The CED makes several educational technologies and digital tools available, which you can use for both in- and out-of-class activities.
The CED makes a variety of educational technologies available, which you can use to design the right educational mix of learning activities in your course. In this way, you can combine different types of in- and out-of-class activities.
Consider the following when choosing a educational technology:
You and your students have access to a number of technologies, several of which are built into AU's learning management system, Brightspace.
The CED has entered a contract with the suppliers so that both data security and the GDPR are in order. This concerns the technologies below in which the CED also offers educational and technical support.
Brightspace is AU’s learning management system (LMS). The system houses a multitude of functions to facilitate teaching, which ensures progression between different learning activities, for example, with varying in-class and out-of-class activities and different forms of feedback.
The AU Brightspace website is located at:
Find tutorials for Brightspace at AU Educate:
A data processing agreement between AU and Brightspace has been made, so it is safe and secure to use in teaching. You can read more about AU’s privacy policy for Brightspace here:
Go to the CED's Brightspace support page at:
FeedbackFruits is an online tool that can help facilitate peer-feedback activities among students. With the tool, students can hand in different types of assignments including regular written assignments, website products, group submissions, and video recordings.
FeedbackFruits can be accessed via Brightspace at:
Find tutorials for FeedbackFruits at AU Educate:
A data processing agreement between AU and FeedbackFruits has been made, so it is safe and secure to use in teaching. You can read more about FeedbackFruits' privacy policy here:
For support on FeedbackFruits, go to the CED's support page about Brightspace at:
H5P allows you to produce student-activating teaching content, including graphic interactive learning materials, quizzes, automated feedback, and interactive courses. The technology is integrated in Brightspace and thus supports the preparation and use of graphic and interactive content.
In H5P, you can work with more than 50 different content types. See the full list H5P's website:
H5P can be accessed via Brightspace at:
Find tutorials for H5P at AU Educate:
A data processing agreement between AU and H5Phas been made, so it is safe and secure to use in teaching. You can read more about H5P's privacy policy here:
Mentimeter is a so-called student response system (SRS), which you, for example, can use to ask different types of questions to your students in class and thus increase interaction. Students can participate via their smartphone, tablet, or computer and their responses are immediately shared though clear graphics.
From the beginning of the new year, AU will replace Padlet with TaskCards as the digital platform for collaborative learning activities. The change is due to a significant price increase for Padlet, necessitating a more cost-efficient alternative.
All Padlet users received direct information about this via email on 19 November 2024.
Panopto is a video platform. With the platform, you can record and share videos from your computer and activate students when they watch the videos with, for example, quizzes, debates, and automatic indexing. In addition, Panopto makes it possible to record and stream classes from lecture theatres.
Panopto can be accessed at:
Find tutorials for Panopto at AU Educate:
A data processing agreement has been made between AU and the Danish e-Infrastructure Cooperation (DeiC), which delivers Panopto to AU, so it is safe and secure to use in teaching. You can read more about the DeiC’s agreement here:
Contact your local IT support unit for technical support:
TaskCards is a digital bulletin board in which students can collaborate and share posts, links, images, audio files, text documents, and videos. The simple design and diverse functionalities of TaskCards makes it useful for activities such as group work, brainstorming, mind mapping, and written reflections.
Find tutorials for TaskCards at AU Educate:
A data processing agreement has been made between AU and TaskCards, ensuring it is safe and secure for use in education. You can learn more about TaskCards' privacy policy here:
Support For assistance with TaskCards, visit the CED's support page about Brightspace:
Zoom is a video conferencing system that can be used for, among other things, synchronous remote teaching and to record video presentations, which can be shared with the students. In Zoom, you can, among other things, divide participants into breakout rooms, draw on a whiteboard, and share screen.
Zoom can be accessed at:
Find vejledninger til Zoom på AU Educate:
A data processing agreement has been made between AU and the Danish e-Infrastructure Cooperation (DeiC), which delivers Zoom to AU, so it is safe and secure to use in teaching. You can read more about the DeiC’s agreement here:
Contact your local IT support unit for technical support:
