UAA Core Tools

What are UAA Core tools?

  • Technology tools for teaching, learning, and productivity
  • Supported by the UAA Technical Support Center (786-4646) 
  • Can be used by all UAA faculty, staff, and students at no cost
  • Use your alaska.edu account to log into the tools below

Blackboard

UAA Blackboard Learn: Learning Management System ()

3rd party tools available inside Blackboard Learn* 

  •  (video sharing/streaming)
  • Flickr/Slideshare/YouTube 
  •  (online test proctoring)
  •  (plagiarism prevention service)
  •  (multimedia asynchronous discussions)
  •  (accessibility checker)
  •  web/video conferencing

*supported through collaborative efforts of UAA and the vendor

Other UAA Academic Tools

eWolf ePortfolio = : user-friendly online platform to share your work ()

: robust easy-to-use online survey tool ()

Productivity Tools

Google Workspace: Mail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Meet, YouTube, Google Earth, Keep, etc. 

Microsoft Office 365: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, OneDrive, Sharepoint, Teams, etc.

: business aspects of UA (registration, grades, pay, employment information, benefits, class rosters, etc.)

25Live: room/event scheduling system for UAA

3rd Party Supported Tools

: recommended web browser

: recommended web browser

: plays most multimedia files and runs on all platforms

: edit PDF files (check accessibility, combine files, etc.)

or : view, print, and comment on PDF files

: video conferencing

 

  Accessibility and Privacy Policies for Tech Tools

 

What are UAA specialty tools?

  • Tools for some subset of UAA faculty, staff and/or students
  • May not be supported by the UAA Technical Support Center
Specialty Tool What it is for Who can use it Where to get more information
Navigate360 Student Success students, faculty, staff Academic Affairs
Browser extension to make the web more accessible; install and connect to your account to access the Pro features  students, faculty, staff
Layouts to design, share and print flyers, logos, presentations, banners, etc. students, faculty, staff UAA Technical Support Center
Formerly Screencast-o-Matic. Create screencast videos (; free version is a great option) faculty, staff Faculty Development & Instructional Support
Discounted pricing is available for this collection of 20+ apps for photography, design, video, etc. faculty, staff
 Statistical Analysis free for students with departmental purchase of faculty/staff licenses UAA Technical Support Center
Virtual Private Network (VPN) faculty, and staff off-campus use UAA Technical Support Center
Blackboard Learn add-ons Add functionality to Blackboard
with third party tools		 faculty, staff UAA Blackboard Use Policy

Faculty looking for additional learning technologies can contact an instructional designer and are encouraged to use the following resource to evaluate a new tool: .