Tufts Technology Services
  • Creating Videos With Kaltura

    Have you ever wanted to create videos for your students without needing to use advanced editing software? Kaltura Capture is available in Canvas and allows you to record your screen, webcam, and voice and then share the video with your class. In this webinar, we’ll discuss the research on what Read more…

  • Make your teaching videos interactive with in-video quizzing!

    Do you want to make your teaching videos more engaging? Embedding questions within videos encourages students to watch closely and allows you to get feedback on their understanding. With Kaltura “My Media” in Canvas you can now create in-video quizzes to test student knowledge and ask them to reflect on Read more…

  • Introduction to Piazza’s New Interface

    In this session we'll bring faculty users up to speed on Piazza's new interface. The session can also serve as an introduction to the tool. Piazza is a Q&A-style discussion tool which allows instructors to post questions which students can then reply to collaboratively. Instructors and students can post both Read more…

  • Interactive Lectures With Poll Everywhere

    Have you ever asked your students: “Any questions?” only to look out at a room full of blank faces? Poll Everywhere allows you to pose interactive questions and allows ALL your students to respond in real time. Students tend to be more engaged, and their learning benefits from the immediate Read more…

  • Introduction to Assignments in Gradescope

    If you're regularly grading handwritten homework and exams, learn how Gradescope in Canvas allows you and your students to efficiently scan paper assignments and grade them online. Easily share the work with other faculty and TA's and create a dynamic grading rubric as you go. This session will cover the Read more…

  • Custom AI App Community of Practice

    Do you want to integrate AI into your teaching? Tufts Educational Technology Services (ETS) is offering a second round of its Community of Practice focused on the thoughtful use of custom AI apps. These tools, often called “Agents” or “CustomGPTs” are simply AI chatbots tailored to your instructional goals. This Read more…

  • AI & Teaching for Faculty & Instructors

    Are you grappling with the impact of AI on your teaching and your students’ learning? In this session we’ll cover concepts of AI literacy for faculty and students, discuss the impact of AI on course development workflows, explore how AI is impacting students learning (for both good and bad), discuss […]

  • Social Annotation with Perusall

    Have you ever wanted to turn your reading assignments into a social learning activity? Perusall is a collaborative reading and learning platform that prepares students for class. The tools connects directly to canvas and allows students to annotate files, documents and other multimedia content. This motivates students to actively participate […]

  • Visual AI Workshop for Faculty

    In this hands-on workshop for faculty we’ll explore visual AI tools available at Tufts and how they can be used responsibly by both instructors and students. We’ll take a look at more advanced prompt-writing to produce better results, and how to iterate with AI to get a range of outcomes. […]