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Technology Tools for Teaching
As you develop your course in uiuLearn, there are a number of supporting technologies that expand the scope of instructor and student activities available in your course. Here is a list of the licensed and supported technologies available for enhancing your course: - See more at:
| Resource | Document | Video | Vendor Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetTutor - Tutoring services available to all Center and Online students | |||
| Panopto - Lecture capture and podcasting software | Resources | ||
| Respondus - Quiz and Exam management utility | Resources | ||
| Livetext - Academic assessment and ePortfolio utility | |||
| Turnitin - Plagiarism prevention and research originality tool integrated with uiuLearn | Resources | ||
| Zoom - Desktop video conferencing application | Resources | ||
| McGraw-Hill Connect- Access to publisher texts and materials |
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NetTutor
Online, Center, and Distance Learners:
Online, Center and Distance Learners have two options for tutoring: NetTutor and Zoom tutoring.
NetTutor:
NetTutor is a free online tutoring service integrated directly into the UIU LMS, so students have single sign-on access. NetTutor tutors are subject matter experts with previous teaching or tutoring experience. They are full-time tutors, and all have at least a bachelor’s degree; most also have post-graduate degrees. A full list of course offerings and their schedules can be found on the NetTutor website.
NetTutor is available 24/7.
To get to the NetTutor access:
- Sign in to uiuLearn
- Click “Student Resources”
- Select NetTutor
- Click on the course that you would like assistance with
- Follow the prompts
Zoom Tutoring:
Zoom allows our tutors to meet with students at a distance through their video chat meeting platform.
During Sessions 1-4, UIU tutors located on the Fayette campus are available to provide tutoring to students at a distance in addition to face to face tutoring on the Fayette campus. Check the tutor schedule and find a tutor whose availability and credentials match the course you would like help with.
During Sessions 5 and 6, Markus Hawes, the Tutor Center Manager is the only tutor available at the Fayette Campus. Markus is able to help with all mathematics courses and math related questions.
Zoom tutoring is available by appointment only and depends the availability of our tutors. For the most immediate assistance, check the tutor schedule for someone who tutors the course and their schedule before making an appointment. Make a Zoom tutoring appointment. After an appointment is made, someone will contact you with a Zoom meeting invitation. Please give at least a 24 hour notice for all Zoom tutor meetings, when possible. We will attempt to make an appointment with less notice, but we cannot guarantee it.
If you would like to set up an appointment outside of our regular hours, or have any questions or concerns, contact Markus Hawes, the Tutor Center Manager at hawesm21@uiu.edu or 563-425-5853 for more information.
Panopto Lecture Capture
Panopto is a lecture capture system for streaming audio and video. To best view Panopto videos, you should have the Silverlight browser plug-in. If you encounter a Panopto login screen, then you need to modify your browser settings. Follow these step-by-step instructions to configure your browser for Panopto. A Panopto Recorder Panopto Recorder Quickstart Guide is also available, and more documentation and tutorials are online at support.panopto.com
Respondus
Respondus is an exam management software application we license for our instructors to import or create exams and then publish them to their uiuLearn course.
This 30-minute training video demonstrates how Respondus can be used to import existing exams from MS Word. It also demonstrates how to use the Respondus Test Bank Network.
Turnitin
Turnitin is a tool for both teachers and students to ensure academic integrity by checking the originality of submitted papers to avoid issues of plagiarism and academic dishonesty. Turnitin compares submitted written work with literally millions of websites, scholarly journals, magazines, books, printable reports, and other student papers and is widely recognized as one of the leading plagiarism prevention and education services. However, users should be aware that Turnitin scans submitted work and compares it to ALL other sources on file. Therefore, it is possible that a student paper may have similarities to other written works that are merely coincidental, and not plagiarism. It is important that instructors and students scan the originality reports generated by Turnitin carefully to determine what areas of concern need to be addressed in each submitted paper.
Upper Iowa licenses Turnitin and provides instructors with simple setup for use within courses. Download the Turnitin Instructor Guide for directions. The Turnitin integration with uiuLearn allows instructors to designate any assignment in uiuLearn as a Turnitin assignment. Instructors and students can then view originality reports for submitted work.
For more information, see:
- Turnitin instructor guide
- See the Turnitin Training Center for additional student and instructor training resources including video tutorials, user guides, and free webinars.
Zoom Video Conferencing
Zoom provides the first Unified Meeting Experience platform that brings HD video conferencing, mobility and web meetings together as a free cloud service. So you can have crystal-clear video conversation and high quality screen sharing, anytime, from anywhere, with up to 25 people. It is available for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us
McGraw-Hill Connect
Publisher McGraw-Hill has collaborated with uiuLearn (D2L) to fully integrate their digital books, ancillary learning objects and test banks.
Here are some supporting documents:
