New feature! As of fall 2023, RUCams classroom recordings include a moveable, resizeable picture-in-picture frame of whatever you send to the room projector, from the podium PC, your laptop, iOS or Android device, document camera, etc. This will make all projected materials much more legible in the video. Thank you, Rutgers–Camden IT! Step 1: Request… continue reading
BigBlueButton (BBB) is a synchronous web conferencing tool that is built in to Canvas. You can easily launch a web conference and invite your class from within your course site. Launching a BigBlueButton web conference from Canvas Using BigBlueButton BigBlueButton runs within your browser and upon launching the conference, your screen should look like the… continue reading
If your students are submitting assignments online using Canvas, you can grade them and provide feedback right within Canvas using a tool called Speedgrader–no need to download files! To access Speedgrader Using Speedgrader The image below is an example of what you see when you pull up Speedgrader to grade student submissions. Reference the image… continue reading
VoiceThread student documentation Feel free to share these instructional videos with your students regarding how to execute important tasks in VoiceThread. If you’d prefer to link to the videos or embed them in your Canvas site, copy and paste the YouTube URL underneath the video to add it to your Canvas course. How to record a… continue reading
If you are unable to use the Java screenshare option within Conferences, please try the following: If you are receiving an error that states the .jnlp file cannot be opened, follow these steps (for Windows users): Once you save this file as the default ‘Open with’ setting, you can restart the screenshare in your Conferences… continue reading
Kaltura allows faculty, students, and staff at Rutgers to create or upload videos to a streaming server, which makes sharing them easy for everyone. You could think of our Kaltura server as Rutgers’ own YouTube-like service. Before you record a lecture for your course, review our tips about video lecture types and optimal video length…. continue reading
