Explore USAHS Supported Online Classroom Technologies

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Last updated: Mar 12, 2020
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Academic Integrity:

Blackboard SafeAssign is a fully integrated plagiarism detection service for your Blackboard online classroom. It compares submitted assignments against multiple databases of source material to identify areas of overlap between the submitted assignment and existing works.

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Turnitin is a plagiarism detection service.

Good to know:

  • Turnitin is integrated into our Blackboard environment via an LTI integration which allows faculty to use Turnitin.com features in their courses without requiring students to leave Blackboard or sign in with a separate account

  • Due to integration limitations, Turnitin assignments do not appear on the Blackboard course calendar

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ProctorU is an online proctored exam solution.

Good to know:

  • ProctorU is not currently integrated into Blackboard but an integration is currently under development and a pilot is planned for an upcoming term.

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Collaboration:

Blackboard Collaborate is a fully integrated web conferencing solution for your Blackboard online classroom.

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Course messages are private text communications that occurs within courses among course members.

Good to know:

  • Users must be logged in to a course to read and send course messages.

  • Messages are all inside Blackboard and all course faculty and administrators have access to review those messages. This is a good alternative to email when the conversation between faculty and student should be preserved for the academic record.

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