Information Technology

Technology Apps for Students

There are many technologies available for all students at UW Bothell. On this page you’ll find resources and tutorials. On this page you’ll find information about Canvas, Poll Everywhere, Panopto, LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft 365 apps and Canva for design.

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,

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.

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

M365 Productivity Apps

Canva for design

Canva is a super easy online tool that lets UW students create awesome-looking designs fast. Whether you’re making a flyer for your club, a social media post, or a class presentation, Canva has tons of templates and UW-branded stuff (like logos and colors) ready to go. It helps your work look polished and saves you a bunch of time. Here are some ideas using Canva:

  • For example, if you’re planning an event for your student org, you can use Canva to whip up a poster in minutes that looks totally professional and matches UW’s style.
  • Want to make a short video for a class project or club promo? Canva has easy drag-and-drop video tools and UW-branded video templates to help you create something cool—no editing experience needed.
  • Need to create a class presentation for a group project? Use Canva’s slide templates to build a clean, visually engaging deck—just drop in your content, add icons or charts, and you’re ready to present.

Access these resources to learn more: