LMS Weekly Update: Turnitin, PIE, DLEKB and H5P

Posted on Friday, June 5th, 2020


Turnitin Mappings to be reset on August 21, 2020 – Save Your Content NOW!

Some of you have reported over the last year a challenge with the Turnitin QuickMarks and Rubrics, where you would either lose your Turnitin content (QuickMarks and/or Rubrics) or see another Instructor’s content when accessing Turnitin. This was caused by a configuration issue which has been fixed last February. The configuration change fixed the issue for Instructors that were linked to Turnitin moving forward, but didn’t fix the issue for Instructors linked to Turnitin prior to February 2020.

The only way to permanently fix the issue for everyone is to reset the Turnitin Mappings, which we are planning to do on August 21, 2020. After the reset, you will lose access to your Turnitin Content (QuickMarks and Rubrics). You have the option to recreate your content after the reset, or you can export your content and import it back once the reset is completed. The procedure to export and import your content is easy, and we want to take advantage of being between semesters to do this reset.

Instructions on How to Export/Import your QuickMarks and Rubrics:

Please take a moment today to schedule a reminder for yourself to export the content you wish to keep before August 21st, 2020. If you have any questions or need assistance, please email brightspace@algonquincollege.com, with the subject line “Turnitin Export”.

Product Idea Exchange (PIE)

Have you noticed any features in Brightspace that don’t quite work the way you hoped they would? Do you have ideas for how specific tools could be enhanced? The Product Idea Exchange (PIE) allows you to share your improvement ideas for Brightspace and vote for those you would like to see developed. To contribute to PIE, visit the Product Idea Exchange website.

Algonquin College is following the progress of a list of PIE items that were raised by our faculty. If you have something that you think should be added to the list, please reach out to us at brightspace@algonquincollege.com.

Digital Learning Environment Knowledge Base (DLEKB)

We invite you to explore our knowledge base and let us know what you think!

H5P Digital Learning Activities

H5p is a new tool, now integrated within Brightspace, that allows you to create interactive, graded or non-graded digital learning activites, to help students master content, or build interactive videos and other rich-media elements in your Brightspace course. Sign up here for PD sessions on H5P and go to their website for tutorials on how to use H5P.

 


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