The Active Learning Environments at Case Western Reserve University are an innovative approach to addressing the drawbacks of the traditional classroom. They represent a pedagogical shift toward active learning, collaboration, information access, assessment and instruction delivery.
Anthology Ally for Canvas (previously Blackboard Ally), typically referred to as just Ally or Ally for Canvas, is an accessibility tool that is integrated into Canvas.
Approximately every 2 weeks, Echo360 releases new features, bug fixes, and general improvements to the product. Here we've provided a summary of the important features that will impact instructors and students at CWRU. For all of the Echo360 release information, you can visit the Echo360 Release Notes website.
CWRU Faculty have received iPads to assist in the upcoming semesters. Below is what Faculty received:
iPad, 7th generation
Apple Pencil, 1st generation
Apple keyboard
Charger for iPad
iSeek is a Natural Language Understanding engine that leverages advanced linguistics and Artificial Intelligence to point you to the exact resource you are looking for at the right time. Additionally, iSeek integrates with lecture capture applications to allow you to jump into a lecture at the exact point of topic coverage.
Poll Everywhere is a software that allows instructors to poll their students and collect live feedback; this software can be run through an internet browser, or via the PowerPoint plug-in on TEC computers. Students respond to questions using their own device in the classroom.
Qualtrics is the premier Experience Management (XM) platform. The platform is designed to optimize research around the customer, employee, product, and brand experiences of your customers, constituents, and colleagues.
[U]Tech’s Teaching + Learning Technologies (TLT) team is responsible for supporting various technologies that may be used by a subset of users at CWRU, or that may be available outside of the major academic technologies like Canvas.
Turnitin is a digital plagiarism detection tool that can help ensure that student academic writing submissions are free of unintentional or intentional plagiarism. Turnitin functionality is now available via Canvas assignments to help with plagiarism detection and grading.
TutorTrac is a web-based application you can use to schedule tutoring appointments at Case Western Reserve University. You can schedule up to five tutoring appointments in a seven-day period.