Technology Apps for Students
There are many technologies available for all students at UW Bothell. On this page you’ll find resources and tutorials.
Available at UW
Canvas
Canvas is the official learning management system (LMS) of the UW. Students can use Canvas to access course content, submit assignments anytime, anywhere and collaborate with peers and instructors. Canvas is FERPA-compliant,
- UW Canvas website (canvas.uw.edu)
- Canvas Help for Students
Canvas student guide
The Canvas Student Guide has tutorials on all topics related to Canvas, from editing your settings to submitting an assignment, taking a quiz or exam or participating in a forum discussion.
The Canvas Video Guide contains short videos in many of the guide topics for students.
Note: This videos will be available until December 2025.
Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere (PE) is a polling to tool to interact with live polls during class or online as a set of polls in a survey. Once your instructor imports all students to their PE group, all students are automatically registered. If you are new to PE, these UW resources will help get started.
- Poll Takers: Set Up Your Account & Log In
- Poll Takers: Responding to Polls
- Poll Takers: Device Access & Troubleshooting
- For issues that persist after troubleshooting, please contact us at uwbit@uw.edu.
Panopto
Panopto is a hosting video tool inside Canvas. Your instructor may record class lectures or other videos that you can access and watch in Panopto. If the Panopto Recordings is not visible on the Canvas course navigation menu, it is possible that your instructor is not using this tool.. This resource, View Panopto recordings, has information about using Panopto in your courses.
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning is an on-demand video learning platform to help you develop and enhance skills.
Free access to LinkedIn Learning is provided to all UW students, staff, and faculty by the Student Technology Fee. The tutorial links on this page are hosted by LinkedIn Learning.
Microsoft 365 apps
All registered students at UW Bothell have access to the Microsoft 365 (M365) online suite of applications
General Information on accessing and using the online versions as well as installing Microsoft Office 365 apps for students. These include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, Outlook, OneNote and SharePoint.
Microsoft productivity apps are also available with your UW Microsoft account. These include Loop, Planner, To Do, Lists, Stream + ChipChamp (video creation, editor and hosting), Whiteboard, and Forms.
Office 365 tutorials
- Learning Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Basics Video Training
- Word Essential Training (M365)
- PowerPoint Essential Training (M365)
- Excel Essential Training (M365)
- Outlook Essential Training
- OneNote Essential Training
- Microsoft Office Accessibility
- Microsoft Office Cheat Sheets and Guides