Upcoming Workshops - Fall 2024
Canvas Basics for Instructors - COLRS
Join COLRS staff to learn about navigating the Canvas interface and the foundational tools for organizing and building a course at UIS. Topics covered include: navigating, communicating with students, creating modules and assignments, and gradebook.
- When: Thu, Aug 29, 2024, 1 - 2pm
- Location: Canvas Basics for Instructors Zoom Room
Using Copyleaks Plagiarism & AI Detection in Canvas - COLRS/ITS
Due to the increasing cost of licensing Turnitin, as well as their decision to charge extra for AI detection tools, UIS has moved to Copyleaks as our campus plagiarism and AI content detection tool. A pilot was conducted during the Spring 2024 semester, and the results indicated that Copyleaks is a good fit for UIS.
Copyleaks fully integrates with Canvas for ease of use for instructors and students. It helps to identify copied or plagiarized content. An AI detection tool is included inside Copyleaks. AI detection is not included as part of the similarity score in SpeedGrader. Rather, it is a separate piece of data that can only be accessed within the full Copyleaks report.
Remember that AI detection is not foolproof and may produce false positives, especially for students whose first language is not English. Use Copyleaks AI detection results as one data point and a starting point for discussion rather than definitive evidence of academic dishonesty.
Faculty and student resources, including detailed instructions and video tutorials, are available. The COLRS Academic Integrity page contains additional resources on Copyleaks.
During this workshop, Copyleaks staff will demonstrate how to use the tool in Canvas. Afterward, COLRS and ITS staff will be available to help you set up the Copyleaks tool in your Canvas courses.
- When: Thurs, Sept 5, 2024, 9 - 10am
- Location: Copyleaks Zoom Room and BRK 416
Teaching Support from Online Professional & Engaged Learning
COLRS Office Hours for Faculty Support
Join the COLRS team–Carrie, Taylor, and Emily–for open office hours on Zoom at 10 a.m. on weekdays (central time zone). Scott, our multimedia and video specialist joins office hours on Tuesdays and Fridays each week. Click here to join the Zoom room directly.
COLRS Multimedia Production and Editing Assistance
Our multimedia specialist Scott Moomaw is here to assist you with all your video needs! Scott's professional background in video recording and editing will help your course to shine with lightboard lectures, narrative lectures, green screen work, and on-campus location filming. Contact Scott to plan your next digital media project.
Office of Digital Accessibility (ODA): Remediate Your Course Content
Digital accessibility is legally-required for all Canvas course materials, including items you create, upload, or link to, as well as third-party content from publishers and other sources. As you prepare your courses, the digital accessibility remediation team (DART) can help ensure that your courses are accessible for all students. They specialize in remediating documents, captioning video files, and providing course accessibility checks. Contact the Office of Digital Accessibility today for assistance by emailing oda@uis.edu.
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