Resource Library - Center for Teaching and Learning

Getting Started with EduCat

• Layout
  • EduCat Overview 
  • Organizing Your Home Page Course Content 
• Course Settings
  • Course Common Features 
• Removed from View

Activities and Resources:

• Assignment
  • Create an Assignment 
• Attendance
• Book
• Choice 
• Feedback
• File
  • Adding a File 
• Folder
• Forum/Discussion Forum
  • Create a Forum 
  • Posting and Replying to a Forum 
  • Grading a Forum 
• Glossary
• Google Assignments
  • Google Assignments - Groups
• H5P Interactive Activities
• Journal
• Lesson Creation/Settings
  • Lesson Building After Creation
• Page
  • Create a Page 
• Quiz
  • Quiz: Best Practice for Online Testing 
  • Quiz: Create Quiz from Document 
    • Question Format for Import 
  • Quiz: Create, Add, and Random Questions in EduCat 
    • Add New Questions, from Question Bank, or Random Question 
  • Quiz: Images in Quizzes 
  • Quiz: Administering Online Tests 
  • Quiz: Grading - Essay Questions
    • Quiz Grading - Essay Questions Overview 
  • Quiz: Review Attempts
• Reading Lists - Course Reserves
• Text and Media (formerly Label)
• URL/Web Link
• Wiki
• Workshop Tool for Peer Assessment

Gradebook:

• Gradebook: Grader Report
  • Gradebook Overview 
• Gradebook: Gradebook Setup
  • Gradebook Setup Overview 
• Gradebook: Course Grade Settings
• Gradebook: Letter Grade Settings
• Gradebook: Single View
• Gradebook: User Report
  • User Report Overview 
• Extra Credit
• Grading an Assignment 

Other:

• About the EduCat Archive Server 
  • Link to EduCat Archive Server 
• Change Role in EduCat (Instructor to Student View)
• Completion Tracking
• Groups
• Import from one EduCat course to another 
• Logs
• Overrides
• Respondus LockDown Browser
• Respondus Monitor
  • Securing Exams with Respondus Monitor 
• Restrict Access 
• Rubrics
  • Creating a Rubric 

• Ally Instructor Basics
• Ally Instructor Package
• Ally: Four Learning Benefits
• Ally: Download an Alternative Format
• EduCat Ally - Meeting Diverse Student Needs in your Courses 

• iClicker Cloud Instructor Guide 
• Checklist: Getting Started with iClicker Cloud
• iClicker Classic Instructor Guide (software on your computer)

• Qualtrics - Quick Reference
• Qualtrics - Basics
  • Question Types
• Qualtrics Support 

• About Unicheck
• Deterring and Detecting Plagiarism with Unicheck Course in EduCat 
• Unicheck - Set up and Interpret Results
• Unicheck - Direct Submit (requires Unicheck account) 

Record Video:

• Camtasia
  • Camtasia/Video Creation Overview 
  • Camtasia Studio Tutorials - Recording, Editing and More 
  • Camtasia Help
  • Producing Videos in Camtasia Studio 
  • Camtasia Captioning 
• Zoom
  • Recording Zoom Meetings

Upload/Store Video Online:

• WildCast
  • Using WildCast
    • Co-Casting in Wildcast for Instructors (Allowing students to upload video)
    • Student Upload to an Instructor's PodCast
• YouTube
  • Upload your Video File to YouTube
• Google Drive
  • Publishing Videos with Google Drive

Embed Video in EduCat:

• Embedding Video in EduCat
  • Finding the Embed Code in Wildcast 
  • Put Embed Code in EduCat 

• Instructors - Using VoiceThread in Your EduCat Courses 
• Instructors - Individual VoiceThread Documentation and Tutorial 
• Instructors - VoiceThread Assignment Documentation and Tutorials 
• Instructors - Setup for Group Presentations Using VoiceThread 

• Students - How to Comment on a VoiceThread 
• Students - Commenting on VoiceThread 
• Students - Creating an Individual VoiceThread Presentation 
• Students - Create a VoiceThread 
• Students - Creating a Group VoiceThread Presentation 

• Introduction to Zoom 
• Create a Zoom Account - First time users 
• Setting up a Zoom Virtual Classroom 
• Zoom Features 
  • Recording Zoom Meetings 
  • Breakout Rooms
  • Polling
• Securing Zoom Meetings: Preventing “Zoom Bombing” 
• Using Respondus LockDown Browser with Zoom 
• Creating a Zoom Meeting in EduCat, Externally to EduCat (with Zoom Web site or App) 
  • Zoom Setup in EduCat 
  • Zoom Setup External to EduCat 
• Managing a Zoom Classroom 
• Proper Zooming 

• Jamboard

• Design Document Template 
  • Design Document Walk Through 

• Bloom's Taxonomy 
• Verbs from Bloom's Taxonomy 
• ABCDs of Objective Writing 

• Introduction to Quality Matters 
• NMU - QM Standards 
• NMU Online Course Design Standards - Building towards QM 
• Creating a QM Account 

• Resources for Teaching Diversity and Inclusion  (review the books, documentaries, and websites for reference)
• Open Educational Resources 
• IDEA Forums 
• Ally - EduCat tool to help address accessibility and universal design 

• Concept Map Resource List 
• Jigsaw Activity 
• Learning Circles: General Information 
• Learning Circles: How to Facilitate 
• Learning Circles: Facilitation Questions 

• Engaging Students in an Online Course 
• Required Elements of an Online Course 
• Course Format Definitions 
• Beyond Questions and Answer Discussion Forums 

• Introduction to Active Learning and Active Learning Classrooms 
• Managing Active Learning-Intensive Courses 
• Active Learning Activities and Assessments 
• Course Design, Outcomes and Objectives 

• Course Requests 
• Email Students 
• Incomplete Request for EduCat 
• Photo Rosters 

• About the EduCat Archive Server 
• Link to EduCat Archive Server 

• About VPN 
• VPN Client Download 
• VPN Guide from Technical Support Services 

• Share System 
• Share Site 

• Olson Library's Multimedia Resources for Faculty 
• Embedded Librarian 

• Tips for Teaching 
• Online Byte of the Week