New Technologies for Teaching

The University has a variety of technologies in place to assist you in your teaching. Some software is designed to help enhance the face-to-face classroom experience, while others are directed at helping to augment and support blended and online delivery. The following is a list of the core technologies:

• Moodle – This is our Learning Management System (LMS) and houses all of our course content, online exams and links to various other tools. Each course that is offered on campus automatically has a course shell created and you can access your courses by visiting https://moodle.uleth.ca . Help guides and tutorials for Moodle can be found on our support site at https://moodleanswers.com .
• Crowdmark – Is a tool to help facilitate your marking of material that is both online and offline (paper-based). It allows for easy submission (either by the students directly or by the instructor), has great mark-up shortcuts and workflows that save time and allow for easy return of work to the students. Crowdmark is currently integrated into our Moodle instance. Tutorials for using Crowdmark can be found here – http://moodleanswers.com/index.php/crowdmark/using-crowdmark
• YuJa – Is a video recording and streaming service that we have available to both Faculty and Students. The system allows for desktop recordings of your screen, up to 2 cameras and even 2 sound input sources. The system also allows for the creation of video quizzes (great for retention checks within your videos). YuJa is also integrated into Moodle for quick access but can be used as a standalone product as well. Tutorials for using YuJa can be found here – http://moodleanswers.com/index.php/yuja
• ePoll – Is a classroom polling solution that we have to allow for quick and easy polling (either in a face-to-face classroom or even within an online synchronous class. Setup is quick and easy and we are hoping to have it integrated into Moodle in the near future to allow for each transfer of results directly into the gradebook. Tutorials for using ePoll can be found here – https://www.uleth.ca/teachingcentre/epoll
• Zoom – Our online live delivery tool of choice for teaching is Zoom. Faculty who are actively teaching will automatically have a full license (allowing for unlimited meeting time and up to 500 participants per meeting). Zoom allows for screen sharing, shared whiteboard space, breakout rooms and polling during the class session. Zoom may also be a way to support students who are not able to attend classes due to illness. Tutorials for using Zoom in your classroom can be found here – https://www.uleth.ca/teachingcentre/zoom
• Turnitin – Is our current plagiarism prevention system that can also be used to allow students to check their own work prior to submission. It can be used on it’s own or via Moodle through direct integration. Tutorials for using Turninin can be found here – https://www.uleth.ca/teachingcentre/turnitin
• Office 365 Suite – All Faculty and students now have access to the Office 365 suite of tools. Not only does this include Word, Excel and PowerPoint, but also OneNote (for sharing classroom notes). Students can also make use of these tools along with Teams for quick group meetings, file sharing and group presentations.

If you have questions or concerns about these or other teaching technologies, please do not hesitate to contact us at teachingcentre@uleth.ca