See the list below for more information on the tools available. This list will surely grow longer in the future. If you have a request for a new tool please contact your Canvas faculty support.
Canvas app
Tip: for teachers it might be interesting to download the app for students too, to check out what students can do in your course.
- To download the Student app, go to: link to iOS app store & Google app store
- To download the Teacher app, go to: link to iOS app store & Google app store
FeedbackFruits
Tools for activating study material:
- Interactive documents and videos support interaction around a document or video.
- Comprehension Counter inefficient reading strategies and improve students’ understanding of a text by letting them annotate a document based on predetermined topics.
Attend workshops on activating study material or see a recorded workshop
Tools to facilitate peer feedback:
- Peer review option with which students can review their peers’ work, by coupling one or several students. The instructor may structure feedback with criteria and constraints.
- Group Member Evaluation tool, which offers the possibility to students to evaluate group member contribution to collaborative group work.
- Discussion Assignment to structure a meaningful online discussion by letting students discuss each other’s work in an open setting
Attend workshops on facilitating peer feedback or see a recorded workshop
FeedbackFruit tools are available in all Canvas courses, see the documentation on how to create an assignment with FBF.
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Keylinks Learning Resources
For more information see the Keylinks portal of the Library. Here you can subscribe to an online introduction. Keylinks Learning Resources is integrated in Canvas, this means that in all courses of the faculties that are using Keylinks lists, a link to their list is available on the Resources page. If you have created a reference list in Keylinks and the list is published by the University Library the list is directly accessible through this link
Ouriginal
Create an assignment with Ouriginal plagiarism check
Ouriginal can be used with an assignment in Canvas. Create an Assignment and select Submission type Online. Then select Ouriginal for Plagiarism review.
You can also set whether students are allowed to view their plagiarism report and if so, when. All papers submitted for this assignment will now be checked for originality.
To access the Ouriginal report
In the Gradebook you can see whether the report is available, when the report is available a small tab icon is displayed.
The colour of the tab indicates the range of the matching percentage found.
You can access the report by opening Speed Grader.
Open the report by clicking on the percentage.
For more information on the Ouriginal report, please see: Manual on Ouriginal report.
N.B.: Some of the sources are only accessible if you are logged in into Ouriginal . You can login from the first paper you are examining;
- Click on Profile -> Sign In.
Uploading a document as a teacher
As a teacher you can upload a document to check for plagiarism.
Surf to https://www.ouriginal.com/login/ Â and click on Log in in the upper right corner.
Select Log in to Webinbox (Global)
Then use Sign in using your institution and select Maastricht University.
See also this manual on how to use the Ouriginal portal.
Another option is to send a document to the following mail-address.: username.mut@analysis.urkund.com​
So for instance for a teacher with username a.teacher this would be a.teacher.mut@analysis.urkund.com.
Zoom
For manuals and guidelines on Zoom, please take a look at the Zoom Videoconferencing page. Next to information on Zoom, you there find information on lecture recording (both in lecture halls as well as desktop recordings) and guidelines for tutors, lecturers and students to organise and participate in online educational activities.
Next to tools embedded in Canvas, the University Library offers applications and tools for all UM students and staff. Most are generic for all members, other concern faculty-specific applications. Use this overview as an entrance to information about a specific app or tool, sometimes embedded in a specific context or connected to a service or support offer.