Panorama has a standalone site accessible to all employees. It utilizes our Meredith login so please choose to sign […]
Yuja Panorama is an accessibility tool integrated directly into Brightspace. This tool will make it easier to track and improve accessibility for your courses. This tool is a replacement for Ally and provides extended functionality. Panorama is also available outside of Brightspace by any employee. See the Panorama Accessibility – All Employee Access post for […]
CopyLeaks is our new plagiarism detection software. CopyLeaks is replacing Turnitin and has comparable features. Currently, students must agree to an End User License Agreement (EULA) before their submissions can be processed through the software. If the students do not agree, no report will be generated for their submission. They only have to do this […]
Some changes when logging into Zoom Our Campus has been updating some of our authentication methods, and as a result, the ability to log into Zoom through the Google Apps launcher will no longer be available. Based on a few help desk tickets, this is a great time to review some Zoom concepts so you’ll […]
Shared Drives are essential for sharing and storing important campus files and folders. One drawback to this system is that all Shared Drive files are open to all Shared Drive users. All that is changed now with limited access folders in Shared Drive! This new feature allows folders to be restricted to certain users and […]
In Spring 2025, the Generative AI Professional Development Committee (PDC) focused its efforts on academic integrity—specifically, the acceptable and unacceptable use of AI by students in their coursework. This initiative was driven by concerns about the reliability of AI detection tools (“AI checkers”) and both anecdotal and empirical evidence suggesting an increase in student use […]
Processes are all over Meredith. Staff and faculty use them every day and may not even consider what we’re doing as a process. But when we sit down to really look at these processes is when we can make them smoother with the best outcomes for everyone. That is where process mapping comes in. Here […]