Online Tools & Technology Solutions
Below you will find technology tools you can explore for various solutions. SUNY also has listed a number of agreements with vendors in areas that may be impacted by preparations to move courses to online environments. Copies of specific vendor agreements are available in the SUNY Online Announcements & Events Workplace Group. If you have questions, please contact the SUNY Online Help Desk.
Synchronous Tools
- Collaborate – available from ITEC at no cost through spring – Contact: services@itec.suny.edu – Getting Started Guide
- WebEx – full feature license available for 90 days at no cost – Getting Started Guide
- Zoom – Getting Started Guide - 6 Tips to Deter Zoom-bombers - 10 Ways to Secure Zoom
- MS Teams – all campuses are currently licensed – Getting Started Guide (PDF)
Proctoring/Academic Integrity Tools
- ProctorU (see temporary offer)
- Proctortrack
- Software Secure (Remote Proctor Now) – Quick Online Proctoring Implementation for Higher Education Contact: Mark Musacchio (Email: mmusacchio@psionline.com)
- Honorlock (see temporary offer)
- Respondus - (see resources)
- Examity - (read update from CEO)
Transcription/Captioning Tools
- Verbit
- Ai-Media
- Cielo-24
- Alternative Communication Services
Accessibility Tools
- Blackboard Ally - Based on the COVID-19 emergency response and the importance of accessibility, SUNY will provide Ally for LMS to those campuses that do not currently have it from now through June 30, 2020 at no cost. Campuses will need to complete a Participating Institution Agreement (PIA). Since there is no financial implication, anyone at the senior leadership level can sign the PIA. Contact Sarah Kruzinski (sarah.kruzinski@suny.edu) for details.
- Alternative Communication Services
- ReadSpeaker
- Texthelp - [See temporary offer]
Video Platform Tools
- Ensemble – Webinar Recording: Effective Online Learning with Ensemble Video - extended license through end of spring semester. Any content your campus creates will be free through June 30. - Contact: services@itec.suny.edu
- Kaltura
- VidGrid
Tutoring Tools
- Tutor.com
- NetTutor
Academic Technologies & Educational Software
- Cengage - free trial access to courseware and materials [See temporary offer]
- SoftChalk (see temporary offer (PDF))
- TopHat (see temporary offer (PDF))
- BrainPop (see temporary offer (PDF))
- TechSmith (see temporary offer (PDF))
- iClicker – Student engagement solution for online polls and quizzes. Please complete this form if you are interested in using iClicker’s online solutions for the remainder of your academic term. For more information, visit the vendor COVID-19 response page.
Internet Service Providers
- Spectrum - Charter, the company that provides Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi, is offering free services to households with children in school or college students who don’t have a Spectrum broadband subscription at any service level up to 100 Mbps. Starting March 16, this will be available for 60 days. To enroll, call 1-844-488-8395. Installation fees will be waived. Additionally, WiFi hotspots will now be open for public use. [See offer brochure]
- AT&T - Announced it would lift its broadband data cap overage fees temporarily. Additionally, through Access from AT&T they will continue to offer internet data to qualifying limited income households for $10 a month.
- Comcast - Increased the speeds of its Internet Essentials plan aimed at low-income earners as of March 16. This involves offering 60 days of free service, after which people will be charged $9.95 per month, and increasing speeds on this plan from 15/2Mbps to 25/3Mbps.
- Verizon - Will waive late fees for the next 60 days.
- Other free internet access - Website of free Net access service providers, as well as sites that can help you find free WiFi Internet access hotspots near you.
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