New Tools For Teaching

Andrew L. Wright, Ph.D.Assistant Professor of CIS

[email protected]

louisville.edu/faculty/alwrig01

New Tools For Teaching


Agenda

• SafeAssign & Plagiarism Prevention– Overview– Using SafeAssign

• Tegrity– Overview– Supporting Pedagogy with Tegrity– Using Tegrity

• Blogs and Wikis• Conclusions

Overview of SafeAssign


What is

• SafeAssign is a plagiarism prevention service integrated with the Blackboard Learning System™

• It is delivered by Blackboard at no additional cost to the institution

• It uses a unique originality detection algorithm to run a comparison of submitted papers across a large collection of databases


What does check?

• SafeAssign compares submitted papers to:– Internet

• Index of billions of documents available to public– ProQuest ABI/Inform database

• Millions of current articles, updated weekly, many with full-text

– Institutional Database• Papers submitted by users from UofL

– Global Reference Database• Papers that were volunteered by students at other

institutions

Sample Report

Plagiarism Prevention


SafeAssign is not Enough

• SafeAssign cannot replace faculty judgment– SA report does not prove that student

plagiarized work– SA won’t detect all forms of plagiarism

• But SafeAssign can be used for creating teaching opportunities


Catalog Statement

• From current Undergraduate Catalog– Plagiarism defined as "representing the words or ideas of

someone else as one’s own in any academic exercise”– “Plagiarism Prevention: Instructors may use a range of

strategies (including plagiarism-prevention software at the university) to compare student works with private and public information resources in order to identify possible plagiarism and academic dishonesty. Comparisons of student works may require submitting a copy of the original work to the plagiarism-prevention service. The service may retain that copy in some circumstances. Academic units or programs may establish a more rigorous standard of review or consent, which will be noted in the relevant guidelines.”

http://louisville.edu/undergraduatecatalog/currentcat/generalinfo/academic-policies-and-procedures.html


Preventing Plagiarism through Pedagogy

• Syllabus • Assignment Design• Teaching: process-based view of

writing• Teaching: research skills


Teaching: Using Process-Based View of Research and Writing

• Conducting preliminary research/reading• Selecting a topic • Preparing a working bibliography • Drafting research questions • Developing a working thesis (or hypothesis) • Creating an outline • Writing the first draft • Revising, editing, and proofreading• Producing the final draft • Writing a reflection of the process

https://docushare.louisville.edu/dsweb/Get/Document-26584/SafeAssignIssues.docx

Using SafeAssign


Modes of Use

• SafeAssign may be used in two primary ways– Creating SafeAssignments

• Like a regular Assignment in Blackboard that routes student submissions through plagiarism service

• In normal mode, papers added to Institutional Database automatically with student opt-in for Global Reference Database

• In draft mode, performs text matching but paper isn’t retained in any database

– Direct Submit• Faculty may directly upload papers• May add to Institutional Database but not to Global

Reference Database


Supported Document Types

• SafeAssign supports several types of document– .doc Word 97-2003 (but not new .docx)– .pdf Adobe PDF– .rtf Rich Text Format– .txt Plain Text– .html Web Page


Demonstration

• Easier to show in actual system

http://blackboard.louisville.edu/


Resources

• Delphi is building resources for SafeAssign:http://delphi.louisville.edu/help/safeassign/– Includes:

• Overview documents for students and faculty• Step-by-Step directions for creating a SafeAssignment• Step-by-Step directions for using Direct Submit

– Offers complete training: http://delphi.louisville.edu/faculty/technology/safeassign.html

• Also, check out Blackboard’s site: http://www.safeassign.com/– Has manuals, how to’s, FAQs, and more!

http://delphi.louisville.edu/help/safeassign/

http://delphi.louisville.edu/faculty/technology/safeassign.html

http://delphi.louisville.edu/faculty/technology/safeassign.html

http://www.safeassign.com/

Overview of Tegrity


Why Class Capture?

Teachers speak an average of 120 words per minuteStudents write an average of 20 words per minuteStudents must decide whether to write or listen

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120:20 Principle


Why Class Capture?


Why Tegrity?

Tablet PC for Annotations

Voice Recorder Only Instructor VideoDemonstrations

Easy capture – no change in teaching methods required to use

Capture, Store, Index with click of a button

Three buttons: Start, Pause, Stop

OPTIONS


Review Anywhere, Anytime

Enhanced Audio or Video Podcast

Mobile Access

PC Browser

Mac Browser


Enhanced Podcasting

Automatically push lectures to the iPod for

on-the-go learning

Automatic, chaptered, easy to subscribe

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European Union

Students easily navigate to specific parts

(chapters) of their classes using text titles and

images


UofL Pilot Summary

• 90% of students indicated that Tegrity would enhance at least some of their other courses

• 73% of students indicated that Tegrity contributed to their learning course material

• 66% of students indicated that studying with Tegrity was more effective than studying without Tegrity

• 59% of students surveyed indicated that Tegrity improved their overall course satisfaction

• 56% of students indicated that Tegrity allowed them to focus on the most important learning goals of their course

• 55% of students indicated that Tegrity improved the DEPTH of their learning

• 52% of students indicated that Tegrity helped their course grade• 50% of students indicated that Tegrity saved time spent on the course• 43% of students indicated that Tegrity increased their motivation to study

Supporting Pedagogy with Tegrity


Classroom-based pedagogies

• Promoting cognitive elaboration– Modeling think-aloud-problem solving– Changing student’s current mental models

• Enhancing critical thinking– Capturing a case-study discussion

• AcousticMagic array microphones in CoB classrooms• Providing feedback

– Group presentations recorded and available for later critique

– Feedback on accuracy of note taking


Techniques

• Full class capture• Supplemental recordings• Use of tablet/SmartBoard/Sympodium for

annotation and math/chemistry/physics equations, diagrams

• Audio only – MP3 and WMA input• Incorporation of document camera sources,

microscope output, webcam video• Examples

http://louisville.edu/faculty/alwrig01/presentations/tegrity-examples.html

Using Tegrity


Student Platforms

Minimum RequirementsCPU: Pentium 4 or higherMemory: 512 MB Operating System: Windows Vista or

Windows XP SP2Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6,

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2.0

Minimum RequirementsCPU: PowerPC 1.4 GHz or Intel 1.4 GHzMemory: 512 MBOperating System: Mac OS X 10.5

(Leopard) or 10.4 (Tiger)Browser: Safari 2.0, Safari 3.0, Firefox 2.0

MacPC

Other platforms: Unix / Linux supporting M4V files


Instructor Platforms

Hardware: Minimum RequirementsCPU: Pentium 4 or higherOperating System: Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista Memory: 512 MB (Windows XP SP2) or 1 GB (Windows Vista) Hard Drive: Free space about 4 GB

At a bare minimum, Tegrity requires only a computer and microphone for the instructor and access to the server via the Internet or local network. Any additional multimedia hardware can be connected and captured if desired.

Similar to WebEx, there is no need for IT support and there is also no need for proprietary hardware.

PC



FunctionalityTwo recording modes:

Standard Recording mode: Lowest resource usage (CPU and disk) recording. Records with PowerPoint with a dedicated OLE solution, annotations with a dedicated engine and screen recording and video.

Enhanced Recording mode: Captures entire recording as a screen recording. Enables instructor video throughout the recording.

PC



FunctionalityStandard Recording mode:Pros:

Small disk footprint for recordings Shortened post-processing time Reduced bandwidth needed for playback

Cons: Does not support PowerPoint animations and ink

or embedded video Does not capture software running over

PowerPoint (like Clickers)

PC



FunctionalityEnhanced Recording mode:Pros:

Captures any software running over PowerPoint (like Clickers)

Instructor video available throughout the recordingCons:

Uses more disk and CPU as recordings are captured as screen recordings

Higher bandwidth needed for playback Post-processing takes more time as there is more

recording data to convert

PC



Hardware: Minimum RequirementsCPU: PowerPC 1.4 GHz or Intel 1.4 GHz herOperating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or

10.4 (Tiger)Memory: 512 MBHard Drive: Free space about 4 GB

Mac


Demonstration

• Easier to show in actual system

http://blackboard.louisville.edu/


Tegrity Recorder


Selecting a Course


Recording Settings


Course View


Class Expanded


Tegrity Player


Tegrity Player – Smart Slider


Action Menu


Course Settings


Resources

• Delphi and IT are building resources for Tegrity:http://delphi.louisville.edu/help/tegrity.html &https://docushare.louisville.edu/dsweb/View/Collection-7039 – Includes:

• Overview documents for students and faculty• Faculty and student guides

– Offer complete training: http://delphi.louisville.edu/faculty/technology/tegrity.html

http://delphi.louisville.edu/help/tegrity.html

https://docushare.louisville.edu/dsweb/View/Collection-7039

https://docushare.louisville.edu/dsweb/View/Collection-7039

http://delphi.louisville.edu/faculty/technology/tegrity.html

http://delphi.louisville.edu/faculty/technology/tegrity.html

Blogs and Wikis


What is a Blog?

• DailyBlogTips.com offers:– “A blog is basically a type of website, like a

forum or a social bookmarking site. As such it is defined by the technical aspects and features around it, and not by the content published inside it.

– The features that make blogs different from other websites are:• content is published in a chronological fashion • content is updated regularly • readers have the possibility to leave comments • other blog authors can interact via trackbacks and

pingbacks • content is syndicated via RSS feeds”

http://www.dailyblogtips.com/what-is-a-blog/


What is a Blog?

• DailyBlogTips.com offers:

http://www.dailyblogtips.com/what-is-a-blog/


How Blogs are Used

• Blogs in Blackboard are often used for personal reflection (private journals) and community discussions– May set up in any content area– May also set up a course level blog used

by instructor to communicate with class• Think Announcements with student comments


What is a Wiki?

• The Wikipedia article on Wikis suggests:• “Ward Cunningham, and co-author Bo Leuf, in their book

The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web described the essence of the Wiki concept as follows:– A wiki invites all users to edit any page or to create new pages

within the wiki Web site, using only a plain-vanilla Web browser without any extra add-ons.

– Wiki promotes meaningful topic associations between different pages by making page link creation almost intuitively easy and showing whether an intended target page exists or not.

– A wiki is not a carefully-crafted site for casual visitors. Instead, it seeks to involve the visitor in an ongoing process of creation and collaboration that constantly changes the Web site landscape.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki


How Wikis are Used

• Wikis in Blackboard are often used with team projects– Members of the team collaborate to

produce online site– Also empowers the instructor with

assessment details such as student submissions and percentage of participation within the group


Resources

• Delphi is building resources for Blogs & Wikis:http://delphi.louisville.edu/help/wikisBlogs.html Includes:

• Getting started guides• Step-by-Step directions for configuring, posting, and contributing

– Offers complete training: http://delphi.louisville.edu/faculty/technology/blogs_wikis.html

• Also, check out vendor Learning Object’s site: http://www.learningobjects.com/ – See TeamsLX (wiki tool) and JournalLX (blog tool)

• For more examples, see:– BlogsForLearning– Campus Technology article – The Power of Wikis in Higher Ed

http://delphi.louisville.edu/help/wikisBlogs.html

http://delphi.louisville.edu/faculty/technology/blogs_wikis.html

http://delphi.louisville.edu/faculty/technology/blogs_wikis.html

http://www.learningobjects.com/

http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/

http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/66505/

AcknowledgementsThis presentation would not have been

possible without the help of my colleagues from Delphi:

Edna Ross (Tegrity)Ghanashyam Sharma (SafeAssign)

Mike Homan (Blogs & Wikis)

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