Digital tools supported for learning and teaching at ANU.
Turnitin CPF
An electronic text matching service to check the originality of submitted assignments through Canvas. All marking is conducted within Canvas through SpeedGrader.
More information: Turnitin CPF.
In Wattle, Feedback Studio is used for marking (including rubrics, reusable comments and voice recordings).
More information: Turnitin pages in the Wattle Manual.
Creating quizzes and providing formative feedback.
More information: Quizzes section in the Wattle Manual.
Proctorio
Online proctoring of exams, including ID verification and plagiarism detection tools.
More information: Proctorio
Teams
Video conferencing and online classes.
More information: ANU Microsoft365; Microsoft Teams for Education
Stores curriculum data and assists with the development, mapping, approvals and publishing of curriculum items.
More information and login: Curriculum Management System (CMS)
Create and share interactive content in Canvas (and Wattle), e.g. accordion style pages, hotspot questions, interactive books and videos, branching scenarios, etc.
More information: Using H5P in Canvas resource (opens in ANU Sharepoint); Wattle courses: H5P Explained (log in to Wattle before accessing this self-enrolable course).
Delivering interactive lessons.
College specific: College of Science and Medicine only
More information: What is the KuraCloud desktop application? (opens in vendor site)
Microsoft Whiteboard
Collaborative visualising ideas and creating notes, templates.
More information: MS Whiteboard (opens in vendor site)
Online whiteboard for teams to collaborate visually on ideas, projects, and plans in real-time, like brainstorming, mind mapping, and diagramming. Comparable to a digital sticky note board where everyone can contribute and see changes instantly, even when remote.
More information: Create a Miro Educational account (opens ANU Sharepoint document)
Padlet
A tool to create interactive boards to organise and share ideas, resources, or project materials in a visually compelling format.
More information: ANU Software & Systems: Padlet
Open-source-based document management system.
College specific: College of Science and Medicine only
More information: Medical School Staff Guides, LCMS
Canvas
In 2025, the ANU introduced Canvas, a new Learning Management System (LMS). Canvas will replace Wattle, the current system, and offers many new features to help make the learning and teaching experience quicker, easier and more streamlined.
More information:ANU Software & Systems: Canvas; Canvas support (opens in ANU Sharepoint)
Before 2025, Wattle (Web Access To Teaching and Learning Environments) was the Learning Management System (LMS) and primary web presence for most courses, providing online learning materials, interactivity, communication, assessment, feedback and reporting. Wattle was based on the open-source Moodle platform, with a number of other integrated facilities. From 2025, the ANU began transitioning from Wattle to Canvas as the primary LMS.
More information: Wattle Manual; Wattle support; Login
Adds Polls among EchoVideo slides to use during lectures, or into videos creating "interactive media", to encourage student engagement.
More information: Echo360 Polls - Overview (opens in vendor site)
Creating and hosting polls, surveys, Q&As, quizzes, word clouds
More information: ANU Software & Systems: PollEverywhere
Within a Microsoft Teams meeting, the Polls App allows polls for use during a meeting, including Multiple Choice, Quiz, Word Cloud, Ranking, Rating
More information: Microsoft: Poll attendees during a Teams meeting
Creating surveys and quizzes with the option of adding videos to the questions
More information: New to Forms? Start here (opens in vendor site)
Integrated with Canvas (and the outgoing LMS Wattle), EchoVideo is installed in many ANU teaching venues to provide automated recording of audio and video projection (e.g. slides) for lectures, seminars and lectorials.
More information: ANU Software & Systems: EchoVideo