Tips for Faculty for Preventing, Detecting and Reporting Plagiarism in Student Assignments

What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is the “submission or inclusion of someone else’s words, drawings, ideas, or data (including that from a website) as one’s own work without giving credit to the source” (from  wit.edu website:  Academic Honesty Policy). One common example of plagiarism in student papers is copying and pasting text from the Internet sources […]

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Zoom Engagement Tools and Teaching Tips

It’s hard teaching over Zoom— let’s start by acknowledging that inevitable truth. But it’s definitely possible to design and facilitate engaging virtual classes. I’ve experienced it personally, finding myself transformed in Zoom workshops despite the tangle of wires that both separate and connect us. Those experiences have helped me realize that Zoom teaching, despite its challenges, offers new ways of engaging meaningfully with material and connecting with each other.   Despite the changes that virtual […]

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Brightspace Quiz Grading Gottchas

Learning a new system takes some time and Brightspace is like learning any other new system. We’re getting lots of questions (keep them coming!) about how to “best” set up various tools. Best here is always subjective, so I’ll point out some decision points and let you decide what’s the “best” option. Automatically Grade Automatically […]

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Spring 2021 LMS Course Locations

Spring 2021 Courses are open in both Blackboard and Brightspace To provide faculty with the flexibility and agency they’ve asked for, all Spring courses are now open and available in both Blackboard and Brightspace. To provide students with direction, we ask faculty to : Check the  LMS Course Locations – Spring 2021.xlsx spreadsheet to make […]

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