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Recording Videos

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Recording Video

You may wish to record videos to incorporate into your course. Videos could be created for weekly announcements, prep work, pre-recorded lectures, live lectures (i.e. Zoom recordings), guest presentations, homework explanations, student feedback, office hours, etc.

Video Recording Tools

ToolGreat for:Where to access:Great for:Automatic in CanvasEditing
CanvasWeekly video announcements; student-created videos, student feedback videosVia Canvas, in the text editor toolbarJust webcam and audioYesEditing
PanoptoPre-recorded lectures, Zoom recordings, Prep-work videos, videos with embedded quizzes, basic video editing
Can be accessed via web browser or downloaded for full-featured software capabilities.Allows recording of multiple sources including adding content after the fact or even including multiple recording devices (such as document camera or iPhone)Videos embed links can be created in advance. Videos can be embedded and/or shared both in Canvas and outside Canvas as required. You have complete control of how the videos are shared.Offers web-based editing tools for creating videos. Panopto also accepts uploads of many video and audio formats. Videos can also be created in Camtasia and can be uploaded and controlled with the sharing capabilities of Panopto. 
My Media (Kaltura)Student-created videos, videos with embedded quizzes,
Kaltura tools can be found in My Media in Canvas.Kaltura Capture allows for multiple inputs (video of self, screen, audio).Yes, My Media allows you to access almost all Kaltura functionality from Canvas.Very limited editing features. Closed captioning is available.
CamtasiaPre-recorded lectures, screen recordings, editing, brandingCamtasia can be downloaded.No, but media created in Camtasia can be uploaded to Kaltura’s media server in Canvas using My Media.Offers a rich suite of editing tools for creating professional looking videos.
Multiple inputs (video of self, screen, audio) are compacted into one video but can be edited separately.
Zoom RecordingsRecording live lectures
Recording presentations		Either via ubc.zoom.us, or via Panopto (Zoom can be connected to Panopto)No, but links can be shared in Canvas from the Panopto recording (if connected), or from the Zoom cloud feature.Very limited editing features. If connected with Panopto, editing features increase.

Where to record videos

Teaching SpaceThis is great for:Not suggested for:
Sauder Studios
(DL013, HA043A)		Creating professional grade videos where editing may be needed.
Conducting live online classes over Zoom using technologies like light boards, green screens, etc.		Videos that do not require a high-level of production quality (i.e. video announcements).
Learning Labs (DL005, DL009)Creating professional grade videos where editing may be needed.
Conducting live online classes over Zoom that do not require light boards or green screens.
A Sauder Office space
Your Home Office
Your Classroom

Branding your videos

There are two ways to brand your videos. One is using the automated branding service via Panopto that was developed by Sauder Learning Services. The other is for those who already edit your own videos, we have created Sauder branding templates for the two most popular video editing software suites (scroll towards the bottom for the templates. Note: you must be signed in to access the templates).

Automated branding service

Here is an example output of our automated branding service. The branding intro, watermark, and outro in this video were added automatically with our new software integration. This example is embedded using Panopto video platform:

https://ubc.ca.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=037915ab-4141-4802-bf4f-ac13017739dc

To use the automated branding tool, please follow these steps and prerequisites for your video:

  1. Record your video and edit content as usual using a technology outlined above. Please note: ensure you have at least 3 seconds of silence at the beginning and end of your video for the transitions between the branding slides.
  2. Upload your video to your personal folder in Panopto.
    • If you have a Panopto account and you use cloud recordings for your live Zoom classes, the cloud recordings will also get pushed to Panopto and placed in a folder named “Meeting Recordings” in your “My Folder”.
  3. Visit our web request form to tell us which video you would like branded and the text for the beginning titles.
  4. Once processed, we will upload the branded version to your folder where you can share and embed in Canvas as usual. The processing turnaround time is 24-hours.

Self-serve templates

Note: the template files are only available to signed in users.

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Microsoft Teams

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Ace a group project in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams for Education

Let’s face it: We all have problems working on group projects. Coordinating meeting times in-person and figuring out where files go is just a huge hassle.  

Enter Microsoft Teams. Using Teams, groups can collaborate on a project in many ways. Here are some of the top ways you can work together in Teams. 

Note: Some of these features may be disabled in Microsoft Teams due to the settings of your school or district.

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1. Collaborate in the Conversations tab

The Conversations tab in any team channel acts a little bit like a social media thread, but for getting work done.  

Start conversations and get people’s attention by @mentioning their names in the Compose box before posting your message. Use the Attach paperclip to share files, pictures, and anything else your group needs to reference for the project. Everything you add will be automatically saved in the Files tab of your channel.

A message composed in the compose box of Microsoft Teams.

2. Create your own team

Microsoft Teams isn’t just for the classroom. Organize your own study groups by inviting your classmates to a team. Select + Join or create team > Create a new team and choose a team type for Anyone. The app will walk you through a few steps to name your team and invite some members. From there, you’re set!

Choose a team type

3. Group video calls in Teams

Not able to meet up together in-person as a group? No problem! Select the audio or video call icons from a group chat to launch a call right now. You’ll be able to share screens and discuss them as you chat, too.

Video call, Audio call, and Add people buttons

4. Collaborate on documents

Microsoft 365 file types like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel can be coedited right from Teams.

Select a document to open it, then select Edit in Teams. Select the Start conversation button to move your document over and start a conversation to the right of your file. Exchange ideas there while looking at the document together.

Students collaborating on a document in Teams.

5. Work on notes together in OneNote in Teams

If your class team is using a linked OneNote Class Notebook, you’ll find it in the General channel of your team. There, you and your classmates can brainstorm together in the Collaboration Space. Any channels your teacher has added to the team will show up as sections in the Collaboration Space, too. 

If you’re working in your own team, go ahead and use the Add + icon in a channel to add a OneNote notebook your whole team can share.

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iPeer

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iPeer

iPeer is a peer review platform which lets students evaluate their group members. It facilitates self-evaluations as well, and is integrated with Canvas.



Supported by:

UBC Sauder Learning Services


Integrated with Canvas:

Yes


Use by UBC Sauder Instructors:

Frequent


Status Info:

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Teaching Scenarios

iPeer helps collect feedback within student teams. This encourages accountability in group work, and provides students with opportunities to reflect and be heard by the instructor.

Any feedback given is anonymous, and instructors can choose whether they want the results to be released or not.

Evaluations can be created from scratch, with a variety of question types (Likert, Paragraph, Sentence, Dropdown) to choose from. These can be saved and re-used in future courses.

Grades can be synced to Canvas, or exported to a CSV for further analysis.

User Guides & Links

Instructors @ UBC Sauder

iPeer is used commonly at Sauder to get students to:

1 — Reflect

Students can be given a text box to write in.

How did this teammate contribute most when working working with others?

2 — Rate

Students can be given a Likert scale to click on.

Rate this person’s participation. A rating of “3” indicates that the team member’s contributions met your expectation. A rating of “4” means that the team member contributed slightly more than expected, and “5” reflects a contribution well above your expectation. Similarly, a “2” reflects a contribution slightly less than expected and a “1” is a contribution that was much below what was acceptable.

3 — Distribute

Students can be given a dynamic slider to adjust for each group member.

Example — Did each group member contribute equally? Rate your peer’s relative performance using the sliders below.

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Canvas Learning Technology

New Analytics

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Canvas New Analytics

New Analytics provides a rich analytics experience to monitor course grades, online class activity, and individual student activity. Page views and participation metrics include aggregated data across all student devices and course apps.


Supported by:

UBC Sauder Learning Services


Integrated with Canvas:

It is Canvas!


Use by UBC Sauder Instructors:

Frequent


Status Info:

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For a complete guide to New Analytics, you can visit resources available from Canvas. These will be the most up to date. Here we will provide an overall summary and describe some of the more interesting features of New Analytics.

Canvas Community Resources

New Analytics is the most recent offering of course analytics from Canvas. New Analytics has replaced Course Analytics (which is no longer available at UBC). 

Gotchas

  • New Analytics is refreshed every 24 hours and only includes active and completed students (deleted or inactive student data is not available)
  • New Analytics will not appear in Chrome if you have 3rd party cookies blocked. You can check your Chrome settings by entering chrome://settings/cookies as a URL, or navigating to your Chrome cookie settings

How do I turn on New Analytics in my course?

  1. Ensure that you enable New Analytics in your course

  Only certain roles in Canvas can view New Analytics. See Analytics – view pages to see which roles can and cannot view New Analytics. As of creating this the Canvas roles that can view New Analytics are: Teacher, Secondary Instructor, TA, and Course Assistant. If you do not see New Analytics in the Navigation options, you likely do not have the appropriate course role. 

  • Note: New Analytics is not currently visible to students (see this yourself in Student View)
  1. Once enabled, you can navigate to New Analytics (either from Navigation on the left, or in the right panel on Home

Key Features

Course Grade gives an overall view of student grades on assignments and quizzes. In Course Grade you can see an overview of student grades (based on assignments and quizzes). You have options to filter the overall view (default is set to All Sections). You can also select any assignment/quiz in the visualization to view more details, including to message students based on performance on selected assignment/quiz.

Weekly Online Activity shows student activity (Page Views & Participations) aggregated by week, and for each Canvas “Resource”. 

Students shows a quick view of individual student grades, last participation, and interaction metrics. You can select any student to view more information about that student, including: Grades, Weekly Online Activity, and Communications (between yourself and the student in Canvas).

Reports allows you to download different Canvas reports.  See below for information on the Course Activity Report, which gives you daily data about how students are interacting with the resources in your course.

Reports

Course Activity Report

The course activity report provides the daily interactions of your students with course content (“resources”). An interaction can be a Page View or a Participation, which are metrics developed by Canvas. An important note from Canvas about Page Views: 

“Because the page view data is based on requests to the server, the numbers for page views may be greater than what we traditionally think of as a page view. As a result, page view data should be used as a good approximation to student activity and not an absolute metric. This data is most valuable when seeking to understand if activity did occur, and as a means of comparison across students within a course or when viewing trends week to week.” – Canvas Community User Guide, “Analytics Page Views and Participations” (As of September 30, 2020)

The information icon allows more details and example data. The following is the information for the Course Activity Report 

The report provides a list of daily user interactions in course resources, where each report entry captures a summary of user views and participations. Report data are up to 24 hours hours delayed, account time zone is applied to facilitate daily views and participation aggregates. Calendar filter only accommodates for 27 days in the past.

Using New Analytics

Filters, actions, download data

Overview of interaction features in New Analytics. Includes how to filter, how to message students, how to download data, and how to view more options.

Chart actions 

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Respondus LockDown Browser

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Respondus Lockdown Browser

LockDown Browser is a web browser that “locks down” what students can do during a quiz in Canvas. When students use LockDown Browser, they will be unable during the quiz to print or copy questions, visit other websites, access other applications, or close the quiz until it is submitted. Quizzes created for use with LockDown Browser cannot be accessed with standard browsers.

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Supported by:
UBC Sauder Learning Services


Integrated with Canvas:

It is Canvas!


Used by UBC Sauder Instructors:

Frequent


Status Info:

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Teaching Scenarios

Lockdown Browser (LDB) improves the integrity of your exam by utilizing a ‘locked down’ browser that blocks access to programs outside the browser.

It closes any program that is open on the student’s computer, and locks students in their exams by making Canvas full screen. You can set it so no new tabs can be opened.

Printing, copying and pasting, screenshotting, and the Canvas sidebar can all be disabled.

Lockdown Browser works well for exams that are:
Canvas Closed book Exams (note: LDB cannot detect or prevent students from accessing another device, or having someone beside them)
Lockdown Browser does NOT work well for exams that are:
Open book

Using Zoom for invigilation (we have had little to no success with LDB and Zoom and advise not using the programs together)

Requiring a file/photo upload

Using a lot of images – if an image breaks there is no right-click function to open the image in a new tab

Requiring Excel and the use of formulas (there is limited capabilities in the LDB version of Excel)

User Guides & Links

Quick Start Guide (New Quizzes)

View the Instructor Quick Start Guide (PDF) or share the Student Quick Start Guide (PDF) with your students.

 Quick Start Guide (Classic Quizzes)

View the Instructor Quick Start Guide (PDF) or share the Student Quick Start Guide (PDF) with your students.

 Rapid Rollout Tips

Here are FAQs and rollout tips for getting started with LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor.

 Instructor Live Proctoring – Quick Start Guide

View the Instructor Live Proctoring – Quick Start Guide to learn how to use a video conferencing service (such as Zoom, Teams, etc) to live proctor exams for small classes.

 Troubleshooting Issues and Getting Support

Search the Knowledge Base for solutions to common issues. Or open a ticket with Respondus Support.

 Attend a Free Training Webinar

Training webinars are available each month, generally lasting 30-40 minutes.

 Staying Current

Keep up on the latest Keep up on the latest, or follow us on Twitter.

Instructors @ UBC Sauder

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Resources & Support

For technical support, please contact LT Hub at https://lthub.ubc.ca/support/lt-hub/

LT Hub Support

References

LockDown Browser Instructor Guide
https://lthub.ubc.ca/guides/lockdown-browser-instructor-guide/

https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/4031/pages/8-dot-2-integrity-protection-lockdown-browser-turnitin-integrity-pledge-zoom-recording?module_item_id=1847902

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iClicker Cloud

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iClicker Cloud

iClicker Cloud is an online student response system that allows instructors to collect and grade responses to in-class questions that students answer individually using their own computer or mobile device. They receive the responses instantly, and can use these results to inform their teaching and/or share them with the class. Through the Canvas integration, iClicker Cloud poll and quiz results can automatically count toward student grades.

There is no cost for instructors or students to use iClicker Cloud. Unlike iClicker Classic, students do not need to purchase any special device and will instead respond in their web browser.

iClicker is useful for polling, quizzing and attendance in which instructors want to track student responses and/or grades. If there is interest in doing anonymous informal polling not for points, zoom polling is ideal.


Supported by:

UBC Sauder Learning Services


Integrated with Canvas:

Yes


Use by UBC Sauder Instructors:

Frequent


Status Info:

Visit Status page

Guides

iClicker Cloud Instructor Login

iClicker Cloud Student Login

Instructions for Sauder Instructors to set up an iClicker course and Connect to Canvas.

For more detailed information and instructions on how to use iClicker Cloud see Instructor Guide.

Instructions for students can be found in the Student Guide.

How to add a TA to your iClicker course

Students can sign up for iClicker Reef (the student iClicker Cloud application) accounts. Because the registration data is stored in the U.S., students can use a pseudonym and email address. As long as students are informed of the data residency, iClicker Cloud is FIPPA compliant. There is also an integration with Canvas that will allow the students to register their iClicker Reef account within their Canvas course in order to activate it for free. 

Once Sauder Instructors create the iClicker course in iClicker Cloud and activate iClicker Sync in a course, students will be able to register via the iClicker sync link and will automatically see the course in the iClicker application.

Students will also need to click the iClicker Sync navigation item in the Canvas course at least once, in order to properly connect their Canvas account with their iClicker Cloud account and sync their grades.

iClicker Resources for Synchronous Classes

Set up iClicker

These instructions will guide Sauder Instructors to set up an iClicker Cloud Course and connect it to their Canvas Course.

Here are the step by step instructions:

Enable iClicker Cloud in Canvas

  1. Go to your course in Canvas and click “Settings”
  2. Select the “Navigation” tab
  3. Find and enable “iClicker Cloud”
  4. Click “Save”

Download iClicker Cloud for your desktop

We recommend running iClicker Cloud from the desktop app and not from the web browser.

Go to the iClicker Cloud download page and select Windows or Mac to download the application. Once you do this, you can usually find the iClicker Cloud icon on your desktop.

Register / Sign Into iClicker Cloud

  1. In the iClicker Program, either Sign in or Create Account

Create an iClicker Cloud Course

  1. Within the iClicker Program Click “Create New Course” on the top left. Note that if you have multiple sections, you will need to create an iClicker course per section to prevent students from receiving “double credit” or being marked as absent in sessions they do not belong to
    • Even if you only want to use iClicker to take attendance, keep “Full Course” selected
    • “Course Name” should be the same as what it appears on your Canvas course page
    • Start and end dates should be teaching start and end dates
  2. Back on the iClicker homepage, select the three dots on the right hand side of your course > Settings
    • On the Polling tab, select:
      • “Do not send a picture of my screen” → Students cannot see and answer the question if they are not in class
      • “Do not send results” → This ensures that students will not automatically see the distribution of responses in the class. You can still share results manually from your end if needed
    • “Session Participation” is how you wish to grant participation marks
    • “Session Performance” is how you want to mark student answers

Integrating iClicker Cloud with your Canvas Course

  1. In the “Integrations” tab of the settings, select “Set Up Integration”

2. A window will pop up that says “Setting up this integration requires the web application”. Click “Save and Continue” and a window will pop up leading you to the web application.

3. In this new window, select “Connect to Canvas” and then click “Go to Canvas”. If prompted, please log into Canvas with your UBC CWL.

4. iClicker will request Authorization. Select “Authorize” to proceed connecting iClicker with Canvas.

5. You will be brought back to the iClicker Cloud web page where you will see a list of the Canvas courses that you teach. Select the course that you wish to sync with iClicker and click Next.

  • *Note: By default, you will be shown a list of your published courses that you are teaching. If your course is currently unpublished, toggle the button on the top right side of the “Select Your Canvas Course” window to “Unpublished” and select the course you wish to sync with iClicker.

6. If your course has multiple sections, select the section you wish to add to your class and click “Connect”

7. Select “Sync Roster Now” and the Canvas integration is complete!

Get your students access to your course

Prior to your first iClicker class, we suggest sending an announcement to students to get them to sign up for your class. Here is an example:

Welcome to COMM 123 sec 234. Tomorrow we will be using iClicker in class. If you do not have an iClicker student account. please follow the instructions on the iClicker Student Guide. Once you have an account, you must access the course by going into the Canvas course and clicking ‘iClicker Cloud’ in the left hand navigation. You must access the iClicker course through the ‘iClicker Cloud’ link at least once for your points to be captured. Then add the iClicker course to your account. This course is called COMM 123 sec 234. Please make sure you join the correct section so your grades will be captured.

Suggested Settings

Within settings, under polling, instructors can set scoring for the course and what to share with students.  These are suggested settings.

  • Send a picture of my screen to student devices: Do not send a picture of my screen
  • Send class results to student devices: Do not send results
  • Participation: Instructors can select an amount of points to give students if they answer a certain percentage of questions. These points will be added on to the session performance points.
  • Session Performance: Instructors can select an amount of points for correct response and for just responding. Usually instructors will chose 1 point but it is up to each instructor.

Grades

You can choose to sync your iClicker grades with your Canvas Gradebook.

  • Log into iClicker Cloud and select your course
  • Select Gradebook on the left hand navigation
  • Select Sync Grades Button on the top right
  • Select the Sesssions that you want to move from iClicker to Canvas. ‘Sessions’ correspond to each of your classes.
  • Click ‘Sync’

If you run into an error:

-Ensure you have set up your Integration to Canvas via the settings area in iClicker.

-Have your students sync’d their accounts? If you are in your grades area in iClicker cloud and you do not see any green dots under Grade Sync column, that means that no students have sync’d their iClicker account with you specific course. Every student needs to go into your Canvas course and click on the iClicker Sync button once to enable this and get their grades.

FAQ’s

  • Why are some students grades not syncing from iClicker to Canvas?
    • If student have not accessed an iClicker course from your Canvas course at least once, the grades will not sync properly. Please relay the information below to students. it is also available in the UBC iClicker Student Guide.
      • Once an iClicker account has been set up, log in to the Canvas course and click iClicker Cloud in the Course Navigation.
      • If students don’t see the iClicker Cloud option in their Course Navigation, contact the instructor. iClicker Cloud needs to be enabled in the Canvas course by the instructor for students to see it.
      • Students must add each course that uses iClicker through the iClicker Cloud link in Canvas or else they will not receive grades for iClicker activities in the course. Students should not try to add courses in iClicker Reef directly, unless your instructor specifically tells you to.
      • Once the course has been added, students can participate directly through your web browser for the course activities by logging in at app.reef-education.com.
  • Is iClicker free for students?
  • Can students only use iClicker on a smartphone?
  • What should I do if I have multiple sections merged on Canvas?
    • Create a separate iClicker Cloud course for each section. Make sure you’re in the right one before starting a class activity!
    • Note that course sections in iClicker will all have separate columns in your Canvas Gradebook. For example, you are not able to automatically combine all ‘session 1’ marks for your section 101, 102 and 103 iclicker courses into one column in Canvas gradebook. If you want help organizing the iclicker grades, please contact Learning Services at Help@sauder.ubc.ca
  • I got an error message using iClicker Cloud and a MAC, what can I do?
  • iClicker is frozen and I cannot close the program
    • If the fatal error message appears and you are unable to quit, use force quit to close the application. The hotkey for force quit is Command+Option+Escape. Another option to force quit is to use your Activity Monitor. You can open your Activity Monitor by opening Spotlight Search (Command+Space), then type ‘Activity Monitor”
    • If force quitting the application does not fix the fatal error, you can try deleting and re-downloading the application.
  • How can I remove sessions and/or attendance from iClicker?
    1. Log into the iClickerCloud website.
    2. Select the course you are interested in.
    3. Navigate to the Class History tab.
    4. In the top right corner, select Delete.
      Image of iClicker dashboard on the Class History Tab, with the delete button highlighted in a red square.
    5. Check off the attendance and/or session dates you’d like to remove. Confirm that you’d like to delete the data.
      • Attendance and sessions are counted separately. If you remove the attendance for a class, it will not remove the poll results for that class, and vice versa.
      • If you have already synced grades, clicking “Sync Grades” again will not remove the grades for the deleted sessions from Canvas. You will have to remove them manually.
      • There is no way to retrieve deleted attendance/sessions.
        Pop-up screen in iClickerCloud for deleting session and/or attendance.

Instructional Video

Video instruction on how to set up iClicker Cloud Course

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Turnitin

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Turnitin

Automatically check written work for plagiarism and provide individual feedback for each student on their submission.


Supported by:

UBC Sauder Learning Services


Integrated with Canvas:

No


Use by UBC Sauder Instructors:

Frequent


Status Info:

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Usage Scenarios

Turnitin has a suite of internal tools that includes:

  • OriginalityCheck: helps instructors check students’ work for improper citation or potential plagiarism by comparing it against Turnitin’s content databases which contain the current and archived web, student submitted papers, and content from Turnitin’s partnerships with leading publishers (including library databases, textbook publishers, digital reference collections, subscription-based publications, homework helper sites, and books).
  • PeerMark: allows for an online peer review environment for students to evaluate each other’s work.
  • GradeMark: provides a paperless, browser-based grading environment for instructors (and teaching assistants). The tool allows instructors to create custom rubrics and QuickMark (reusable comments).

User Guides & Links

Information for Instructors

If you have never used Turnitin as an instructor please request an account by emailing help@sauder.ubc.ca.

Once the account is set up, follow these steps:

  1. Review UBC’s Turnitin Policies and best practices
  2. Create a class (If you have a TA who needs access to your Tii account or you have multiple sections of the same course and want to keep them separate you will need to set up a master class and then create sections.)
    • If your students will be submitting papers directly to Turnitin, when you create the class/sections, make a note of the:
      • Class ID
      • Enrollment key – these need to be passed on to students so they can enroll in the class (see student enrollment)
  3. Set up an assignment
  4. If you have downloaded assignment files from Canvas (see instructions for downloading Canvas Assignment submissions), you can upload them to Turnitin as a ZIP file, see Zip-file upload on behalf of a student. 
  5. For Zip files generated from your online exams, you can refer to this guide, How to upload ZIP files in Turnitin, to see the more specific step-by-step instruction.

Please note: Information submitted to Turnitin is stored in the United States. Therefore your students should be advised to remove identifying information, such as their name and student number, from the text of any assignment submitted to Turnitin. They can also choose to use a pseudonym and/or anonymous email address to set up their accounts.

If you encounter any issues with Turnitin, please email help@sauder.ubc.ca.

Information for Students

Below is an example of how you can introduce Turnitin to students – to see how this information could be presented in Canvas see Turnitin – information for students.

COMM XXX written assignments are to be submitted using Turnitin, a web service that checks for content originality.

The Turnitin Student Guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to register for Turnitin and submit your assignments or you can use the information below:

  • To register for Turnitin account go directly to Turnitin New User Creation and choose “student.”
  • If you already have a Turnitin account, you will need to enroll in a class.
  • To set up your Turnitin user profile or enroll in a new class you will need the COMM XXX Class ID and Password (“enrollment key”):

Class ID: XXX
Password: XXX


Important Privacy Information:
Information submitted to Turnitin is stored in the United States. If you don’t want your personal data to be stored in the US, please remove identifying information, such as your name and student number, from the text of any assignment submitted to Turnitin. You can use an alias or pseudonym but please remember to let your instructor know your alias.

Resources & Support

Resources for Instructors:

If you have challenges or questions about Turnitin, please email help@sauder.ubc.ca

Resources for Students:

References

LT Hub – Turnitin Tool Guide
Turnitin Website

Related Content

Canvas Assignments (Canvas Instructor Guide)
Grading with the SpeedGrader in Canvas (Canvas Instructor Guide)
Student Peer Assessments for Reviewing Work – available tools and features comparison (LT Hub Website)
Turnitin Educator Network – space to meet, discuss, and share best practices for using Turnitin

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Rubrics for Course Assessment

A rubric is a tool to aid in marking by setting clear expectations in advance of receiving the work from students. Rubrics go beyond a marking guide by not just listing criteria to be judged, but also by providing clear examples of what each level of achievement looks like.

What is a rubric?

Put simply, a rubric is a tool that helps save time during marking and helps provide effective feedback to students. Rubrics are written alongside the assignment and lay out the criteria on which students will be assessed, and what each level of achievement looks like.

A rubric can be holistic or analytic depending on what is needed. Holistic rubrics consider the student work as a whole, while an analytic rubric breaks the marking down into independently assessed components.

Example: Analytic Rubric for Case Presentation

Example: Holistic Rubric for Case Presentation

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A rubric helps ground the marking process in clear expectations for each aspect of the assignment. This requires an up-front time commitment in describing aspects, what success looks like for each aspect, and what score or marks will be attributed.

Remember! Rubrics should be written to speak to the student, rather than the instructor. (Though they are helpful for instructors!)

This up-front commitment pays off during the actual marking as the basic judgments have already been made. If TAs or Markers are assessing students’ work, or instructors are team-marking an assignment with colleagues, rubrics can help get everyone using the same language and standards on an assignment.

Rubrics can be a powerful part of the student learning process by creating a shared knowledge of expectations. When a student sees the rubric for an assignment, they can see precisely what dimensions require improvement, and what such improvement would look like. When used as part of formative assessments, this shows students paths to learning and success. 

Creating Rubrics

Canvas supports adding rubrics to your assignments. Mark using a rubric, and the total can push automatically to the gradebook as the assignment score. Students can see feedback that is listed in the rubric; this can help cut down on time spent on marking.

How to add a rubric to an assignment (Instructure Canvas Guide)

Alternatively, rubrics can be made in a word processing or spreadsheet program, printed out, and written on freehand. This technique is used by some instructors for live presentations so that there are no device distractions.

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Learning Services is pleased to offer dedicated support for rubrics as part of the assessment and course design process.

Additional information is available at the Self Serve Rubric Support page.

If you have questions, or would like to discuss further, please email help@sauder.ubc.ca.

References

Stevens, D, & Levi, A. (2013). Introduction to Rubrics. (2nd edition). Stylus.

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This page should answer some questions you may have while grading.

Control Visibility

Review UBC’s guide on controlling the visibility of grades: https://keepteaching.ubc.ca/grades/#visibility

Hide your grades for entire grade centre (Do this prior to entering any grades)

If you do not want the grades you enter to be immediately visible to students, we recommend changing your course’s grade posting policy to Manually Post Grades. You can change the grade posting policy for your course by following these steps:

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  1. In Course Navigation, click the Grades link.
  2. Click the Settings (gear) icon.
  3. Click the Grade Posting Policy tab.
  4. Choose a grade posting policy for your course (Manually Post Grades or Automatically Post Grades).
  5. To apply your changes, click the Update button.

* Note that once you changed the Grade Posting Policy this way, all of the columns in your gradebook will switch to Manually Post Grades. If you have quizzes in which you want students to be able to see their responses or correct answers right after each attempt, then you will need to remain the Grade Posting Policy automatically for those assignments. You can do so by clicking on the three dots next to the column name.

Marking Assignments Using Rubrics

Student will have the opportunity to see the rubric marks in their grades page for the assignment.  They can see this by clicking the “View Rubric” button for the assignment on the Grades page..

Marking assignments using Rubrics must be done in SpeedGrader.

  • To do so, open SpeedGrader for the relevant assignment and you will see a “View Rubric” button.
View Rubric is located below the textbox for a score
  • The rubric will open in the grading pane, however, most often the rubric will not fit in the space provided.

 Tip: You can drag the divider (highlighted in green below) between the submission and the grading pane to fit.

  • To mark, click in appropriate box.  If you wish, you can leave a criteria-specific comment by clicking the speech box icon (circled in purple below). 

 Remember: You must click the “Save” button below the rubric to save the rubric marks.  If you mark the rubric, then click “Submit” the rubric marks will be lost.

speedgrader pane with rubrics

Reusing Comments in Rubrics

If you are using a free-form rubric, you can save comments for re-use on other students assignments.  This can come in handy if you will be providing similar feedback over and over.

  • When marking the first student, type in your comments and scores.  For any comments you believe you will reuse, check the box for “Save this comment for reuse.”
Shows the rubric prompt with the save comments for re-use checkbox highlighted
Note: Saved comments cannot be altered or deleted from the drop-down menu.
A rubric where a saved comment is shown in a dropdown box
 Remember: you will still need to enter the numerical score for each criteria.

For more information on the Rubrics visit https://blogs.ubc.ca/sauderteachingplaybook/rubrics/

Marking and Grading with TAs

Before marking with TAs it is worth taking a few minutes to explicitly state the aims of the assignment and the importance of the TAs role in the process.

 Consider!  Is what you are asking appropriate for an undergraduate student to mark?

  • Multiple choice, or basic quantitative problem sets are appropriate.
  • Essay questions and case analyses, generally are not appropriate for TAs to mark.

It is critical to communicate and calibrate expectations if a TA is marking an assignment.

  • One way to calibrate is to mark the same assignments together on a video call.  (Zoom or otherwise.)
    • There are two ways to proceed: You can pick random assignments, or vetted to provide the TA with an example of a range of work (i.e., an exceptional piece, an acceptable piece, and an unacceptable piece.)
  • Another method is to provide marking guidelines and a sample assignment ask the TA(s) to mark a few assignments and submit them for review, then have a discussion.
    • If you have multiple TAs marking, the discussion is best had over zoom or a conference call to ensure that all of the TAs are aligned.
  • Using rubrics can help keep TAs on track marking with little deviation.  In these cases, providing detail in each square is helpful.
  • Another strategy is to utilize a canvas feature called Moderated Grading.  This allows marks to be entered into SpeedGrader, then be reviewed by a moderator, generally the instructor.  More information is available in 9.1.5 Moderated Grading.

Tip: If you don’t want to provide this level of detail to students, give your TA a “marking copy” to work from that contains the details.

Anonymous Grading

Overview

Anonymous grading is a feature that, when enabled, removes any information from Canvas Assignment submissions that could identify a student. This can help mitigate bias while TAs and/or instructors are grading. Anonymous grading also hides the name of the marker from student view, so students don’t know if the marker is a TA or an instructor.

When anonymous grading is enabled in a course, content creators can create assignments with the option to hide student names from graders.

 Be Aware! Anonymous Grading removes identifiable information from the gradebook and Speedgrader, but not from the assignment itself.  If a student includes their name in the assignment then anonymous grading will not help.

Anonymous Grading can be enabled two ways: in the SpeedGrader (see “A” below) and at assignment creation (see “B“).

A. Enabling Anonymous Grading in SpeedGrader

To enable anonymous grading:

  1. Open SpeedGrader from the assignment you would like to grade anonymously
Click Speedgrader

2. Click the gear icon near the top left of the browser and choose “Options”.

Click the gear icon then options

3. From the pop-up, check the box “Hide student names in the SpeedGrader” and click “Save Settings”.

Note: This setting will turn on anonymous grading for all assignments even after leaving SpeedGrader. To turn it off, uncheck the box and save the settings.

Check the box for hide student names

You can check to see that the student names are hidden by clicking the student drop-down menu. You will see the names of students are now listed as Student 1, Student 2, etc.

List of students names no shows student 1, student 2 and so on

When you are ready to post grades to students, skip to section B, step 7 below

B. Enabling Anonymous Grading at Assignment Creation

1.Click on “Settings” from your course navigation.

2. Select the “Feature Options” tab.

3. Turn on the “Anonymous Grading” option. Clicking the switch automatically saves your selection.

Course Settings link

4. Turning this option will show a new “Anonymous Grading” option when creating an assignment.

Check anonymous grading in assignment options

5.When viewing the anonymous grading assignment in the GradeBook, the column is blanked out.

The student names are blurred in the gradebook

6. If the grader tries to open an individual student’s assignment in SpeedGrader, a warning appears telling the grader that they cannot access a specific student. Opening SpeedGrader from this warning will take the grader to SpeedGrader with an anonymous view. This feature cannot be turned off in the options and is only on for the specific assignment.
Warning prompt that grading is anonymous

7. Once assignments have been graded, and you are ready to view an individual student’s grade for the assignment, you can click on the three-dot icon next to the name of the assignment and click “Post Grades”.
Post grades dialogue

8. A message will alert you that anonymity will be removed. Click “Post” to post grades and remove anonymity.
Dialogue box confirming anonymity is to be removed

Sources

  1. https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-14924-canvas-release-anonymous-moderated-grading-2018-07-14#jive_content_id_Anonymous_Grading_100505
  2. http://help.canvas.yale.edu/m/55452/l/914647-anonymous-grading

Moderated Grading

Overview

Moderated grading is a feature where assignment grades are entered, but then reviewed by a moderator (generally the instructor) before being released to students.

This can be useful in courses with multiple instructors or in courses where marking is performed by a TA or TAs.

Once the assignment is created, only the moderator and admins will be able to change the assigned final grader. For each moderated assignment, the user set as the moderator is the only person who can specify the final grade for each assignment.

 Note: the moderator does not have to personally grade the assignment. 

Enabling Moderated Grading

  1. In course navigation, click the Settings link.
    Course Settings link
  2. Click “Feature Options,” then Toggle the “Moderated Grading” option on.
    Feature Options tab on the far left
  3. Create a new assignment or go on an existing assignment. 
    Moderated grading has its own settings panel within an assignment

Moderated Options

When moderated grading is enabled in a course, content creators can create assignments with moderated options:

  • Number of Graders—the number of graders who should grade the submission (e.g., entering 2 in this box will prompt 2 graders to mark each assignment). This number does not have a limit. However, the page displays a message if there are not enough course users with grading permissions to fulfill the desired number of graders.
    • A moderator does not have to specify which graders can grade submissions. If a course includes a surplus of graders higher than the desired number of graders, any grader can assess an assignment submission until the specified number of grades has been achieved. When an assignment has reached the specified number of graders, remaining graders will not be able to access the assignment.
    • The moderator is never included in the number of available graders since the moderator does not traditionally grade individual submissions but may provide a custom grade.
  • Grader comment visibility—the option that allows graders to view each other’s comments. This option is selected by default.
  • Final grader—the moderator, or the grader who determines the final grade. The Select Grader menu displays the names of course graders who have been given permission to determine the final grade. This permission is assigned to one or more roles at the account level.

Moderated assignments cannot be edited by any grader except the moderator. Any edits made to the assignment will be tracked.

 Note: Moderated grading cannot be enabled when peer review is turned on.

 Be Aware: Moderated grading is not available for group assignments.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Who can be a moderator?

A. Any individual in the course with assignment creation privileges can be designated as a moderator.
Consult LT Hub’s guide to Canvas roles for more information

Q. Is the moderator restricted to selecting a final grade from those given by the graders of the submission?

A. No. In the final grade column, the moderator can select a grade from the menu from any grader or open the menu and type their own grade for the final grade.

Source

https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-14924-canvas-release-anonymous-moderated-grading-2018-07-14#jive_content_id_Moderated_Grading_445117

Final Grade Override

The Final Grade Override allows you to enter a final grade for students that is different from the grade automatically calculated by Canvas in the Gradebook. You can enter a letter grade or a percentage. (A letter grade results in the lower bound of the grading scheme; a percentage is retained as the override score.)

Students can view the overridden grade in their Grades page. However, students will not know the score has been overridden.

Notes:

  • The override column is included in Gradebook exports and can be changed with a Gradebook import.
  • Final grade override actions are not recorded in the Grading History page, which only records changes for individual assignments.

Steps:

  1. In Course Navigation, click the Grades link then click the Settings icon (on the left).
Gradebook settings icon at the top right
  1. In the new window that opens, click the Advanced tab [2] and then click the Allow final grade override checkbox [3]. Click the Update button at the bottom [4].
final grade override checkbox
  1. The override column displays at the far right of the Gradebook. Locate the student whose grade you want to override and enter a percentage or a letter grade in the Override column.To delete an overridden grade, click the grade cell and click the Delete key.
Gradebook - overriding a grade

Source

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-override-a-student-s-final-grade-in-the-Gradebook/ta-p/946

How do I import grades in the Gradebook?

You can use a CSV file to upload changes to the Gradebook. You can upload information for existing assignments, or you can also use a CSV file to create new assignments in the Gradebook. New assignments will automatically be published in your course. If you do not know how to save a file in a CSV format, please check the documentation for the program you are using to create your Gradebook changes (e.g., Excel).

If you don’t want to create a new CSV file, you can always download the CSV from Canvas, change it, and re-upload the same file and the changes you made will appear in Canvas once you re-upload the CSV file.

If you create a column for a new assignment, Canvas will ask how you want to import the assignment. New assignments upload with the following settings:

  • Assignment Group: Assignments
  • Submission Type: No submission
  • Due date for: Everyone

Required columns and order

  • Student Name
  • Student ID
  • SIS User ID (only required if you use SIS)
  • SIS Login ID (only required if you use SIS)
  • Section
  • Assignment (this can be for an existing assignment or a new assignment; retain IDs for existing assignments)

More information on how to import grades into the Gradebook is available here:

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-import-grades-in-the-Gradebook/ta-p/807

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