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canvas.butler.edu

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Canvas is a cloud-based vender learning management system (LMS) that Butler adopted in Spring 2019.

Getting Help

For Canvas training options, view CAT’s Training page and upcoming workshop schedule. Faculty and students can live chat with a Canvas Support rep 24/7, and they can also find self-help resources in Ask.Butler and the Canvas Community:

Requesting New Canvas Tools

Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) is a standard set of specifications for allowing third-party learning applications to integrate with educational platforms. Third-party LTI integration allows the application to connect to Canvas. Before submitting your request, view the list of LTIs that have either been approved or requested.

All new tool requests for Canvas LTIs must go through the LTI approval process. The approval process for each tool will include reviews for Functionality, Accessibility, Security, FERPA, Legal, Cost, as well as other factors.

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CAT supports several Canvas integrations, tools added to the Canvas environment to enhance teaching and learning. Some of our tools (e.g. Zoom, Panopto, Infobase) can be used both in Canvas and by logging in directly to the tool website; other tools can only be used inside of Canvas.

Class Climate

Class Climate is used for course evaluations. During the evaluation period, faculty can use the Canvas integration to view student response rates to their evaluation. Outside of the evaluation period, faculty will not see any data. Evaluations will be distributed via colleges or departments, not through Canvas. To learn more about the Class Climate report, view the Faculty Guide to the Class Climate Report.

Follett Discover

Follett Discover is a tool for both faculty and students. Using the tool, faculty can adopt course materials, view previously adopted materials, and more. Students can use the tool to purchase or rent books through the bookstore.

Hypothesis

Hypothesis is a social annotation tool that allows users to highlight and make notes on websites and online articles. The tool is collaborative, giving users options to annotate in private groups or publicly on the web. CAT currently has 600 Hypothesis licenses for faculty and students that will be granted on a first come, first served basis; if you would like to use this tool in your course, email cat@butler.edu. For help with Hypothesis, visit the Hypothesis help documentation.

Publisher Resources

CAT integrated several publisher resources into Canvas, including Cengage, McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Wiley, and more. Email cat@butler.edu if you need an additional tool added. Each publisher has a support representative who can help you set up your course materials and use their tool.

NameCoach

NameCoach is a tool where students and faculty can record the pronunciation of their names as well as choose preferred pronouns. After students and faculty complete the NameCoach setup from either a course or profile area, their pronunciation and pronouns are automatically made available in all of their courses.  Recordings and preferred pronouns can be edited at any time. For help with NameCoach, view the NameCoach article in Ask.Butler.

Turnitin

Turnitin is an academic integrity tool that analyzes the originality of written student work by comparing a student’s work to websites, papers from other Butler students, and papers from other institutions. Turnitin can be used in two ways in Canvas: through the external tool or plagiarism framework. When using Turnitin through as an external tool, faculty can use Turnitin’s Feedback Studio to build rubrics, store quick comments, and more. View the Turnitin Support Center or the Canvas Integrations Help Index on Ask.Butler for additional Turnitin resources.

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panopto.butler.edu

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Panopto is a turnkey audio/video content capture and playback solution. Panopto is a software solution that includes a web-based editor, a comprehensive search engine, system and viewing analytics, and automatic transcodes that convert videos for optimal viewing on any device.

The same software can be used for content capture, “flipping” classrooms, or presentations; instructors don’t need to learn something new for each different application. Panopto integrates into Canvas so it’s easy to include custom, faculty-created video in courses.

Recording of content can be done on any computer, iOS or Android device. Recordings are automatically uploaded and viewable on any computer or mobile device. The best part is that the playback includes assessment features for academic use that include multiple searching capabilities, note taking, comments, bookmarks, variable speed playback and more.

Mediated Spaces

Review IT’s list of mediated spaces to find Panopto-ready room. Choose a room with a camera located in the back of the room for lecture capture.

Getting Help

For Panopto training options, view CAT’s Training page and upcoming workshop schedule. Faculty and students can find self-help resources in Ask.Butler and the Panopto Support site.

Panopto Changes and Retention Policy

To manage costs, Butler is taking action to delete and archive older stored videos that meet certain criteria and to institute a new retention policy for stored and created videos going forward. Learn more about these actions.

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Proctorio is a secure testing tool that provides online proctoring with identity verification, test monitoring, lock-down browser components, and other features to support academic integrity. It is integrated into Canvas and works with Canvas’s Classic Quiz tool—compatibility with Canvas’s New Quizzes tool is on the horizon. Proctorio will not alter instructor content and only requires use of the Google Chrome browser and Proctorio Chrome browser extension.

Privacy

Depending on the settings selected by instructors, Proctorio may record students’ webcam, screen, room, or other behaviors during the exam session and share that information with the instructor. Proctorio has taken great measures to protect student privacy. Read more about Proctorio’s efforts to protect student data and privacy at the following articles:

• Privacy by Design
• Data security
• Privacy and Cookies
• FERPA

Getting Help

For help with Proctorio, view Ask.Butler:

• Proctorio Help Index (Instructors)
• Proctorio Help Index (Students)
• Proctorio Student FAQs

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polleverywhere.com

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Audience response systems typically have involved use of proprietary devices that students buy at the local college bookstore and then register online for use in a particular class. Poll Everywhere is a classroom response system that uses the students’ own mobile phones or laptops instead of proprietary transmitters like clickers. Responses are displayed in real-time in slide presentations or online, making it an easy and engaging way of capturing student feedback  in the classroom, especially with larger class sizes.

Request an Upgraded License

Poll Everywhere has a free tier that allows for up to 25 audience responses per poll. For courses with larger class sizes, CAT has 100 Poll Everywhere upgraded licenses available to faculty; normally about 90 of these licenses are in use at any given time. To request a Poll Everywhere license, email cat@butler.edu. Licenses are granted on a first come, first served basis and an annual audit is conducted to free up unused licenses.

Getting Help

For help with Poll Everywhere, visit the Poll Everywhere Support Center or view Poll Everywhere’s live webinars or video tutorials.

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The Google Workspace for Education suite has several tools that Butler faculty, staff, and students can access by logging in with their Butler email and password. Common Google apps include:

• Google Drive: drive.google.com
• Google Docs: docs.google.com
• Google Slides: slides.google.com

Google Apps can also be accessed inside of Canvas courses.

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Google Apps are a suite of online tools (Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Hangouts, etc.) that can be used for sharing files and working together on documents in real time. All faculty, staff, and enrolled students have Google Apps accounts.

Google Drive lets you store and access your files anywhere—on the web, on your hard drive, or on the go. All Butler Google Apps accounts come with unlimited Drive storage.

Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides are tools that allow you to create different kinds of documents, work on them simultaneously with other people, and access them from anywhere you have a computer and an Internet connection. These apps do not replace Microsoft Office on campus (though you can use them to edit Office files), but serve as a complementary toolset for document collaboration.

Getting Help

• Training & PD from Google Edu
• Google Drive Help
• Google Docs Help
• Google Sheets Help
• Google Slides Help