Review academic tools and technology available at Berkeley and strategies centered on when to use them.
For all information related to each academic technology service provided, please visit the service page in RTL's Services + Programs webpages. You can also learn about accessibility, equity, and security of Berkeley's academic technology on RTL's Supported Learning Tools webpage.
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Technology |
Video Tutorials |
Text documentation + Additional Notes |
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Start with a template that will make my bCourses site easy to use and accessible |
Course Design Tools: Core Template |
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Check that my bCourses site is fully accessible and easily make changes where needed |
bCourses: Ally |
Ally tutorial for instructors using bCourses Ally Course Accessibility Report for bCourses video tutorial |
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Communicate and share files and documents with my class |
bCourses: Announcements |
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Create asynchronous discussions with peer-to-peer interactions and self-reflection |
bCourses: Discussions Online discussions: Ed Discussion |
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Create quizzes, exams, and surveys Use bCourses to create customized quiz questions using formulas and question banks Integrate bCourses with Gradescope |
bCourses: Quizzes |
Quiz question types and behaviors Making Extended Time, Multiple Attempts, and Assignment Accommodations in bCourses Quick Guide |
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Create homework for the entire class or by section Allow students to upload various types of files to complete an assignment Allow students to peer review each other’s work Enable additional more robust peer review functionality in bCourses for multiple different assignment types |
bCourses: Assignments Peerceptiv |
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Create a space for peer collaboration, group assignments, and collaboration on files |
bCourses: Groups |
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Check student writing against online sources and flag potential overlap |
Turnitin |
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Review reporting of student activity and participation Know when to intervene with a struggling student |
bCourses: Analytics |
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Record voice-over presentation software and/or screencast for my lecture |
Kaltura Capture |
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Share my recordings with my class |
Kaltura |
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Depending on the recordings’ format and location: How can I share my Zoom recordings in bCourses using Kaltura? How do I upload existing media files to My Media? & How do I publish media from My Media to a Media Gallery in bCourses? (If your recordings are from Course Capture, make sure to follow the Course Capture instructions provided.) |
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Engage students in class with polls and real-time feedback |
Student Response Systems |
PollEverywhere |
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Give my students remote access to specialized software |
Virtual Computing Lab | ||
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Offer shared coding/data environments for teaching with Jupyter notebooks |
DataHub | ||
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Download software (licensed by Berkeley) for my home or work computer |
Email Software@Berkeley Review RTL's Supported Learning Tools and About Accessibility in Learning Tools |