Tip: Encourage Smarthinking Use
Smarthinking provides free online tutoring in more than 150 subject areas for all UNG students (face-to-face and online). Many of the subjects have tutors available 24 hours a day, 7 Click to Read More →
Category: TIPS
Tip of the Month
Tip: Close Your Web Browser
Is your web browser up to date? It’s set to automatically update, so it must be up to date, right? Not necessarily. There could be an important browser update waiting Click to Read More →
TIP: Release the Final Grade – Calculated or Adjusted
The final grade can be released as calculated or adjusted. What’s the difference? Calculated Final Grade: The final grade calculated by the grade book. The instructor cannot adjust the final Click to Read More →
Tip: Randomize an Online Quiz
No online test can provide perfect security against cheating. However, by following testing best practices, instructors can make quizzes in eLearning@UNG (D2L) more secure. Shuffling (randomizing) quiz questions is a Click to Read More →
TIP: Use Turnitin
Turnitin provides plagiarism (originality) checking and grading feedback through its Feedback Studio. Turnitin uses technology to look for similar online content, signs of contract cheating (having others complete assignments), unusual variations in writing style, Click to Read More →
Tip: Media Captions Must Be Edited
The automated closed-captioning software in Kaltura (the My Media repository in eLearning@UNG) provides fairly good closed captions. However, captions must always be edited for accuracy. It’s easy to do with Click to Read More →
Tip: D2L Help Center
The D2L Help Center is available 24/7, 365 days a year. The Help Center supports all Brightspace by D2L users – students and instructors. There are links to commonly asked Click to Read More →
Tip: Live Video Conferencing
Have a Face-to-Face Meeting or Class Online Hold a live virtual class, have a meeting, or hold office hours for student. Share your desktop along with applications such as Word, Click to Read More →
TIP: Kaltura Capture App
Kaltura Capture is an app that lets you record PowerPoint slideshows, whiteboard lectures, and software demonstrations from your laptop computer. Here are 5 things you should know about Capture: DOWNLOAD Click to Read More →
TIP: Check Papers for Plagiarism
Turnitin provides plagiarism (originality) checking and grading feedback through its Feedback Studio. How to Use Plagiarism Detection for an Assignment You have the option of using a Turnitin when creating an Assignments folder. When Click to Read More →