Documentation and help for Nexus courses.
Nexus Essentials is a one page "tip sheet" that provides information about using Nexus (logging in/out, supported file types, etc.)
Want to do something in your course but can't find the tool to do it in Nexus? We've got a plethora of tools to help enhance your course. To learn more about any of these tools, please contact the Learning Technologies + Environments team for help deciding and setting up a tool in your course by submitting a request at
https://helpdesk.union.edu .
Present a single question to students with multiple responses as possible answers. Choice activities are intended for gathering information only and are not gradable.
Step-by-step instructions on how to archive a Nexus course to your local computer.
Explains how to backup your grades from a Nexus course.
Explains how to backup the student submission associated with your Nexus course.
Instructions on how to embed YouTube videos in a Nexus course site.
Information on the "Block" feature and how it can improve the functionality of your site.
H5P (HTML5 Package) makes it easy to create, share and reuse interactive content and applications online.
Quickly and securely create, analyze, and grade coursework using Google Docs through Nexus. Create and analyze assignments with individualized comment bank, rubrics, and originality reports.
Turnitin is integrated with Nexus and allows faculty to check student work for plagiarism, as well as give paperless feedback.
The process of transferring materials into a new course from an old course is explained in this documentation.
Information about advantages and tutorials for Tiles Format in Nexus.
Instructions for students on how to submit assignments in Nexus.
Documentation for the enhanced use of the Nexus Wiki feature.
Instructions to restore your course from a backup.
Find out how to use Nexus to track attendance in your course.
Article about Sharing Cart Feature for sharing activities between courses.
Perusall is a social annotation tool that integrates with Nexus via assignments. Perusall allows students and their instructors to collaboratively markup documents, articles, websites, etc. online. Instead of reading a document and discussing it, Perusall brings the discussion to the text
Learn how to send an email to your entire class or selected students in your Nexus course using the Quickmail block.
Ensemble is now integrated right into Nexus making it much easier to give access to audio files, videos, and your playlists.