Support articles for Learning Technologies like Nexus, Ensemble Media, Perusall and more!
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Emerging artificial intelligence tools are presenting opportunities and challenges in higher education (and beyond) over their increasing ability to produce new "original" works of text, art, code and more. This article aims to help faculty and students understand what these tools are and how we can responsibly approach their use from a teaching and learning context.
Replace a traditional whiteboard with the Jamboard app that provides real-time co-authoring with the access and connectivity of an interactive canvas.
Create and share custom maps with Google My Maps.
Union College is a Google Workspace school, but faculty, students, and staff do have access to some Microsoft 365 programs. This infographic will help you understand what ITS recommends and supports.
The Gradescope Tool in Nexus can link directly to assignments in Nexus to return grades.
Gradescope 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.
Information about reserving iPads for your course.
An important learning goal for every student at Union College is the ability to develop a thesis statement and then reason with evidence. Students will typically work on developing this goal across most of their courses during all four years of their undergraduate education. Why? It is a hard skill to learn. Kialo provides a visual way to see how an argument is constructed and defended, giving you another teaching strategy in your "toolbox".
The MakerWeb Consortium is a group of MakerSpaces (fabrication and tinkering labs) on the Union College campus, all dedicated to supporting Maker Activities in all disciplines.
Use Panopto to create, host share, and stream videos.
Zoom is a video conferencing tool that allows you to teach live classes online. You can set it up so that everyone sees a thumbnail video of every person in a grid—kind of like the Brady Bunch, if you remember that TV show. This one-pager provides some quick tips to start using Zoom to replace your face to face classes at Union.
Support for faculty and student research is provided through cloud-based High Performance Computing (HPC) resources.
The Turnitin Draft Coach is an extension added to Google Docs. Using a Similarity Check, a Citations Report, and a Grammar Guide, the Turnitin Draft Coach provides formative feedback and guidance to help your students practice and learn writing skills before their work gets submitted.
How to use Crestron's AirMedia to display your mobile device - installed in a majority of ISEC classrooms.
How to use Apple TV - installed in Olin 115 and Wold 010.
Instructors can use Perusall for peer review.
Apporto is a cloud-based virtual computer lab for students to access applications over the internet i.e. SPSS, Eviews.