Turnitin Suite, New in the Snackable Series

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The Learning Technology Center (LTC) is pleased to invite faculty and instructional staff to attend the next free session in the Snackable Series “Technology – One Byte at a Time.” In the “Snackable Series” sessions, a specific learning technology is spotlighted. The next sessions will be held March 14 and 15, 2012 and focus on the use of Turninin Suite.

The Turnitin Suite includes the following:

  • OriginalityCheck helps eliminate abuse of the Internet as a research tool and minimizes any potentially negative impact on the development of quality reading, writing, and research skills.
  • GradeMark saves instructors time by providing an easy-to-use tool for electronically grading student papers.
  • PeerMark can also be used to allow students to evaluate each others work and provide structured, anonymous feedback.

Bring your lunch, and join your peers for this session on the following days:

Wednesday, March 14, 2012: Noon to 1 p.m.
Thursday, March 15, 2012: 11 a.m. to Noon
Location: iCIT Training Center, McGraw 112

Register online today for this “Snackable Series” session – seating is limited: http://signup.uww.edu

Registration is also open for upcoming Snackable sessions on the Distance Education Room (April 18 and 19). To submit ideas for future topics for the “Snackable Series”, please e-mail the UW-Whitewater Learning Technology Center at ltc@uww.edu.

For more information on these Turnitin tools, please visit the Turnitin wiki or schedule a personal consultation with a member of the Learning Technology Center.

Webinar: Respondus LockDown Browser

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UW-Whitewater faculty and teaching academic staff are invited to join a 45-minute webinar presented by Respondus experts.

In this webinar, you’ll learn more about Respondus LockDown Browser (LDB) and how this custom browser prevents students from printing, copying, going to other URLs, accessing other applications during an online test, or exiting a test before it’s been submitted.

To register for the webinar, please go to: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/953384144

The Respondus LockDown Browser is currently integrated in D2L and is easy for instructors and students to use. For more information, please see the LockDown Browser Instructor Guide.

D2L 9.4 How to Post and Subscribe to a Discussion Topic

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Subscribing to a course discussion topic allows you to receive an email notification when a fellow student or an instructor has posted a message in that topic. You can customize your subscriptions by choosing how frequently you would like the notification to be sent to your email as well as a specify a time of day to receive it.

In this short video, Erica will show you step by step how to post a message in a D2L discussion and how to subscribe to a discussion topic.

For more information, please see the D2L User’s Guide section on discussions. If you have any further questions, please contact UW-W D2L Support.

New Digital Assessment Tool: GradeMark

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A new online tool called “GradeMark” is now available to UW-Whitewater instructors!  GradeMark allows instructors to more easily and quickly provide “digital” (rather than handwritten) feedback and grades on student papers and assignments. GradeMark is a digital assessment tool that is part of the Turnitin suite. Both OriginalityCheck for plagiarism detection and GradeMark tools are integrated in the dropbox of Desire2Learn (D2L).

Using GradeMark, instructors may electronically edit, provide customized comments, and grade papers utilizing time-saving drag-and-drop tools, including:

  1. QuickMarks: Standard editing marks and comments for composition format, punctuation, and usage.
  2. General Comments:  Instructor personal comments that can be linked to any word, paragraph, or point in the document. Comments may be stored and used again.
  3. Comments Lists: View all QuickMarks and comments for the document in one location.

Watch this video to learn more:

For detailed instructions, please visit the GradeMark wiki.  Attend the LTC workshop on the Turninin Suite (register at http://signup.uww.edu) or schedule a personal consultation with a member of the Learning Technology Center.

StudyMate Author: Easily Create Educational Games and Activities

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The Learning Technology Center (LTC) is pleased to invite faculty and instructional staff to attend the next free session in the Snackable Series “Technology – One Byte at a Time.” In the “Snackable Series” sessions, a specific learning technology is spotlighted. The next sessions will be held February 15 and 16, 2012 and focus on the use of StudyMate Author. Please bring your lunch and join your peers on the following days:

StudyMate Author
Wednesday, February 15, 2012: Noon to 1 p.m.
Thursday, February 16, 2012: 11 a.m. to Noon (join via Webinar or in-person)
iCIT Training Center, McGraw 112

StudyMate Author is a software tool that instructors can use to create interactive Flash-based activities and games. A dozen activities are available to engage students with course content in an individualized way. Activities include challenge games, flash cards, crossword puzzles, and quizzes. Students have fun and learn at the same time.

Register online today for this “Snackable Series” session – seating is limited: https://signup.uww.edu

Registration is also open for upcoming Snackable sessions on Turnitin Suite (March 14 and 15) and Distance Education Room (April 18 and 19). To submit ideas for future topics for the “Snackable Series”, please e-mail the UW-Whitewater Learning Technology Center at ltc@uww.edu.