Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning

Functionality: ★★★

Scale:★★★: Works Well. The tool can be scaled to accommodate any size class with the flexibility to create smaller sub-groups or communities of practice by using breakout boards.
Ease of Use:★★★: Works Well. The tool has a user-friendly interface that is easy to navigate and personalize for both the instructor and the learner. Use is intuitive for both instructor and learner.
Tech Support/Help Availability (for Instructors):★★☆: Minor Concerns. The Lucid Learning Campus page, Lucid Sales Bot, and Lucid community are available for tech support from the developers to the users. However, technical support is not available through CITL.
Tech Support/Help Availability (for Students):★★☆: Minor Concerns. The Lucid Learning Campus page, Lucid Sales Bot, and Lucid community are available for tech support from the developers to the users. However, technical support is not available through CITL.
Hypermediality :★★★: Works Well. The tool allows users to communicate through different channels (audio, visual, and textual) and allows for non-sequential, flexible/adaptive engagement with material. Can streamline and integrate through Slack, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and other apps.

Accessibility: ★★★

Accessibility Standards:★★★: Works Well. The tool meets accessibility guidelines (i.e. W3C WCAG 2.0 standards)
User-focused participation:★★★: Works Well. The tool is designed to address the needs of diverse users, their various literacies, and capabilities, thereby widening opportunities for participation in learning.
Required Equipment:★★★: Works Well. Proper use of the tool does not require specialized equipment.

Technical: ★★★

Integration/Embedding within a Learning Management System (LMS) :★★★: Works Well. The tool can be embedded (as an object via HTML code) or fully integrated (e.g. LTI-compliant tools) into an LMS while maintaining full functionality of the tool.
Operating Systems:★★★: Works Well. Users can effectively utilize the tool with any standard, up-to-date operating system.
Web Browser:★★★: Works Well. Users can effectively utilize the tool with any standard, up-to-date web browser.
Additional Technical Requirements:★★★: Works Well. Users do not need to download additional software or browser extensions. Additional accounts or software is not required.

Mobile Design: ★★☆

Access:★★★: Works Well. The tool can be accessed, either through the download of an app or via a mobile browser, regardless of the mobile operating system and device.
Functionality:★★★: Works Well. There is little to no functional difference between the mobile and the desktop version, regardless of the device used to access it.
Offline Access:★☆☆: Serious Concerns. The mobile platform cannot be used in any capacity offline.

Usage and Account Set Up: ★★★

Sign Up/Sign In:★★★: Works Well. Use of the tool does not require the creation of an external account or additional login; no personal user information is collected and shared. Can login with Google account, Office 365, Slack or SSO.
Cost of Use:★★☆: Minor Concerns. Limited aspects of the tool can be used for free with other elements requiring payment of a fee, membership, or subscription.
Archiving, Saving, and Exporting Data :★★★: Works Well. Users can archive, save, or import and export content or activity data in a variety of formats (some of which are open standards)
Data Privacy and Ownership:★★★: Works Well. Users maintain ownership and copyright of their intellectual property/data; the user can keep data private and decide if / how data is to be shared.

Social Presence: ★★★

Collaboration :★★★: Works Well. The tool has the capacity to support a community of learning through both asynchronous and synchronous opportunities for communication, interactivity, and transfer of meaning between users.
User Accountability:★★★: Works Well. Instructors can control learner anonymity; the tool provides technical solutions for holding learners accountable for their actions.
Diffusion:★★★: Works Well. The tool is widely known and popular, it’s likely that most learners are familiar with the tool and have basic technical competence with it.

Teaching Presence: ★★★

Facilitation:★★★: Works Well. The tool has easy-to-use features that would significantly improve an instructor’s ability to be present with learners via active management, monitoring, and engagement.
Customization:★★★: Works Well. Tool is adaptable to its environment: easily customized to suit the classroom context and targeted learning outcomes.
Learning Analytics:★★★: Works Well. Instructors can monitor learners’ performance on a variety of responsive measures. These measures can be accessed through a user-friendly dashboard.

Cognitive Presence: ★★★

Enhancement of Cognitive Task(s):★★★: Works Well. The tool enhances engagement in targeted cognitive task(s) that were once overly complex or inconceivable through other means.
Higher Order Thinking:★★★: Works Well. Use of the tool easily facilitates learners to exercise higher order thinking skills (given consideration to design, facilitation, and direction from instructor)
Feedback on Learning:★★★: Works Well. Through the tool, learners can regularly receive formative feedback on learning (i.e. they can track their performance, monitor their improvement, test their knowledge, etc.)

Learning Technology Index