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Respondus Lockdown Browser Training Series

Respondus Lockdown Browser & Monitor

In the coming weeks, Respondus is offering free training sessions on how to use LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor to prevent cheating during online exams. Additionally, there are training sessions on creating tests with Respondus 4.0 and the Test Bank Network. Upcoming Sessions Lockdown Browser and Respondus Monitor: Protect the Integrity of Online Tests This … Read More

Issue With Canvas February 25,2023 Update

Update February 25, 2023 6:02 pm Most students should now be able to access their courses in Canvas, following technical fixes and updates implemented by the Office of Information Technology. Note that instructors may be seeing discrepancies in the information in the Rosters and Electronic Grading Information System (REGIS). OIT teams continue to work toward … Read More

Issues With Canvas on February 25, 2023

Update February 25, 2023 4:03 pm OIT staff are working to identify the issues with Canvas and implement a fix. Note that instructors may currently be unable to view students within courses, grade assignments, or perform other tasks in Canvas. Investigating February 25, 2023 3:19 pm Rutgers students may be unable to access Canvas courses … Read More

Register for Playposit Broadcast Webinar on February 28, 2023 at 1 P.M.

PlayPosit is the ultimate instructional design studio that offers content creators simplicity (templates, reusable learning objects, over a million premade learning objects) and power (jumps, website embeds, overlays, complex behavior, choice trees, discussion threads) to create an active learning experience by layering activities, websites, feedback, videos, questions, and more on top of video, audio and … Read More

Register for Rutgers-Sponsored Playposit Broadcast: A Classroom Clicker Training on January 24, 2023 at 1 PM

PlayPosit is the ultimate instructional design studio that offers content creators simplicity (templates, reusable learning objects, over a million premade learning objects) and power (jumps, website embeds, overlays, complex behavior, choice trees, discussion threads) to create an active learning experience by layering activities, websites, feedback, videos, questions, and more on top of video, audio and … Read More

Feature Release: JSTOR Integration with Hypothesis

Rutgers Canvas is pleased to announce the release of Hypothesis JSTOR integration. Combined with Rutgers University Libraries JSTOR access, Canvas students may now engage with nearly 2,800 academic journals, images, books, and primary sources from many disciplines. This release promotes best practices with intellectual property while providing instructors with active feedback on reading assignments. The JSTOR-Hypothesis … Read More

Feature Release: Perusall LTI 1.3 Upgrade

Perusall

Rutgers is pleased to announce the upgrade from Perusall 1.1 to Perusall 1.3 The existing integration was removed on December 23, 2022. Existing Fall 2022 (and prior semesters) will no longer work, but student submissions and grades are saved through the publisher’s website. For Spring 2023 courses, instructors should re-link their Canvas pages with the … Read More

Registration for Hypothesis Workshop Series and Hypothesis Academy

Rutgers Canvas is pleased to offer training by Hypothesis Instructional Design team for a series of webinars that help students engage with your instructional content.  Hypothesis is a tool that allow instructors and students to take notes, view, and reply to other notes along with other features.  Please join us for the following webinars: Annotating … Read More

Register for Hypothesis Webinars

The Hypothesis LMS app brings discussion directly to course content by enabling students and teachers to add comments and start conversations in the margins of their texts. Collaborative annotation engages students more deeply in course readings and gives teachers a view into how students are reading. Introduction to Hypothesis Hypothesis can be used to make … Read More

Register for Rutgers Playposit Training: Broadcast – A Classroom Clicker Solution on October 25, 2022 @ 1PM

PlayPosit

Playposit Broadcast allows instructors to send a variety of questions over web conferencing apps or in socially-distanced lecture halls, allowing for maximum student engagement in synchronous lessons & lectures. Broadcast replaces traditional student response devices (clickers) with access through Canvas. This allows instructors to teach in-person, online, and a combination.  Your students do not have … Read More