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Join us for a webinar for instructors hosted by Hypothesis. The webinar will be on January 11, 2022, at 11:30 AM. 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 … Read More
Join Rutgers instructors in a series of webinars hosted by Playposit instructional design staff. PlayPosit is a visual learning tool that allows instructors to build lessons into videos so that students can learn while viewing a video. The tool lets instructors use a library videos from YouTube, TEDx and other video hosting websites, including Rutgers … Read More
Turnitin will require a scheduled system maintenance on January 7, 2022, from 7 PM through January 8 at 3 AM ET. During this time, services including Turnitin, Canvas Plagiarism Framework, Feedback Studio, and other services will be unavailable on the Turnitin website and integrations in Canvas. When will services be unavailable? PT January 7 4:00 … Read More
Rutgers IT engaged Kaltura professional services to facilitate migration of content from each Kaltura instance associated with legacy LMSs. The first run migrated over 55,000 entries from the Kaltura instances associated with Moodle and Blackboard/Sakai. Subsequently, access to Kaltura associated with Moodle was removed since course migration to Rutgers Canvas was also complete. A second … Read More
Rutgers Canvas is pleased to announce the integration of ALEKS which helps students master course topics through a continuous cycle of mastery, knowledge retention, and positive feedback. ALEKS is a research-based, online learning program that offers course products for Math, Chemistry, Statistics, Physics, and Accounting. ALEKS was developed at the University of California by cognitive … Read More
Voicethread will perform updates and maintenance during two scheduled windows. Impact on usage is expected. Maintenance Window #1 On December 27, 2021 at 9:00 am EST (UTC -5), Voicethread will be increasing the security of user-uploaded media. There should not be a noticeable change with this update, but it is possible that there may be … Read More
This session will focus on Top Hat’s ability to offer interactive content for Rutgers University courses while allowing for granular customization of material for specific course needs. Digitized, affordable platform content contains interactive elements along with the ability to assess students’ knowledge on a continual basis, driving course outcomes via student engagement. Offering an all-in-one … Read More
Rutgers Canvas is pleased to announce that a proctoring orientation course is now available for Rutgers Canvas Instructors. Instructors who plan to use online tools to conduct proctored exams may benefit from reviewing the information included in this course and completing one of the included quizzes as a student. This will familiarize you with the … Read More
Rutgers Canvas is pleased to announce the integration of Gradescope which is a feedback and assessment tool that dramatically reduces the pain and time associated with grading exams, homework, and other assignments. Gradescope is widely used for delivering assessments remotely. It enables instructors and graders to give better and more timely feedback, resulting in improved … Read More
The Kaltura Academic Media & Pedagogy (KAMP) master class series is focused on helping higher education faculty and instructional designers better use video in their courses. Kaltura’s KAMP sessions will not only teach faculty tips and tricks for getting the most out of Kaltura products but will also give users some of the latest in … Read More
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