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Teaching Tools & Guides
EdTech compiled an extensive repository of tutorials and guidelines about teaching & learning platforms and programs such as Brightspace, CUNYfirst, Hostos Social Network, video conferencing, rich media including video editing platforms and software, and interactive tools.
The purpose of this form is to enable instructors to request the addition of a new user to their...
Brightspace Resources for Faculty
We introduce the custom system prompt used for the GPT that enhances the effectiveness of the guidelines.
As a demo student, instructors can fully interact with the course as a student would, including completing quizzes, submitting...
Cengage LTI (Learning Tool Interoperability) lets instructors and students access Cengage content and activities directly from Brightspace and return...
This handout guides you on using Course Copy in Brightspace to transfer materials and settings into your course shells...
A question pool in Brightspace is a collection of questions from which the system draws questions randomly reducing their...
Hostos Zoom, while not native to Brightspace, offers valuable video conferencing capabilities for virtual classrooms. This guide will provide...
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This resource center empowers faculty members in navigating and mastering Brightspace.
Making your course available at the right moment can set the tone for the entire semester.
Quizzes provide ongoing insights into student understanding (formative) and evaluate cumulative knowledge (summative).
This unit will guide you through the steps to create assignments using the native Brightspace assignments tool and Turnitin...
Rich Media
Video – Lecture Capture
Camtasia
Camtasia, a screen recorder and video editor, makes it simple to record and create professional-looking videos on Windows and Mac.
PowerPoint Screen Recording
You can record your computer screen and related audio, and then embed it in your PowerPoint slide—or you can save it as a separate video file.
Snagit
Snagit lets you quickly capture your screen and camera, add additional context, and share images, GIFs, or videos across your preferred platforms.
Auto-Generating Closed Captions with CUNY Dropbox
CUNY-licensed Dropbox is a recommended tool for autogenerating closed captions. However, privacy becomes a paramount concern when videos include recorded student participation.
Interactive Tools
Socrative
Socrative is a Cloud-Based Student Response System that allows instructors to create quizzes that students can take quickly on their mobile devices, like tablet computers, iPads, or smartphones, as well as laptops and desktops.
Video Conferencing
The City University of New York is providing Microsoft Office 365 for Education to all active faculty and staff via the Microsoft Office in Education program. The license remains active until you leave the University, at which point it will be in read-only mode and you will be prompted to pay a license fee to Microsoft or stop using Microsoft [...]
Go to zoom.us
Click on Sign In.
From the Sign In pop-up, click on SSO.
From the Sign In with SSO page, in the company domain textbox, enter hostos-cuny-edu and click the Continue button.
CUNY Microsoft Office 365 for Education
You can record your computer screen and related audio, and then embed it in your PowerPoint slide—or you can...
CUNYfirst
Uploading Documents on CUNYfirst
There may be times when you are required to upload a scanned document, completed form, file, or record to securely submit the following types of information to your college or the University: Financial aid documents Health services documents Registrar/student record documents Learn More
Instructors enter bibliographic details of instructional materials for their assigned classes. Course Material Types include; Article, Book, Cassette Recording,...
For classes with both a graded component and enrolled students, instructors confirm that an enrolled student has not attended...
The dates for each and every course topic, learning unit, and assessment are provided in enough detail so students...
Instructors enter, review, approve and submit grades on the Grade Roster component.
Instructors use the grade roster to view grades. 1. Enter https://home.cunyfirst.cuny.edu in your browser's address bar: Enter your Username and Password...
Hostos Social Network
To sign in to the Hostos Social Network: Go to the main page (https://commons.hostos.cuny.edu) and click on Login link...