---
type: source
title: "URZ: E-Learning Tools and Software"
tags: [elearning, software, digital-teaching, university-greifswald]
related: [digital-teaching, opencast-studio, obs-studio, xournal]
created: 2026-06-30
updated: 2026-06-30
sources: ["output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_studium_lehre_elearning_tools.md"]
---

# URZ: E-Learning Tools and Software

This source provides a curated directory of software tools recommended by the **Universitätsrechenzentrum (URZ)** at the **Universität Greifswald** to support various E-Learning formats. The tools are categorized by their function in the digital teaching workflow: video production, streaming/transmission, and interactive presentations.

## Recommended Toolstack

### Video Production
The URZ suggests a tiered approach to video content creation:
- **Recording**: [[opencast-studio]] (browser-based) and [[obs-studio]].
- **Editing**: [[avidmux]] (simple trimming), [[openshot]], and [[shotcut]].
- **Conversion**: [[handbrake]] (GUI for FFmpeg).

### Streaming and Routing
For advanced transmission and the creation of professional-grade streams, the URZ recommends tools that allow for virtual routing of audio and video:
- **Video Routing**: [[obs-virtualcam]] allows an OBS stream to be presented as a virtual webcam to other applications.
- **Audio Routing**: [[vb-cable]] and [[voicemeeter-banana]] enable the redirection of system audio as a virtual microphone or the mixing of multiple audio sources.

### Interactive Presentations
To simulate a physical chalkboard (Tafelbild) using touch devices and styluses, the URZ recommends:
- **Microsoft Windows Journal**: For handwritten notes on Windows.
- **Xournal**: For handwritten notes and PDF annotation on Linux and Windows.

## Support
Technical issues regarding these tools within the Campus-IT context are managed via the [[groupware]] ticket system or the URZ hotline (ext. 1420).
