ideas

january 2011
What’s new at a
glance
1. Microsoft Office Workbin Plugin
• Publish documents directly from
Microsoft Office to the Workbin,
without accessing IVLE.
cit.nus.edu.sg/ideas/
2. Check for plagiarism, p 2.
CENTRE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY’S • Submit files from Workbin directly
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY UPDATE to Turnitin for plagiarism check.

In this issue... 3. Edit images, p 2.

• Edit images in the Multimedia Bank
IVLE has been updated with substantial new features. Find out what possibilities these using the built-in online photo
features enable. editing application.

Also, find out how not to lose lectures to public holidays on p 5. 4. Meet online, p 3.
• Students can hold online meetings
(web conferences) in the Project
tool. Communities are also enabled
New in IVLE with online meeting capability.

IVLE is constantly being upgraded. This semester, CIT has added features to NUS’ course 5. Take attendance, p 3.
management system which will make tasks simpler and open new opportunities in teaching
• Take attendance directly in Class
and learning. Management.

6. Annotate webcasts, p 4.
Microsoft Office Workbin Plugin • Students can add notes to
‣ For: Staff and Students webcasts. These are time-coded
and act as bookmarks to jump to
‣ Available for: Workbin
the respective part of the webcast.

7. Comment on and rate webcasts,

p 4.
• Enable comments and ratings for
webcasts, à la YouTube.

8. Track projects, p 5.
• Students can create Gantt Charts in
the Project tool to monitor project
progress.

9. Collaborative weblinks and FAQs,

p 5.
• Allow students to submit weblinks
and FAQs to the Module.

10. Search using tag clouds, p 5.

• Add tags (keywords) to Modules
and Communities for easy
searching.

The Microsoft Office Workbin Plugin enables you to upload your documents*
from Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint directly to the Workbin  without Contact
accessing IVLE. Both staff and students may download and install this plugin. This
plugin is available for Office 2003, 2007 & 2010 and Office 2010 (64-bit) running IVLE Team
on Windows: http://wiki.nus.edu.sg/display/ivlefilemanager/ citivle@nus.edu.sg

CIT Website
* Students may submit documents to Student Submission folders only.
http://cit.nus.edu.sg/

More information? Contact: Yasmin Musthafa citym@nus.edu.sg

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Check for plagiarism
‣ For: Students (if enabled)
and staff
‣ Available in: Workbin
The Plagiarism Prevention service
is now integrated with IVLE. Files in
student submission folders of Workbins
can be checked for plagiarism with a
single click. You can also choose to
allow students to send their files for
plagiarism checking and choose
whether they are able to see their
own originality reports. (Students will
never be able to see other students’
originality reports.)
More information? Contact:
Prasad Iyer citki@nus.edu.sg

Edit photos
‣ For: Staff and students
‣ Available in: Multimedia Bank

Need to quickly edit an image you

uploaded to the Multimedia Bank, but
you don’t have access to photo editing
software? Now, you can click Edit
Image, and you will be able to do so
via Pixlr, an online image editing tool.

More information? Contact: Wu Haixin

citwh@nus.edu.sg

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Meet online
‣ For: Students and staff
‣ Available in: Project (for students)
and Communities (for all NUS
users)
ideas - New in IVLE
IVLE possesses the power of web
conferencing. Students in Project
groups can meet online. They will be
able to chat with each other via audio
and text, share their screen with other
par ticipants and collaboratively
annotate a whiteboard, among other
features. Physical distance is now not
a barrier to having meetings. Staff
and students can also use the online
meetings in their Communities.
More information? Contact:
Wu Haixin citwh@nus.edu.sg
Take attendance
‣ For: Staff
‣ Available in: Class Management
You can now take attendance
using IVLE. In Class Management, you
can create attendance lists for your
lectures, seminars, tutorials and
groups. Once it is time for class, log in
to IVLE and access the attendance list
you have created. Check those who
are present, then save.
More information? Contact:
Leong Miew Cheng citlmc@nus.edu.sg
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Annotate webcasts
‣ For: Students
‣ Available in: Webcast
Students can take notes while
watching webcast lectures. The notes
appear next to the webcast, and they enabled by the module coordinator.
are time-coded. You can click on the
notes to jump to the respective point More information? Contact:
in the lecture. The notes are also Yasmin Musthafa citym@nus.edu.sg
highlighted at the relevant times while
watching the webcast. Notes can be
shared with other students, if this is

Comment on and rate

webcasts
‣ For: Students (if enabled)
‣ Available in: Webcast

Academic staff can opt to enable

comments and ratings on webcast
lectures. This new option is available
when you fill in the webcast request
form. If you enable this feature, you
and your students can leave comments
and/or rate the webcast, similar to how
users comment on and rate YouTube
videos.

More information? Contact:

Leow Sin Lak citlsl@nus.edu.sg

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Track projects
‣ For: Students
‣ Available in: Project

Students in Project groups can

create Gantt Charts in IVLE to keep
track of project tasks. With this tool,
students can view task allocations and
monitor project progress. This allows
them to manage their time and ensure
that their project is on track.

More information? Contact:

Wu Haixin citwh@nus.edu.sg

Don’t lose lectures to

public holidays

This semester, Chinese New Year will result

in two days of lost lectures. This need not
be the case. Using tools made familiar to
you during previous eLearning Weeks, you
can record lectures which your students
can view at their leisure.
Yo u c a n n ow a d d t a g s
Search using tag clouds
The simplest option is to pre-record your (keywords) to Modules and
webcast. You can use the webcast request ‣ For: Students and staff Communities. These are displayed as
form to arrange to have your lecture ‣ Available in: Project tag clouds in the search pages for
recorded before the holiday and have it Modules and Communities, which
made available for viewing during and makes it easier for users to find
after the holiday.
related Modules and Communities.
If you want to do-it-yourself, you can use
Breeze (creation on Windows and
PowerPoint only, viewing on Win/Mac/
Linux with the Flash Player plugin
installed) to create standalone online
presentations with audio narration, simple
quizzes and interactivity. This will be
available online to your students as a
Flash-based presentation.

Not using Windows or PowerPoint? Need

to display a website or to demonstrate
software? You can use screen recording
software instead. Think of it as a virtual
camera pointed at your computer screen.
CIT provides Camtasia Relay and Ink2Go!
for screen recording purposes. Both allow
you to record your screen while you
narrate. Camtasia Relay creates an online
video while Ink2Go! creates a video file Modules to enhance collaboration.
whic h should be uploaded t o t he Collaborative weblinks
A l l s t u d e n t w e b l i n k a n d FAQ
Multimedia Bank in IVLE. and FAQs submissions will not be published until
More information? Contact: ‣ For: Students (if enabled) you approve them.
Pre-recorded webcasts - Nik Azizi ‣ Available in: Module
citnamz@nus.edu.sg More information? Contact:
Breeze - Lim Han Leong citlhl@nus.edu.sg Academic staff can allow student- Leong Miew Cheng
Camtasia Relay & Ink2Go! - Prasad Iyer submitted weblinks (URLs) and citlmc@nus.edu.sg
citki@nus.edu.sg Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) in

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