Support articles for Learning Technologies like Nexus, Ensemble Media, Perusall and more!
Common questions about Nexus, Union College's Learning Management System (LMS).
Find out about upcoming Learning Technology trainings as well as information about how to sign-up with a member of the Learning Design and Digital Innovation team
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 .
Acadly is a student student response platform with Zoom and Nexus integration that helps professors deliver engaging lectures and record attendance at the tap of a button.
You don't have to reinvent the wheel. You can easily move acitivites like quizzes polls, etc, between your courses.
Faculty and students can use the free Acadly app to take attendance using Bluetooth or WiFi.
Need Help? Book an appointment directly on a Learning Design and Digital Innovation team member's appointment calendar.
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.
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.