There are a large variety of computing services and facilities that aid teaching and research at York. Learning Technologies are for faculty who are interested in using technology to support, supplement or enhance their teaching. Learning Technology Services (LTS) supports faculty and researchers with using the technologies, and the help center provides assistance with set-up and troubleshooting.
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Overview:
eClass is a web based course management system that is powered by moodle and allows faculty to create and manage online content for their courses. eClass can also be used to host online discussions, quizzes, and audio-visual materials for courses at York.
How do I access it?
eClass requires your active Passport York username and password.
You are automatically assigned to your eClass courses based on information in Academic Resource Management System (ARMS). If you are YUFA, you will be assigned to your courses the day after you are assigned in ARMS, and for CUPE, you will be assigned, the day after the acceptance of your offer has been recorded in ARMS. If you would like access prior to your course assignment being recorded in ARMS, please send us an email to askit@yorku.ca with the course information.
If you want to use eClass for non-academic purpose, please use the request form to have your non-academic course set up.
Overview:
iClicker is the university supported solution for engagement through polling. iClicker promotes active learning in the classroom by allowing students to easily respond to questions with their own personal devices and receive instant feedback. The service is free to use and is available to every member of the York University community.
Features:
- Use for polling and quizzes
- Multiple choice, numeric, short answer and target questions
- Sync grades with eClass
How do I access it?
Overview:
York University strives to maintain the highest level of academic integrity and the accompanying policy available below, states that plagiarism will not be tolerated.
Turnitin has released a major product upgrade called Turnitin Feedback Studio, which is a more streamlined user interface of the product while maintaining all of the functionalities of Turnitin. Text-matching software, such as Turnitin, can be used to detect plagiarism by assisting instructors to determine the percentage of text from a student assignment that matches text from:
- Student papers previously submitted to Turnitin.
- Similar material submitted to public websites.
- Journal articles, periodicals and commercial databases.
How do I access it?
If you are already using eClass for your course we have a built in Turnitin integration, allowing you to set up assignments, have students submit and grade assignments all from within eClass. The benefit is that there is no need to have a separate account created for you or your students. You can find information about how to set up a Turnitin assignment in eClass here.
If you are not using eClass, you can also create Turnitin assignments via Turnitin’s web-based service at: https://www.turnitin.com/
If you’d like to proceed with this stand-alone option, send an email to Learning Technology Services at ltshelp@yorku.ca with the following information so that we can set you up with an account and send you instructions on how to get started:
- First name
- Last name
- York email address
The Instructor Quick Start Guide will quickly help you log in, and create your Turnitin assignment.
Use the Instructor Guide for detailed information, including managing classes and grading submissions.
Enrolling students:
Students can either enroll in your class by creating a user profile and using your class ID and password, or you can add students to the class yourself.
- Give your students the class ID number and enrollment password for your course.
- Inform students to use the Student QuickStart Guide to create their account and access their assignment.
Direct your students to the Turnitin Assignment Submission page for detailed information.
Additional Resources:
Turnitin interactive demo>>
York Academic Integrity website>>
Overview:
York University offers lecture recording resources to faculty and staff for use in enhancing and supplementing their teaching.
Panopto – York’s primary tool for recording on on-demand content from classroom, offices or your home and which can be automatically published (if you wish) into your eClass course.
Zoom – The primary tool for synchronous meetings for your courses that can also be recorded (with or without meeting participants) and included in your eClass course.
Look up your classroom to determine if you may need a microphone loan to use Panopto or Zoom>>
How do I access it?
Overview:
The Class Lists service is part of SIS (Student Information System) allows Faculty members, course directors, departmental administrative assistants, and class instructors to view student enrolment lists for their courses.
Features:
- Use of Class List application requires authentication by Passport York.
- The instructor’s authorization to view the class list is determined by the instructor’s name attached to the class in the Course Offering System (COS), within the Student Information System (SIS) database.
- The course director’s authorization is determined by the name at the course level, in COS, within the SIS database.
- Admin. Assistants are granted authorization by a table maintained by the Registrar’s Office.
- The Class List is only available for the previous, current, and subsequent academic years.
Availability:
- Class List service is available 23 X 7, from 1:00 a.m. until midnight – except during maintenance outages. In the event of a scheduled downtime, notification is given typically 1 week in advance, except during emergency downtimes, when every effort will be made to notify the user community as early as possible.
- Class Lists are available on the online, with connectivity to the York University Network.
How do I access it?
- The Class List service can be found at classlist.yorku.ca
- **Please note you will need your Passport York login to access the service.
Overview:
Grades Input on the Web (GAM) allows course and section directors to input or upload grades.
How do I access it?
- Log in at Grades Input on the Web (GAM) using your Passport York username and password.
- If you can log in to Class Lists you should also have access to Grades Input on the Web.
- If you cannot log in Class Lists,
- SB, ES, LW instructors, contact your Faculty office for student and academic services.
- For all other instructors, send an email to yugrades@yorku.ca with your name, Passport York username, employee number, Faculty name, department name and office telephone number.
- If you are an administrative support staff member, send an email to yugrades@yorku.ca with your name, Passport York username, employee number, Faculty name, department name and office telephone number. The Registrar’s Office will contact your Faculty SIS Account Manager for approval and advise you when your access has been arranged.
For more help access the SIS home page or contact yugrades@yorku.ca
Overview:
During the period where course evaluations are open. Students will get announcements on my.yorku.ca to remind them to evaluate their courses. Completing the brief evaluation survey is a simple alternative to evaluations done on paper.
How do I access it?
Frequently Asked Questions
Classroom Technology FAQs
eClass FAQs
iClicker FAQs
Lecture Recording FAQs
Turnitin FAQs
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