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Teacher’s Handbook

Instructions: Digital tools for teaching

Every teacher's core digital platforms include the student information system Sisu and the digital learning environment MyCourses.

Below, you will also find digital platforms that facilitate everyday tasks in contact and online teaching.



On the pages below, you will find direct links to instructions and support addresses.

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MyCourses digital learning environment

MyCourses is the learning environment for Aalto University courses. With MyCourses, teachers can share course material, resources and other content. A teacher can set up and grade assignments, quizzes and workshops. MyCourses also provides tools for collaboration and interaction with students.

Services

Turnitin an originality checking and feedback software

Turnitin is a tool to help you not only identify plagiarism, but also teach students good scientific writing practices. Turnitin compares submitted text to a massive database of text, highlights all similar text found and creates a similarity report. Also, an AI report estimating the amount of AI-written text is created.

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Presemo: a fully web-based classroom participation system

Presemo is a fully web-based classroom participation system.

Presemo view

Zulip chat platform

Zulip is an open-source chat platform suitable for group discussions. It offers LaTeX support and collaborative features that can be useful in teaching. Features like private streams, user groups and the option to mark topics as resolved can be used to enable Q&A and groupwork activities.

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ThingLink

ThingLink is an education technology platform that enables it to augment images, videos, and virtual tours with additional information and links. You can use ThingLink to create accessible, visual learning experiences in the cloud.

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Main page for instructions of course feedback tool

At Aalto University, course feedback is collected from almost all courses. On these pages you will find teacher's instructions for using the course feedback tool on MyCourses.

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Aalto OpenLearning learning environment

Aalto OpenLearning is Moodle based learning environment for open online courses and educational materials created by Aalto teachers.

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Online meeting tools - Teams and Zoom

Teams and Zoom are tools for video conferencing, online meetings, chat, and mobile collaboration. Panopto is a software and media service that is designed to capture, edit, stream, and share video presentations and recorded lectures. You can not use Panopto for online meetings.

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Aalto AI Assistant

Your personal AI assistant.

Aalto AI Assistant, the improved UI in Fall 2024

Do you need a software, a license, an app, a tool or a digital service for your teaching or research? There are few things we wish you to take into account before continuing with the acquiring process. See below for a checklist of things to consider before acquiring new software or digital services. Link opens to IT Services website.

To ensure a smooth start for your upcoming course, please consider the technical side of things for a productive and seamless teaching experience. Below you can find a list of the technical matters to consider. Link opens to IT Services website.

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