Education Tools

Panopto Mobile App User Guide

Panopto Mobile App User Guide

What is Panopto? Panopto is used by the Faculty of Medicine to manage and distribute lecture recordings. The Panopto app allows for access to view lecture recordings on the go through your mobile device.

Accessing Sensitive Videos

What are sensitive videos? Some of the videos used in teaching clinical skills at UBC are identified as sensitive because they contain copyrighted materials or the privacy of patients and practitioners in them need to be protected. To comply with UBC’s privacy and security guidelines sensitive videos are not publicly available and must be accessed […]

Slido Week Instructor Guide

Slido Week Instructor Guide

Thank you for working with us on trialing this new way to engage with students after your lecture using the Slido Q&A tool. Please note: These instructions are specifically for the Slido Week Experiment project. If you would like to learn more about how Slido can help you engage with students at the UBC Faculty […]

Slido Account Manager Guide

As account manager, you are responsible for creating the event and sharing the event with collaborators (lecturers). More Questions about Slido? Our team can answer quick questions about Slido. Please email edmedia.med@ubc.ca for an appointment. Slido also provides excellent online resources as well as a chat service.

Preview Annotation Guide

This page will teach you how to use Preview to annotate a PDF. Please note: Preview is a pre-installed app on all macOS devices. For more information, see Apple’s Preview User Guide.

Adobe Acrobat Reader Annotation Guide

Adobe Acrobat Reader Annotation Guide

This page will teach you how to use Adobe Acrobat Reader DC to annotate a PDF. Note: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is a free, downloadable application. Click here to be redirected to the download page. Video Tutorial Watch a quick video for Mac or Windows to review how the 10 quick steps on how to annotate a PDF. […]

Slido User Guide

What is Slido? Slido (pronounced as Sly-doe) is an easy-to-use Q&A and polling platform for live, remote or hybrid learning events. Students participate by simply connecting to the Slido website using an event code or QR code to access. Rehearse with us We strongly recommend making an appointment with us to rehearse using Slido in your live event, please […]

Piazza Guide for Medical Students

Piazza Guide for Medical Students

What is Piazza? Piazza is a online question-and-answer platform that blends the functionality of a discussion forum with that of a wiki. Piazza helps students ask and answer their own questions, under the guidance of their instructor or TAs. The question and answer process typically goes like this: When creating an account in the tool, […]

Piazza Guide for Instructors

Piazza Guide for Instructors

What is Piazza? Piazza is an online question-and-answer platform that blends the functionality of a discussion forum with that of a wiki. Piazza helps students ask and answer their own questions, under the guidance of their instructor or TAs. The question and answer process typically goes like this: Where is Piazza? You will have received […]

Sli.Do for Powerpoint

Please Note: If you plan to deliver your lecture in person in a lecture hall, you will need to connect your personal laptop to the lecture hall display system. The Sli.Do for PowerPoint integration will not operate on the lecture podium computers. Downloading Sli.Do for Powerpoint Click on this website https://www.sli.do/powerpoint-polling to set up the […]