Understanding Academic Technology

Overview

Review academic tools and technology available at Berkeley and strategies centered on when to use them.

Please find additional information on the following web pages form Research, Teaching, & Learning (RTL):

I want to...	Technology	Video Tutorials	Text documentation + Additional Notes
Start with a template that will make my bCourses site easy to use and accessible	Course Design Tools: Core Template		Learn about the Core template
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 Ally WYSIWYG Instructor Feedback Tool	Learn about Ally Check for Accessibility with the Ally Instructor’s Report
Communicate and share files and documents with my class	bCourses: Announcements	Announcements	Add announcement to course Attach files Detailed Announcement guides
Create asynchronous discussions with peer-to-peer interactions and self-reflection	bCourses: Discussions Online discussions: Ed Discussion	Discussions Introduction to Ed Discussion	Detailed Discussion guides
Create quizzes, exams, and surveys Use bCourses to create customized quiz questions using formulas and question banks Integrate bCourses with Gradescope	bCourses: Quizzes	Quizzes	Detailed Quizzes guides Quiz question types and behaviors Gradescope Integration Making Extended Time, Multiple Attempts, and Assignment Accommodations in bCourses Quick Guide
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	Assignments Peerceptiv how-to’s	Create an Assignment - basic Detailed Assignment guides Peer Review Get started with Peerceptiv
Create a space for peer collaboration, group assignments, and collaboration on files	bCourses: Groups	Groups	Detailed Group guides
Check student writing against online sources and flag potential overlap	Turnitin		Instructors Get Started with Turnitin
Review reporting of student activity and participation Know when to intervene with a struggling student	bCourses: Analytics	Course/Student analytics New Analytics	Detailed Analytics guides
Record voice-over presentation software and/or screencast for my lecture	Kaltura Capture	N/A	Getting Started How Do I Use Kaltura Capture to Record a Video?
Share my recordings with my class	Kaltura	N/A	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.)
Engage students in class with polls and real-time feedback	Student Response Systems	iClicker Cloud Poll Everywhere	Get started with iClicker Cloud Getting started with Poll Everywhere
Give my students remote access to specialized software	Virtual Computing Lab		Virtual Computing Lab
Offer shared coding/data environments for teaching with Jupyter notebooks	DataHub		UC Berkeley DataHub
Download software (licensed by Berkeley) for my home or work computer			Software Catalog Email Software@Berkeley Review RTL's Supported Learning Tools and About Accessibility in Learning Tools

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