Tools & Tutorials
Welcome to your gateway for pedagogical innovation, designed specifically for John Jay faculty looking to elevate the academic experience. As higher education evolves, integrating the right educational technology can transform traditional instruction into highly engaging, inclusive, and efficient learning environments. This curated space showcases a range of vetted digital tools, from interactive assessment platforms and AI-assisted grading assistants to collaborative virtual workspaces, tailored to meet the unique challenges of the modern college classroom. Explore these resource-efficient solutions to ignite student engagement, streamline your administrative workflow, and foster deeper cognitive connections across every discipline.
Resources to Enhance Teaching and Learning
Zoom
- Claim your account, or register using your John Jay email and password.
- Review Security Guidance on Using Zoom
- Getting Started with Zoom Meetings Training Resources
The following resources can be shared with students to help them transition to online learning.
- How to change/update an email address in Brightspace
- How to submit assignments using VoiceThread
- How to complete an interactive video assignment using WeVideo
- How to use Perusall for social learning
CUNY Resource: Creating PDF & Microsoft Office Documents
John Jay's Department of Online Education and Support: Accessibility Guidelines
Stanford: Accessibility Considerations for Online Teaching
Resources to ensure your online class is accessible to all students.
WeVideo is an interactive web-based video platform. It allows you to embed quiz-type questions into videos from other video platforms like YouTube, Vimeo, and Khan Academy. Data can then be analyzed on the individual or group level for educational trends in the classroom.
- Here is a checklist customized for CUNY John Jay - it includes a sample bulb, various use cases, a link to PlayPosit Academy, office hours info, as well as steps to get someone started in PlayPosit. Feel free to share this with faculty as you work with them on getting started.
- Using PlayPosit within Blackboard
- Video Tutorials
Voicethread is a collaborative, multimedia slideshow that holds images, documents, and videos. It allows people to navigate slides and leave comments with text, audio, or video.
- What is Voicethread? intro
- Voicethread Tutorial Link Page
- How to add Voicethread to your course intro video
Slack is a popular free communication platform with many features, including persistent chat rooms organized by topic, private groups, and direct messaging.
Digication is an ePortfolio tool for students to share their work online with their friends, teachers, and potential employers.
Microsoft Teams is a persistent chat-based collaboration platform with document sharing, online meetings, and many other features for communication. Note: at this time, the college does not support MS Teams.
Perusall is a digital annotation tool that allows students to digitally annotate readings (with text, links, and embedded content) It is designed to get students engaged in coursework by building meaningful social interactions inside the course content.
With Perusall, students ask and answer each others' questions, share opinions and expertise, and are encouraged to think more deeply about course material. Optional analytics and automatic scoring of student engagement give instructors insight into student thinking and helps keep students accountable for doing the work.
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