Artist-educators have shared the platforms and apps they have used to stay connected with their students and each other. If you have a digital platform or app that you have had success using in your practice, please let us know and we will include it below.
General
Acceptd is an application and audition platform used by arts organizations for managing their auditions, applications, recruiting, and more.
BlueJeans Cloud-based meetings and large interactive events that are simple, scalable and secure.
- free trial available, plans starting at $9.99USD/month
Flipgrid is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion experience for PreK to PhD educators, learners and families. Create a Topic and engage your community together! Educators spark discussions by posting topics to a classroom, school, professional learning community, or public Grid. Students record, upload, view, react, and respond to each other through short videos.
- free
Google Classroom can be used to streamline assignments, boost collaboration, and foster communication. Classroom is available on the web or by mobile app. You can use Classroom with many tools that you already use, such as Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar.
- free
- requires either a school account (G Suite for Education), a personal Google account, or a G Suite account
Google Meet Secure video meeting platform that is free and available for all.
- free
Kami is a leading digital classroom app built to transform any existing document into an interactive learning experience. Integrates with Google Classroom, Schoology, and Canvas. Kami acts as a 'digital pen and paper'.
- free basic plan, teacher plan is $99 per year, plans available for schools and districts.
Mentimeter allows you to use live polls, quizzes, create word clouds, Q & As, and more to get real-time input, regardless if you're remote, hybrid, or face-to-face.
- free basic plan, paid plans starting at $9.99 per month
Microsoft Teams offers a secure hybrid environment for video conferencing and screen sharing.
- free basic plan, paid plans start at $6.40 CAD per user per month
Miro is an online collaborative whiteboard platform to bring teams together, anytime, anywhere.
- free
OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) Studio is a free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.
- available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux
Restream allows you to broadcast live video to 30+ social networks at the same time.
- plans start at $16 per month
Skype is built for both one-on-one and group conversations and functions via mobile, PC, Xbox and Alexa.
- free
- offers ability to enable live subtitles
StreamYard is a live streaming studio in your browser. Interview guests, share your screen, and much more. Stream directly to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and other platforms.
Wire A comprehensive collaboration suite featuring messenger, voice, video, conference calls, file-sharing, and external collaboration – all protected by secure end-to-end-encryption. 30-day free trial of Wire Pro.
- free trial, plans starting at $5.83 per user per month
Zoom - Video communications platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems.
- free for 40-minute meetings, paid plans starting at $240 per year
Music
Acapella allows you to collaborate with any musician around the world. Whether you’re a musician and you play the piano, guitar, flute, drums etc or love to sing a cover song or simply jam and record music - you can use Acapella singing app as a multitrack tool to create multi frame music videos.
- for iPad or iPhone only
- free or paid option
CADENZA™ is a digital practice app designed to enhance and transform music teaching and learning. It is a support tool for online teaching as well as face to face learning. 🇨🇦
- Canadian
- 45 day free trial available, plans starting at $9.95CAD/month
Internet MIDI is the premiere solution for long distance teaching and performing, enabling you to connect any 2 MIDI instruments together over the Internet. For Mac & PC.
- For Mac & PC
- $69.00
JamKazam allows you to play music with other musicians from your homes across the Internet as if you were sitting in the same room. You can record your performances at the track level, share your recordings, and even broadcast your live sessions to family, friends, and fans. Includes a rich set of instruction tools for music educators.
- free
jammr is for all types of musicians no matter what level of skill or type of instrument. jammr is the easiest way to jam with musicians from all over the world. Whether you are a bass player in Los Angeles or a violinist in Japan - jammr let's you play without lag.
- Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux
- free plan, premium plan is $9.99 per month (premium plan comes with a 14-day free trial)
NINJAM is open source (GPL) software to allow people to make real music together via the Internet. Every participant can hear every other participant. Each user can also tweak their personal mix to his or her liking.
- available for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows
- free
Side Door is a platform that matches artists with spaces to create shows anytime, anywhere (including online). With Side Door, artists can connect with audiences online in a meaningful and sustainable way. 🇨🇦
- free, with a 10% service fee from the net revenue of your show
Soundtrap for Education empowers students and teachers to explore creative sound recording in all subjects, for all ages and ability levels. The studio is completely cloud-powered; students can continue working on their projects from home. You will have access to an extensive collection of quality loops, effects, and software instruments.
- free 1-month trial (excluding users in Quebec), paid plans starting at $9.99 per month, school/district plans for $299 per year plus $5.98 per seat.