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  • 8/8/2019 ideas January 2011

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    Whats new at aglance

    1. Microsoft Office Workbin Plugin

    Publish documents directly fromMicrosoft Office to the Workbin,

    without accessing IVLE.

    2. Check for plagiarism, p 2. Submit files from Workbin directly

    to Turnitin for plagiarism check.

    3. Edit images, p 2.

    Edit images in the Multimedia Bankusing the built-in online photoediting application.

    4. Meet online, p 3.

    Students can hold online meetings

    (web conferences) in the Projecttool. Communities are also enabledwith online meeting capability.

    5. Take attendance, p 3.

    Take attendance directly in ClassManagement.

    6. Annotate webcasts, p 4.

    Stu den ts can add not es towebcasts. These are time-codedand act as bookmarks to jump to

    the respective part of the webcast.

    7. Comment on and rate webcasts,p 4.

    Enable comments and ratings forwebcasts, la YouTube.

    8. Track projects, p 5.

    Students can create Gantt Charts inthe Project tool to monitor project

    progress.

    9. Collaborative weblinks and FAQs,

    p 5.

    Allow students to submit weblinksand FAQs to the Module.

    10. Search using tag clouds, p 5. Add tags (keywords) to Modulesa n d Co m m u n i t i e s fo r ea sysearching.

    Contact

    IVLE [email protected]

    CIT Websitehttp://cit.nus.edu.sg/

    New in IVLEIVLE is constantly being upgraded. This semester, CIT has added features to NUS coursemanagement system which will make tasks simpler and open new opportunities in teachingand learning.

    Microsoft Office Workbin Plugin For: Staff and Students

    Available for: Workbin

    The Microsoft Office Workbin Plugin enables you to upload your documents*from Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint directly to the Workbin withoutaccessing IVLE. Both staff and students may download and install this plugin. Thisplugin is available for Office 2003, 2007 & 2010 and Office 2010 (64-bit) runningon Windows: http://wiki.nus.edu.sg/display/ivlefilemanager/

    * Students may submit documents to Student Submission folders only.

    More information? Contact: Yasmin Musthafa [email protected]

    ideas

    january 2011

    CENTRE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGYSEDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

    In this issue...

    IVLE has been updated with substantial new features. Find out what possibilities thesefeatures enable.

    Also, find out how not to lose lectures to public holidays on p 5.

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    Check for plagiarism For: Students (if enabled)

    and staff

    Available in: Workbin

    The Plagiarism Prevention serviceis now integrated with IVLE. Files instudent submission folders ofWorkbinscan be checked for plagiarism with asingle click. You can also choose toallow students to send their files forplagiarism checking and choose

    whether they are able to see theirown originality reports. (Students willnever be able to see other studentsoriginality reports.)

    More information? Contact:Prasad [email protected]

    Edit photos For: Staff and students Available in: Multimedia Bank

    Need to quickly edit an image youuploaded to the Multimedia Bank, butyou dont have access to photo editingsoftware? Now, you can click EditImage, and you will be able to do so

    via Pixlr, an online image editing tool.

    More information? Contact: Wu [email protected]

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    Meet online For: Students and staff

    Available in: Project (for students)and Communities (for all NUSusers)

    IVLE possesses the power of webconferencing. Students in Projectgroups can meet online. They will beable to chat with each other via audioand text, share their screen with otherparticipants and collaborativelyannotate a whiteboard, among other

    features. Physical distance is now nota barrier to having meetings. Staffand students can also use the onlinemeetings in theirCommunities.

    More information? Contact:Wu Haixin [email protected]

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    Take attendance For: Staff

    Available in: Class Management

    You can now take attendanceusing IVLE. In Class Management, you

    can create attendance lists for yourlectures, seminars, tutorials andgroups. Once it is time for class, log in

    to IVLE and access the attendance listyou have created. Check those whoare present, then save.

    More information? Contact:Leong Miew Cheng [email protected]

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    Annotate webcasts For: Students

    Available in: Webcast

    Students can take notes whilewatching webcast lectures. The notes

    appear next to the webcast, and theyare time-coded. You can click on thenotes to jump to the respective pointin the lecture. The notes are alsohighlighted at the relevant times whilewatching the webcast. Notes can beshared with other students, if this is

    enabled by the module coordinator.

    More information? Contact:Yasmin Musthafa [email protected]

    Comment on and ratewebcasts For: Students (if enabled)

    Available in: Webcast

    Academic staff can opt to enablecomments and ratings on webcastlectures. This new option is availablewhen you fill in the webcast requestform. If you enable this feature, you

    and your students can leave commentsand/or rate the webcast, similar to howusers comment on and rate YouTubevideos.

    More information? Contact:Leow Sin Lak [email protected]

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    Track projects For: Students

    Available in: Project

    Students in Project groups cancreate Gantt Charts in IVLE to keeptrack of project tasks. With this tool,students can view task allocations and

    monitor project progress. This allowsthem to manage their time and ensurethat their project is on track.

    More information? Contact:Wu Haixin [email protected]

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    Dont lose lectures topublic holidays

    This semester, Chinese New Year will resultin two days of lost lectures. This need not

    be the case. Using tools made familiar toyou during previous eLearning Weeks, youcan record lectures which your students

    can view at their leisure.

    The simplest option is to pre-record yourwebcast. You can use the webcast requestform to arrange to have your lecture

    recorded before the holiday and have itmade available for viewing during and

    after the holiday.

    If you want to do-it-yourself, you can use

    Breeze (creation on Windows andPowerPoint only, viewing on Win/Mac/Linux with the Flash Player plugin

    installed) to create standalone onlinepresentations with audio narration, simplequizzes and interactivity. This will be

    available online to your students as aFlash-based presentation.

    Not using Windows or PowerPoint? Needto display a website or to demonstrate

    software? You can use screen recordingsoftware instead. Think of it as a virtual

    camera pointed at your computer screen.CIT provides Camtasia Relay and Ink2Go!for screen recording purposes. Both allow

    you to record your screen while younarrate. Camtasia Relay creates an onlinevideo while Ink2Go! creates a video file

    which should be uploaded to theMultimedia Bank in IVLE.

    More information? Contact:Pre-recorded webcasts - Nik Azizi

    [email protected] - Lim Han Leong [email protected] Relay & Ink2Go! - Prasad Iyer

    [email protected]

    Collaborative weblinksand FAQs For: Students (if enabled)

    Available in: Module

    Academic staff can allow student-submitted weblinks (URLs) andFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs) in

    Modules to enhance collaboration.All student weblink and FAQsubmissions will not be published untilyou approve them.

    More information? Contact:Leong Miew [email protected]

    Search using tag clouds For: Students and staff

    Available in: Project

    Y o u c a n n o w a d d t a g s( keyword s ) t o M o d u l e s a n dCommunities. These are displayed astag clouds in the search pages forModules and Communities, whichmakes it easier for users to findrelated Modules and Communities.

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