Category Archives: Cloud App

MiVideo

MiVideo is U-M’s media streaming service. This content management service helps organize, catalog, share, search, and publish multimedia content. Powered by Kaltura, MiVideo offers unlimited streaming and management consoles that make it easy to tag and filter content, as well as control access. It offers captioning, transcripts, and some security features not available with some other video streaming services. The Canvas integration includes the Media Gallery, which lets … Continue reading MiVideo »

Tableau

Tableau software is a powerful visualization and analytics tool. It can be used by instructors to understand learning analytics gathered from various sources, including Canvas. It can be used by students to create project reports. In addition to an interface that is easy to use for both those who publish visualizations and those who use them, Tableau enables data from multiple sources to be integrated … Continue reading Tableau »

M-Write

M-Write, a project funded by the Third Century Initiative, focuses on implementing writing-to- learn pedagogies in large-enrollment courses in multiple departments in LSA and the College of Engineering. Although M-Write is tailored to meet the goals of individual faculty members, the general process follows a similar plan. First, faculty members identify key concepts that they want students to learn in the course and M-Write staff … Continue reading M-Write »

Problem Roulette

Problem Roulette is a study tool that delivers past exam questions to help students learn course material. Study mode: to practice questions by topic so students can learn which topics are their strongest and weakest Exam mode: to mimic timed practice exams Group mode: to practice in study groups Problem Roulette may be a good fit for you if: You have or can create practice problems … Continue reading Problem Roulette »

Gradescope

Gradescope streamlines the tedious parts of grading paper-based, digital, and code assignments while providing insights into how your students are doing. Gradescope is a part of turnitin.

GradeCraft

GradeCraft is a web-based platform that supports gameful instruction — an approach to course design that allows students to make meaningful choices about how they progress through a course, take on work that challenges them, and feel connected to both peers and instructional staff. For students: A grade predictor An way to plan which assignments to complete Progress visualizations For instructors: Robust grading tools and … Continue reading GradeCraft »

Weebly

for Blogs Make personal observations Find authentic audiences Capture growth/change Celebrate creativity Write to different audiences Develop a public persona Similar to WordPress, Google Sites

WordPress

as a Blog: Make personal observations Find authentic audiences Capture growth/change Celebrate creativity Write to different audiences Develop a public persona Similar to Weebly, Google Sites

Zoom

Backchannel conversations  Muddiest points Brainstorming Virtual group check-ins 1-on-1 virtual office hours Cafe-style virtual office hours Game show-style problem sets Low-stakes interactions Low-bandwidth remote engagement Similar to Canvas Chat, Google Hangouts