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Data visualization, the presentation of data in a visual (pictorial, graphical, or other) format, can provide access to analytic trends and concepts in numeric, temporal, gospatial, or textual data that may otherwise be difficult to spot. Read more about Data Visualization: Resources for Teaching, Learning, and Research

WordMapper is a multilingual text annotation tool developed in 2016 by the Academic Technology for FAS team. The tool was originally designed to support the creation of annotations within side-by-side Greek/Arabic text, but can be adapted to other types of web content. Details on the application and its development are below. For more information, or to pilot this new browser-based alignment and annotation tool, contact Academic Technology for FAS at atg@fas.harvard.edu. Read more about WordMapper: Multilingual Text Alignment and Annotation

HUIT Academic Technology provides a variety of technologies and consultative services to support teaching learning in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. We work with Faculty, Teaching Staff, and Students to find tools that meet teaching and learning goals, and to identify, integrate, or develop new technological options. Read more about Technologies

Academic Technology for FAS is currently piloting three annotation-related toolsets that can be added to Canvas course sites. Read more about Annotation tools supported by HUIT Academic Technology

VoiceThread allows multiple people to view multimedia content and exchange ideas via text or recording. 

We will be piloting a version of VoiceThread for Canvas for the Fall term of 2015.  

Please email atg@fas.harvard.edu if you are interested in learning more or having VoiceThread enabled as part of your course website.

ATG is collaborating with HarvardX developers to bring you the  Annotation Tool that has been used in the EdX platform for MOOCs.   This will allow on-campus instructors to set up text assignments within Canvas so that students can annotate and start an online dialog with classmates and instructors about interpretation of a text.

This will replace the Collaborative Annotation Tool (CATool) that was available in iSites.   Read more about AnnotationX - Annotation tool for Canvas

Need some inspiration for your Canvas site? Not sure where to start?

Read more about Canvas Showcase

The Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) program conducted a thorough evaluation of the Spring 2014 Canvas pilot, with great feedback (positive and constructive) from faculty and students—the full report is on the TLT website. Read more about What are faculty and students saying about Canvas?

Whether creating an online repository of historical maps, generating a multilayer GIS map of the multi-faith landscape of American cities, or mapping a saintly cult or pilgrimage, online maps encourage students to think spatially and critically. Read more about Maps/GIS

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. Read more about R

Stata is a general-purpose statistical software package created in 1985 by StataCorp. Read more about Stata

Launched by the Wolfram Group, the Computable Document Format (CDF) standard is a computation-powered knowledge container Read more about CDF

Almost any workflow involves computing results, and that's what Mathematica does Read more about Mathematica

MATLAB® is a high-level language and interactive environment for numerical computation, visualization, and programming. Read more about MATLAB