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Setting up Turnitin Assignments
Published July 11th, 2023 by Bert Slessor
Introduction Turnitin is an excellent tool to help manage academic integrity. It is one of many strategies that can aid students with their writing and citing. It is important to note that Turnitin checks for similarity not for plagiarism. It is up to the user to review each document to ensure that content was properly sourced. Turnitin is also
Getting Started with ScreenPal
Published April 12th, 2024 by Bert Slessor
About ScreenPal ScreenPal (formerly Screencast-o-Matic) is an app that allows you to capture, create, and share video recordings and images for visual communication. You can record your screen, webcam, and voiceover, add AI captions, edit, and host your content online. (ScreenPal) Getting started with a ScreenPal account To start get your Educator
Interpreting Similarity Reports in Turnitin
Published July 12th, 2023 by Bert Slessor
Introduction Analyzing and Interpreting Similarity Reports takes some skill. Reports need to be evaluated per student. A higher similarity report does not always mean plagiarism and vice versa. To learn more, check out this video: Interpreting Similarity Reports in Bb Ultra 🙋 Did you find what you need? Let us know! Click the "Give feedback abo
Webex to Teams Transition Guide
Published March 14th, 2024 by Bert Slessor
Transitioning from Webex to MS Teams Webex is being replaced by MS Teams; they are similar products with similar features, but with some obvious differences. Below you will find a series of FAQs that will help you navigate this transition. Because MS Teams is extensive and covering all topics here is not practical – we recommend viewing the MS Teams
Flip App Retirement & Alternatives
Published June 19th, 2024 by Bert Slessor
Flip Update! It is with great disappointment that Flip recently announced they are retiring the Flip app and their web site as of July 1st. After this date, the apps and web site will no longer allow for newly created content – Flip will only be available in Microsoft Teams. Flip users can download any of their video content until September 30th 2
Getting Started with Poll Everywhere
Published February 5th, 2024 by Bert Slessor
Introduction Poll Everywhere is an application that allows you to poll your students for a variety of purposes in many different ways. You can create multiple choice questions, word clouds, clickable images, and more. To learn how to download and use Poll Everywhere, check out the instructions below. 🗺️ Getting Started with Poll Everywhere Include
Interpreting Similarity Reports
Published July 11th, 2023 by Bert Slessor
Analyzing and Interpreting Similarity Reports takes some skill. Reports need to be evaluated per student. A higher similarity report does not always mean plagiarism and vice versa. To learn more, check out this video: Interpreting Similarity Reports in Bb Ultra
Flip Resources
Published July 31st, 2023 by Bert Slessor
Introduction Flip is a video discussion tool that you can use as an alternative to discussion boards or PowerPoint presentations. Use Flip to post topics for discussion, and create engagement with videos, stickers, images, and more. Students can get creative with their responses or presentations, and they can comment on and ‘like’ peer submissions
Create and Edit Rubrics and Forms
Published July 11th, 2023 by Bert Slessor
Introduction Turnitin has some excellence rubrics and grading forms. Both can be built directly in Turnitin and used over multiple semesters. Using rubrics and forms will help improve your grading efficiency and depth of feedback to your students. Check out the videos below to learn more: Rubrics Creating rubrics in Turnitin How to access and edit
Akindi Importer Overview
Published September 3rd, 2024 by Bert Slessor
Introduction Akindi Importer allows users to convert Microsoft Word .docx files into Blackboard ready tests. You can convert a variety of question sets, such as multiple choice, true/false, matching, fill-in-the-blank, and more. Follow the quick set-up steps below: Overview Open the course in which you want to place your test Under Course Conte
Getting Started with Qwickly
Published January 26th, 2024 by Bert Slessor
Introduction Welcome! Qwickly is a tool that saves you time as a teacher, by allowing you to do a variety of tasks that impact one or more of your courses at the same time. Have an announcement to two courses? No problem, you can create one message and send out to as many classes as you want in just a few clicks! You can also do this with a vari
Focus on Ed Tech: The Inclusive Journey Agenda
Published January 31st, 2024 by Bert Slessor
📅 Tuesday February 27th 2024 ~ On Campus / Online 🌟 The Centre for Teaching and Learning's Focus On Ed Tech Day 2024 — a day where faculty and staff gathered to discover, discuss, and explore the intersections between inclusivity and educational technologies utilized by Georgian College - was a transformative day. Thank you to those that joined us,
Getting Started with LanSchool Classic
Published January 30th, 2024 by Bert Slessor
Introduction LanSchool Classic is a software application that allows you to see and control student computers within a computer lab setting (Note: Most GC labs will automatically have LanSchool Classic installed). What can LanSchool do for you? Web Limiting: Allows faculty to limit internet use to specific sites (i.e., for a test in Blackboard only
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