Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning

Adobe Express

Purpose: Create AI images, infographics, graphic designs, video slideshows, and web sites with this creation tool.

Adobe Spark Page with Tour of Adobe Express Video

AI Literacy

This curriculum aligns our secondary library programs with ISTE, Wisconsin ITL, and Day of AI Literacy standards. Across the curriculum, students progress from understanding foundational AI concepts, to applying AI responsibly in real-world contexts, to creating and evaluating AI-supported solutions where appropriate.

Book Creator

Purpose: Open ended digital book creation tool. Includes audio and video recording, images, text and translation tools.

https://app.bookcreator.com/sign-in (students)

Book Creator Online Training

KUSD Training Slides

Breakout Edu

Breakout EDU offers educational games similar to escape rooms to teach critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving. Key features include a game library with digital and physical kit-based games, the ability to customize or create games, educator resources, flexible activity lengths.

Get started with Breakout EDU Lock of the Day! These one-lock puzzle are designed to be solved in just a few minutes - perfect for morning work, a warm-up activity, or a daily challenge.

Check out this short video walkthrough of Lock of the Day, complete with real puzzle examples.

To access your account go to Classlink and Staff @ Your Library folder. Your account is registered with your @KUSD email. DO NOT use gmail.

Intro Slide Show

Introductory/back-to-school games for elementary and middle school educators.

Canva

Purpose: Create graphic designs, videos, slideshows, and web sites with this FREE simplistic creation tool

Login: canva.com using your KUSD Gmail address. Your school/team will be listed on the left side dropdown menu.

Canva Editing Essentials - self training

How to use Canva with Students

Video Tutorials for teaching with Canva

Class Companion with Solara

Class Companion with Solara (app in Classlink)

provides instant, personalized feedback on written assignments; use Solara to create assignments with built-in student supports, such as sentence starters and scaffolding, and to provide insight into the student perspective.

Solara Video Tour

Click here for resources on (Panorama) Solara & Class Companion Register or sign in as a customer.

Class Tools

Class Tools is a new suite of real-time control and student engagement features for teachers. These tools allow teachers to share and pin content, remotely view student screens, and utilize accessibility features like live captions and translations to enhance focus and learning.

At this time, using Class Tools is a self-directed initiative, however below are two tutorials that can support staff who want to explore and implement Class Tools in their classrooms.

Currently, any teacher who would like to use Class Tools with their students is welcome to do so. To get started, staff will need to ask their TST for a Chromebook.

Intro Video

More Information

EdPuzzle

Purpose: Turn passive viewing into engaged viewing. The process is simple - find a video, add questions and assign it to your class. Watch as they progress and hold them accountable on their learning journey.

Links to Edpuzzle Tutorials:

What is Edpuzzle? - introductory video for teachers brand new to Edpuzzle.
New to EdPuzzle? Teacher Signup Link
Short How To Video on how to set up your account and assign a video
Getting started with Google Classroom and Ed Puzzle
EdPuzzle Toolkit Best Practices for each EdPuzzle tool: Video; Slides; Quiz; Student Projects; Docs
Edpuzzle for Beginners playlist - perfect for new users and as a review for experienced folks!
Best EdPuzzle practices playlist - highlights all of Edpuzzle’s interactive instructional tools: Videos, Slides, Quizzes, Docs, and Student Projects, and how and when to use them.
EdPuzzle New Features May 2026 - video overview of Edpuzzle’s latest features.
Edpuzzle Beginner ‘26 self-paced course - get up to speed on everything you need to know about Edpuzzle for this school year - and earn a certificate to display upon completion!

Google Classroom

Google Classroom is the digital learning platform for grades 3-12.

New Look in Google Classroom Fall 2026

Details

Google Classroom Deep Dive

Training Resources:

Teacher Training Center from Google

KUSD Specific Information

Start of School Year Information (Secondary)

End of Quarter Information

Google

Google for Education -

Explore Google Workspace for Education, that provides you access to a powerful range of tools to help you teach, collaborate, and save time. You will find PD, tutorials, and howtos here.

Purpose: Students need to be able to annotate on top of a pdf assignment in Google Classroom

Read Write has been provided for all KUSD staff and students. A PDF annotation tool called Orbit Note is also available.

Pear Deck

Purpose: Embed interactive questions within your Google Slideshows. All KUSD staff have access to Pear Deck PREMIUM!

Pear Deck Learning Success Center- webinars, module training, checklists and more.

Getting Started with Google Slides and Pear Deck

Pear Deck Teaching Resources

Pear Deck Digital Room

Pear Deck Learning Overview

Pear Assessment

Purpose: helps you assess, instruct, and measure student progress.

KUSD Get Started Guide and more

Aug 27 webinar resources

Pear Assessment Learning Success Center- webinars, module training, checklists and more.

Get Started with Pear Assessment

Take a Tour
Create Your Classroom
Build & Launch Assessments

Help Center: Your go-to resource for step-by-step articles, videos, and troubleshooting guides.

ReadWrite Extension

The Read&Write literacy extension supports all students and provide them with the tools they need to achieve more in reading and writing. Parts of Read&Write may look familiar, as many CoWriter and Snap&Read features were merged with Read&Write.

What is Read&Write? Read&Write is a literacy support toolbar that has been proven to improve students’ reading and writing skills.

Read&Write was created with Universal Design for Learning in mind. All students and staff in KUSD have access to Read&Write through their KUSD Google account. With features including text-to-speech, dictionary tools, text prediction and voice notes, it supports a diverse range of learners in class, at home and during study.

Where can I use the Read&Write toolbar? Working seamlessly with virtually any type of educational content—such as websites, PDFs and Google Classroom documents, including Docs, Slides, and more—Read&Write helps ensure that every student can access the tools they need, where they need them. The toolbar helps to build confidence, understanding and engagement in learning. View this introductory video to learn more about Read&Write.

How do my students and I get Read&Write? The district pushed out the Read&Write extension to all students, making it available in their extension toolbar. For staff, please go to the Chrome Web Store and download the Read&Write extension.

To learn more about the features of Read&Write check out the Learning Academy for Read &Write! and/or the KUSD Assistive Technology website.

Screencastify

Purpose: Screencastify is a tool for recording, editing, and sharing video content, primarily used by educators to create instructional materials, assignments, and on-demand lessons for students. It allows users to capture their desktop, a browser tab, or a webcam, and the recorded videos can be quickly edited with features like trimming, annotation, and text overlays. Screencastify also enables students to create and submit video assignments, fostering skill practice and comprehension, with options to add interactive questions to videos for assessment.

Quick Start Guide

Resource Guide- featuring AI enhancements

Screencastify Edit - a basic video editor

Screencastify Submit - students can respond to an assignment with videos made in Screencastify

Back to School Checklist

Google Vids

Google Vids is an AI-powered video creation app built into Google Workspace. Designed primarily for workplace communication like training, recaps, and pitch presentations, it acts as a digital collaborative assistant that generates full initial video drafts—complete with storyboards, scripts, stock media, and voiceovers—from simple text prompts or connected documents. The platform features a slide-based interface similar to Google Slides, allowing teams to edit scene-by-scene and collaborate in real-time without needing technical video editing experience.

Intro to Google Vids

Beginner's Guide to Google Vids

YouTube

Purpose: Create a curated list of video resources - ones you've recorded or other videos you recommend. Share links to the videos with students.