Other services related to online courses
On this page
- Turnitin - Plagiarism detection
- MyWeb - Web space for faculty, staff & students
- Course web space - Web space for instructors on www.uiowa.edu
- MyFiles - Web file space
- WebSurveyor - Online surveys and data
- Elluminate Live! - Collaboration environment
- Video/audio in course sites - Consulting from ITS-Instructional Services
- Xythos - Web file space
Turnitin
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Turnitin is a plagiarism
detection service. An instructor can register a course and give all students
in that course a course-specific login and password so they can submit
any papers directly to Turnitin in Microsoft Word or other common file formats.
The instructor then receives an "originality report" showing possible matches
between the submitted paper and Turnitin's database and internet resources. - The University of Iowa has licensed Turnitin (http://turnitin.com/) and we invite all interested instructors to utilize this tool. More information can be found here.
Contact and support:
- Contact Dave Long (turnitin@uiowa.edu, 335.5552) for more information or to get an account.
- There is a University of Iowa support site here for more help.
- Turnitin company website: http://www.turnitin.com/
- Turnitin is supported within ITS-Instructional Services in ITS.
MyWeb
- MyWeb web hosting service now available to all UI faculty, staff and students that provides space for publishing individual, academic-related web sites. While it is not for hosting course sites, it can be used for a site focused on your academic interests. More information can be found here.
Contact and support:
- Contact its-web@uiowa.edu with any questions.
- MyWeb is supported within Campus Technology Services in ITS.
Course web space on www.uiowa.edu
- Simply put, the Course Web Space service provides an account on the University's central web server, www.uiowa.edu, with approximately 5 MB of space allocated to it. This server space is meant for faculty who are interested in putting course-related materials online.
- Web pages, PDF documents, movies, or anything else an instructor wishes to place online can be placed in a Course Web Space account. Developing those materials and placing them online is the responsibility of the instructor. Assistance in the form of training or consulting is available from ITS-Instructional Services and other University technology support organizations.
- As indicated by its name, this service is intended for course-related materials, and is not appropriate for developing student projects (see Class Web Sites for this) or personal pages.
Contact and support:
- If you want a course site on this server click here and fill out the online form.
- This service is supported within ITS-Instructional Services in ITS.
MyFiles
- MyFiles is the web-based way to access your file storage at the University of Iowa. From the MyFiles web site, you can upload, download and delete your files while you are on-campus, off-campus or anywhere! Visit the main site for more information.
- MyFiles is supported within Campus Technology Services in ITS.
WebSurveyor
WebSurveyor is a web-based survey program capable of collecting, analyzing and graphing your data. More information can be found here.
Contact and support:
- Mindy Tuttle (mindy-tuttle@uiowa.edu, 384.0772) at The University of Iowa for assistance.
- Websurveyor website: http://www.websurveyor.com/
- WebSurveyor is supported within Campus Technology Services in ITS.
Elluminate Live!
Elluminate Live! virtual meetingware allows moderator-led web-based meetings
with options to shared data and applications and support coordinated voice
or instant message discussions.
More
information can be found here.
Contact and support:
- Contact Les Finken (les-finken@uiowa.edu, 335.5467) for more information.
- Elluminate Live! is supported within ITS-Instructional Services in ITS.
Online video/audio for your course site
- If you wish to include digital media in your online course, ITS-Instructional Services con offer valuable training and consulting to make the best choices and get started. More information can be found here.
Contact and support:
- Website: http://its.uiowa.edu/support/digitalmedia/
- Digital media consulting is offered through ITS-Instructional Services in ITS.
Xythos
- Xythos is a web-based utility intended to provide students, faculty, and staff with a personal, easy-to-use interface to upload, download, and share files to both users inside and outside of the Institution. Visit the main site for more information.
- Xythos is supported within Campus Technology Services in ITS.