Edpuzzle and Canvas as distance learning tools during the lockdown

The following study was carried out during the teaching-learning process in the Tec21 educational model of Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico), an educational model based on challenges, during confinement forced by a pandemic in 2020. Specifically, it shows how Edpuzzle and Canvas applications are tools that improve motivation and understanding of topics in the online teaching process during the COVID-19 pandemic and how these resources can successfully change traditional education to a distance learning system with the help of online classes. In this study, the perceptions of university students about the use of the Edpuzzle application together with the Canvas learning management system were explored to identify if students consider that it favors the educational process and to know if it motivates the learning of basic sciences in the first years semesters of a university degree during confinement. Qualitative data were collected from new university students (n=163). The results show that Edpuzzle and Canvas contributed as a motivational element and as a cognitive resource, positively impacting student performance.