Tufts Technology Services

Online Whiteboards for Teaching

Have you tried Zoom’s new Whiteboards tool? In this workshop Tufts ETS staff will introduce you to this powerful tool available to all Tufts faculty, instructors, and students. We’ll highlight new features and offer ideas for using whiteboards for teaching and student engagement. We’ll also provide an opportunity for some 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 closely and allows you to get feedback on their understanding. With “My Media” in Canvas you can now create in-video quizzes to test student knowledge and ask them to reflect on their learning Read more…

Creating Custom AIs for Teaching in the Health Sciences

Join prof. Ben Stern sharing his experience using ChatGPT and other AIs with students in his Primary Care course in the Dept of Physical Therapy. Ben will share his exploration of these tools’ potential as educational aids when balanced with human oversight, including clinical judgment and ethical considerations in patient Read more…

VoiceThread Updated! Workshop

In this session, participants will see a full tour of the new VoiceThread interface. We will review the changes to the media player, including jump commenting, bulk actions, and the "one conversation" setting. We will also see the improved VoiceThread homepage and learn how to access assignments. Register for this Read more…

Video Assignments in Canvas with Bongo

Have you been considering using video in your assignments? Bongo is a Canvas-integrated tool which lets you make video assignments for your students in fewer steps. The built-in recorder allows you to include optional video prompts from you to your students, and have them submit their own video recordings. Bongo 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…

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 closely and allows you to get feedback on their understanding. With “My Media” in Canvas you can now create in-video quizzes to test student knowledge and ask them to reflect on their learning Read more…

Intro to AI: Understanding and Using AI in Your Course

In this faculty workshop we’ll take a look at AI tools, how your students are already using them, and how to create course activities with AI in mind. We’ll try some hands-on work where you will use AI in a way that your students might. Sign up here!

Social Annotation with Perusall

Dive into Perusall with this introductory webinar designed specifically for new users and those curious about the Perusall social learning platform. This webinar will illuminate the platform's foundational features, showcase the simplicity of setting up a course, and reveal the benefits of our seamless Learning Management System (LMS) integration. Plus, Read more…

AI Playspace

Join Dr. Ethan Danahy and Tufts ETS and CELT staff in a play space for hands-on exploration of AI – the best way to learn! This session will begin with a fellow faculty member demonstrating some of the ways that he has experimented with AI in his teaching. Then, each Read more…