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NYU Classes: Making Open Source Work for You

by Pilar Abuin and Francesca Socolick May 20, 2013
The spring 2013 saw over 6,800 course sites activated in NYU Classes with nearly 38,000 students and 5,100 instructors participating in those sites, exceeding the expected number of sections activated based on Blackboard course site activation rates -- an impressive beginning to the third and final phase of the transition from Blackboard to NYU Classes. Learn more about the progress of the NYU Classes project, and the new features coming soon.
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NYU Classes: Preparing for the Big Switch

by Pilar Abuin Nov 6, 2012
With Blackboard being replaced by NYU Classes, you may have questions about how this transition will affect your work, where your existing course data will live, and what you’ll need to do in preparation. Students, faculty, and staff are going to be impacted in different ways by this change, and this article will help explain which services you will need to access to get through this transition period.
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Transitioning to a Collaborative Learning Management System

by Francesca Socolick Apr 30, 2012
In November 2011, NYU announced plans to replace NYU Blackboard. In its place will be NYU Classes, an open source learning management system (LMS) powered by the Sakai CLE platform. The new service is currently in an exploratory phase, with NYU-wide implementation scheduled for Fall 2013.
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Turnitin: Verifying Academic Originality

by Pilar Abuin Jan 21, 2011
ITS is pleased to offer Turnitin's OriginalityCheck, a plagiarism detection tool available to any NYU or NYUAD instructor with a current Blackboard course shell. By verifying originality of work at student submission prior to grading, faculty are able to not only prevent plagiarism in their classes, but also encourage proper research and citation methods. Students submitting papers to Turnitin can rest assured that their privacy and security are well protected, and that they retain copyright of all original work created and submitted to Turnitin.
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The ATLAS Network Pilot: NYU's Sakai Open Academic Environment Initiative

by Lucy Appert Jan 21, 2011
In January 2011, NYU launched one of the first pre-release pilots of the revolutionary Sakai Open Academic Environment (OAE) for academic networking and collaboration in teaching, learning, and scholarship. Initial development on this project was begun by the Liberal Studies Program with a 2008 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant for their Simonides ePortfolio tool
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NYU Blackboard Training: More classes for faculty and an easier way to register

by Brian Schiesser Apr 27, 2010
In response to faculty requests for increased support and training near the end of the term, ITS' Faculty Technology Services is pleased to announce that Blackboard faculty group training sessions will be offered at the end of the fall and spring semesters! A range of topics from the most common to the most pertinent end-of-semester needs will be covered.
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