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Teaching technologies and services
Online teaching tools and services
Canvas WU
Canvas is WU's new learning management system, which has been gradually introduced at WU since winter semester 2022/23 and will be used by all master's programs and the majority of bachelor's programs starting winter semester 2023.
Canvas supports instructors with a wide range of tools and services:
Provision and structuring of content and materials
Creation of modules and delivery of learning content to provide students with an optimal learning environment
Creation of multimedia assignments and quizzes to make learning interactive
Organization of groups and creation of group tasks to promote cooperative learning processes
Integrating video and audio formats into learning environments
Easy reuse and sharing of materials
Assessment and feedback of partial performances
Assessment of tasks in SpeedGrader and performance overview in the grade book
Using rubrics
Mapping and calculating assessment-relevant partial performances
Multiple feedback types (incl. peer feedback and peer rating for groups)
Communication and interaction with students
Multiple communication channels
Encourage interactive discussions
New opportunities for collaborative work among students
Use of surveys, polls, and voting
Keeping track of events
Personal schedule overview
Keep track of open to-dos (e.g., grade assignments)
Individual notifications for news and activities
Organizing timeslots for consulting hours
Contact: Digital Teaching Services
Controlpanel (Account and email settings)
Change passwort for your WU account
Set up email forwarting to a non-WU address
Register a WU cell phone
Subscribe to info channels
Contact: IT Services Support Center
LEARN
WU's learning and information portal
Over 30 applications and features to support teaching and learning
Wide selection of communication options for teachers and students
Use to provide students with learning materials in various formats
Course administration suppor
Contact: Digital Teaching Services
Administrative information and services for your courses
View class lists
Add and drop students from your classes
Send emails or text messages to selected students
View grade lists and enter grades
Contact: Teaching Coordination
Course evaluation
Conduct course evaluations using LEARN
Order and edit evaluation questionnaires
Conduct online evaluations
Accessing and publishing evaluation results
Contact: Evaluation & Quality Enhancement
Mailing lists
Subscribe to various WU email mailing lists
Recommended for WU teachers:"unilehrer.innen" mailing list
Contact: Mailing lists
Plagiarism detection software
Plagiarism detection software on LEARN Plagiarism testing for theses
Mandatory plagiarism testing for theses
Use the "Theses" module on LEARN to conduct testing and view results
Contact: Plagiarism
Exam server
For multiple-choice exams
Compose and administer multiple-choice examinations
Change points distribution and grade settings
Automatic analysis of results and answer statistics
Issue raw data for transfer to other applications
Contact: LEARN-Support
ROOMS
Book rooms and manage reservations for rooms throughout the campus
Reserve rooms for classes or in-house meetings
Overview of all rooms on campus - CampusGIS
Contact: Teaching Coordination (ROOMS for WU courses)
Syllabus/VVZ
Publish information in the online course catalog (VVZ)
Complete required course information and publish
Provide additional information (optional)
Edit and re-use syllabi from previous semesters
Syllabus-Guide
Contact: LEARN-Support
Survey tools
Survey tools
Create and conduct online surveys
Use the Checkbox Tool on LEARN to create short surveys to coordinate dates, topics, etc. with your class
Use IT service's open source LimeSurvey tool to create more comprehensive questionnaires
Checkbox-Guide
LimeSurvey-Guide
Contact LimeSurvey: IT-Services Media Development divison
Contact Checkbox: LEARN-Support
Video conferences
Holding video conferences by computer and in specially equipped conference rooms
Web-based conferences using Microsoft Teams or Zoom
Video conferences in specially equipped conference rooms
Classroom technology
Clicker
Clicker on LEARN
Quick simple surveys right in the classroom
Conduct surveys with up to 5 possible answers (single choice) during class
Create survey on LEARN
Students respond using their mobile devices (smart phone, tablet, laptop, etc.)
Results automatically analyzed and displayed
Contact: LEARN-Support
Lecturecasting
Lecturecast Services include these following opportunities:
Lecture Recording
You can record your course in a class room. It will be uploaded automatically in LEARN. With the lecture recording you can record the camera image, the presentation and the audio.
Web Streaming
You can book your course for a web streaming. Start the streaming in a class room and all registered students can watch it online via LEARN.
More Information
Didactical use cases for the use of lecturecasts (german only)
Contact: LEARN-Support
Smartboard
Smartboard
Interactive Whiteboard, standard in all seminar rooms
Write on digital surface
Add notes to slides, web pages, etc
Save edited boards
Add empty screens for use as a whiteboard
Contact: Digital Teaching Services
Monitor
Monitor ("interactive pen display")
Monitor with interactive pen for writing directly on the screen
MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) and SPSS pre-installed
Ports for auxiliary devices
Additional equipment
teaching material - supply room
Teaching equipment rooms are available campus-wide from which utensils such as flipcharts, bulletin boards, paper rolls and other teaching materials can be taken. In the spirit of the "fair-use policy", please return the borrowed teaching materials to the teaching material rooms after the course unit and do not leave them in the teaching rooms.
The following teaching material rooms are available on campus:
Presentation media for loan
Various devices and accessories can be borrowed free of charge for courses and teaching events.
Rental equipment for the course (e.g. notebook, document camera, Wacom tablet) with reservation:
Order via the WU Service Desk
Pick up/return at the IT Service Desk in the Teaching Center (TC) or contactless.
Equipment and accessories without reservation, such as microphones, wireless presenters, starter kits (includes whiteboard and SMART Board pens, the SMART Board sponge, and magnets), webcams, HDMI cables, and adapters:
Pick up directly before class at the IT Service Desk in the Teaching Center (TC).
Contact: IT Services Support Center
Tools and Technologies for Digital Teaching
Additional tools and technologies offered and supported at WU specifically for digital teaching can be found on the website: "Digital Lehren & Prüfen".
Teaching Coordination & Infrastructure