Software or Application Function Notes
Canva Conception of visually attractive pedagogical material
Cubase, Final Cut Audio and video montage of the music camp’s theme song
Ecamm Live (Mac only)
Present images in the foreground during Zoom virtual meetings
The program was deemed highly useful for dynamizing sessions.
Garageband (Apple only)
Musical creation with “Magic Garageband”
Incredibox Musical creation Activities where the participant is not in control of the screen were more difficult to perform with children who demonstrate verbal communication difficulties.
iTunes, Spotify Present musical works, use soundtracks
Loopback (Mac only)
Manage volume levels for various applications used in a session
Notability Acts as an interactive whiteboard: PDF files can be imported and notated Usage example: Musical creation from a participant’s drawing.
Online stopwatch, wheels of chance and dice Alternatives to physical objects Easier to see on screen than their physical versions.
Photo, Google Image Illustrate activities
Respirelax Relaxation activity Available as a mobile application only. Alternative for computers: use of YouTube videos from Respirelax.
Word Conception of pedagogical material
YouTube Present videos, songs, to participants The slowdown function of audio tracks was deemed very useful.
Zoom
Real-time virtual meetings with participants
Observed limits: sound compression and latency. Pretending to play along with the participant can partly circumvent the latency problem. The sharing computer audio without sharing video function was useful for online musical sessions.