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Kaltura: create video for Canvas sites
Last updated: 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 … Continue reading
FlipGrid: Integrate FlipGrid into your Canvas site
FlipGrid is a multimedia discussion tool that allows users to record snippets of video and share them with the class. You can integrate this tool into your Canvas site by following the directions below. To create FlipGrid account and add … Continue reading
Academic integrity and online exams
Moving exams online drastically changes the environment in which they will be taken by students. It’s nearly impossible to ensure a proctored environment. There are steps you can take to reduce potential cheating during online exams. In addition to the … Continue reading
Academic integrity and papers
Both Canvas and Sakai offer the ability to automatically run student assignment submissions through TurnItIn. TurnItIn is a plagiarism detection service that can also help deter plagiarism, according to its website. If used correctly, TurnItIn can help your students learn … Continue reading
Encouraging academic integrity in your courses
Introduction The sudden pivot to remote teaching has left many faculty wondering what they can do to continue to promote academic integrity in their courses. Thomas Tobin put it well in his Inside Higher Ed article, “Student Agency in Uncertain … Continue reading
Using TurnItIn with Canvas Assignments
Adding TurnItIn to a Canvas Assignment is part of the assignment detail set-up in Canvas. You can learn more about how to create an Assignment in Canvas here. To set up an assignment so that the submissions are run through … Continue reading