Instructional Tools

Instructors can integrate instructional tools with eCampus to provide additional functionality for their courses. Follow the links below to learn more about each tool.

Assessment tools

• ExamSoft is an assessment-management solution to support the entire testing process. 

• Respondus is a tool for creating and managing paper-based or eCampus exams.

• StudyMate helps students learn course material through learning activities, self-assessments and games. 

• VoiceThread is an interactive collaboration tool that enables users to exchange voice, text, images, documents and videos. 

Classroom response systems

• iClicker allows students to respond to questions via mobile device or an iClicker device. 

Collaboration tools

• Class Collaborate Ultra is a video conferencing tool in eCampus for remote classes. 

• Zoom is a video conferencing tool.

Content tools

• Barnes & Noble College offers digital resources.

• Beyond Labz offers curriculum-aligned online lab activities. Visit Beyond Labz Support to view guides or request help.

• BNC Course Materials is a tool to provide student access to course materials purchased through the Barnes and Noble First Day Complete Program. 

• Cengage Learning provides seamless access to content within eCampus.

• Crowdmark is a collaborative grading and analytics platform to help evaluate student work.

• EdPuzzle is a tool that allows instructors to create interactive video lessons that can be used for formative assessment by embedding questions or audio.

• FacultyEnlight is a resource for researching, adopting, and sharing insights about textbooks and course materials. 

• FlatWorld provides digital textbooks with a full range of instructor supplements.

• Harmonize creates an interactive space for dynamic academic discussion, creative and analytical thinking, and in-depth feedback.

• Ice House Student Success Program is a course to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset. 

• InQuizitive is a quizzing tool that supports select Norton textbooks.

• LiveText is a browser-based e-portfolio and assessment management application.

• LoudCloud provides open education resources, publisher content, packaged courses, and activities.

• Knewton is an adaptive learning platform for STEM content.

• LabRight is an all-in-one digital platform for STEM labs easily integrated for a seamless experience and customizable to match course outcomes.

• Macmillan Education links to content at the chapter or asset level. 

• McGraw-Hill Education supports features like automatic grade sync, SSO, integrated content, assignments and tracking student performance.

• Mobius is an online learning and assessment system designed especially for courses involving mathematics. Its unparalleled abilities allow instructors to teach and subsequently assess student understanding of math-based concepts, making it ideal for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses.

• MyLabsPlus is a dynamic teaching and learning environment.

• Norton gives access to customizable tools for learning and assessment. 

• Packback creates AI-powered inquiry-based learning communities to support critical thinking.

• Pearson provides course content and interactive learning tools and resources. 

• Pearson Revel is an interactive learning environment. 

• Perusall is a free tool that allows students to help each other learn by collectively annotating readings in threads, responding to each other’s comments, and interacting.

• Piazza is a free online gathering place where students can ask, answer, and explore 24/7, under the guidance of their instructors.

• Portfolium is a portfolio network for users to showcase their knowledge and interact in a collaborative environment. 

• Qwickly+ is a platform too simplify instructors' workflows by providing easier access to frequently repeated tasks. 

• SIMnet is an easy-to-use digital platform that teaches and assesses skills in Microsoft Office Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

  • Accessing SIMnet through Blackboard video

  • Updating SIMnet assignment details in Blackboard video

• Squarecap is a student engagement application that motivates students to attend class and provides real-time feedback between students and instructors. 

• Sapling Learning is an online homework tool that includes wrong-answer feedback, hints, solutions and other features to drive student success. 

• SoftChalk is an eLearning content authoring software that can used to create engaging, interactive, personalized online lessons that students can access anytime, anywhere, on any device.

• Stukent provides cutting-edge simulations and courseware.

• TestOut is an online lab that provides a broad range of hands-on experience in a safe, simulated environment. 

• Tevera features integrated applications, environments and workflows to help students prepare for careers in behavioral health, mental health, social work and addiction recovery. 

• WebAssign is an online instructional system. 

• WileyPLUS (Wiley Resources) is a research-based online environment for teaching and learning.

• Vista Higher Learning (VHL) focuses on language learning and provides a wide variety of imaginative tools, resources, and materials from traditional textbooks to our innovative Supersite—designed to make teaching and learning languages easier.

• ZyBook is web-native interactive content that helps students learn challenging topics, with auto-grading that saves instructors time and leads to better-prepared students in class.

Course evaluation tools

• Students' Perception of Teaching (SPOT) (Formerly SEI) is used by WVU to measure student satisfaction and solicit feedback about the quality of instruction. 

Grade transfer tools

• GradeSync allows instructors to submit grades from a Grade Center column to STAR. 

Media storage

• MediaSite Cloud is used to capture, edit, store and share videos. 

• Mediasite Content allows instructors to add existing or upload media cloud content in their eCampus courses

Mobile tools

• Blackboard Mobile Apps are available for instructors and students. 

Online proctoring and integrity tools

• Examity is an online proctoring tool.

• Proctorio is a remote proctoring software for Chrome web browsers. 

• ProctorU is an automated proctoring platform that adapts to test-taker behavior. 

• Respondus Monitor works with the Respondus LockDown Browser to protect the integrity of non-proctored, online exams.  

• Turnitin is a plagiarism assessment system.

Tutoring tools

• Tutor.com is an online tutoring service. 

• ThinkingStorm is an online tutoring service. 

Other tools 

• WVU Photo Roster is available in eCampus Course Tools, and is only visible to instructors and teaching assistants.