COPH EDTECH TOOLS!

January 24 , 2019

Canvas Technology Tools in the Spotlight!

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Canvas: Dashboard Organization

Is your Canvas dashboard looking a bit cluttered with previous courses or already completed compliance training? You can easily remove courses from the dashboard for easier viewing and access current courses while keeping the old courses. Learn about dashboard customization at http://bit.ly/2qUS5us

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VidGrid

Do you create video lectures or have students create video assignments? UNMC faculty and students now have access to VidGrid, an integrated recording tool in Canvas. Easily create webcam videos, voice over powerpoint videos, screencasts, and more. You can learn more about UNMC VidoGrid access at http://bit.ly/2Rfh34t

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Turn It In

Are you wondering if your students are turning in unoriginal content, not citing content correctly or reusing another students paper? Luckily Turn It In is a plagiarism detector that is built into your Canvas course space. When creating assignments select Turn it in as your plagiarism review tool. You can learn more about using Turn it in at http://bit.ly/2LWOUti

Share your favorite technology tool to be featured in EDTech Tools!

Do you have a technology tool that you like to use and want to share it? If so, please send your tool name, website URL (if applicable) and a short description of how you use it to analisa.mcmillan@unmc.edu.

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