Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you want to use a lockdown browser with your quizzes or exams in Canvas, Proctorio is the answer. It’s not hard to start using it, but there are a few things you need to know. You (and your students) must use Google Chrome. Proctorio works through a Chrome extension, so you cannot use any other browser when adding Proctorio to a quiz/exam or when students attempt the assessment. Before you can add Proctorio to a quiz/exam, you need to add Proctorio to your course and install the Chrome extension. Adding Proctorio to your course Since Proctorio is enabled at the course level, you will need to follow these steps for each course where you want to use Proctorio. Installing the Chrome extension Once you’ve added Proctorio to your course navigation, click the navigation link. You’ll be directed to a page…
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Turnitin: Grading using SpeedGrader
Reading Time: 4 minutesLast post, we talked about the new Turnitin Clarity features, what Clarity is, and how to use it. Even if you use Turnitin (either the standard assignment type or Clarity), you can still use Canvas’s SpeedGrader and rubrics for grading. SpeedGrader will still give you access to all of Turnitin’s reports and information about the submission – you just need to know where to look. When you open a Turnitin assignment, you’ll see this kind of table with submission information. Students name their submissions, and you can see that title directly under the student’s name. You can also see the submission date and time information, then there’s the “Grade” column (which you can just ignore – that’s for grading…
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Transform Your Teaching: Needle Movers – Dr. Carmen Amo Alonso
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat is happening at the bleeding edge of Generative AI? Can an LLM ever be controlled? What is being done to help users get the best outputs from their LLM? Join Rob and Jared as they discuss this with our newest needle mover, Dr. Carmen Amo Alonso, Postdoctoral Fellow in AI at Stanford University. View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!
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Introduction to Turnitin Clarity
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year, faculty has access to a new Turnitin feature – Turnitin Clarity – in addition to the standard Turnitin checker. Clarity gives you a little more information about your students’ writing process by requiring students to write directly into the tool in Canvas (students cannot upload a file in Clarity). Because students are writing directly in the tool, you can see additional information such as the amount of time students spent writing, the number of sessions they used to write, what sections of text students copied/pasted in, as well as a timeline recording of edits made to their submission. As you review the flags and data provided by…
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Transform Your Teaching: AI Literacy and Connection with Chris Cummings
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow do we keep humans in the loop? How does trust factor into Generative AI usage? Join Rob and Jared as they chat with Chris Cummings (Senior Manager at Grammarly for Education) about the importance of human-to-human connection with Generative AI in education. View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!
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Transform Your Teaching: AI Literacy and the Changing Landscape with Eric Alvarado
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow is the educational landscape changing as a result of GAI? What do faculty and students need to do to adjust and adapt? Join Rob and Jared as they chat with Eric Alvarado (AVP for Digital Strategy at St. John’s University). View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!
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Transform Your Teaching: AI Literacy and Workforce Readiness with Dr. Chris Prokes
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow is Sinclair increasing AI Literacy among their faculty, staff and students? What strategies will enable institutions to equip their students for the workforce? Join Rob and Jared as they chat with Dr. Chris Prokes (Director of the AI Excellence Institute at Sinclair Community College). View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!
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Transform Your Teaching: AI Literacy and the Necessity of Critical Thinking
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat does it mean to “think critically?” What role does developing critical thinking play in developing AI literacy? Why is it so important to train students to apply critical thinking to AI outputs? Join Rob and Jared as they discuss the importance of critical thinking. View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!
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Transform Your Teaching: AI Literacy and the Workforce with Logan Davis
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat kind of work environment are recent graduates stepping into? How is Generative AI impacting their everyday work? What can instructors do now to help ready future graduates? Join Jared as he chats with Logan Davis, a recent MBA graduate, about how Generative AI is changing the way that he works. View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!
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Transform Your Teaching: AI Literacy and the Workforce with Donnie Woodyard
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow is AI changing the way that people work? What kind of skills are employers looking for in their future employees? Join Rob and Jared as they chat with Donnie Woodyard (Executive Director for the Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice) about how Generative AI is supporting, assisting, and training clinicians. View a transcript of this week’s episode. Podcast links Resources Chat with us!