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Many courses, programs, and instructors make use of external tools and applications to enhance the teaching and learning experience. The CPI takes pride in doing our best to integrate these tools into a usable form in Brock’s Brightspace environment.If you’re interested in requesting CPI looks into integrating a particular tool, please reach out to edtech@brocku.ca tools listed below are currently integrated with Brightspace and can be added directly to your course site through Content > Add Existing > External Tool Activity or More.


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Tools integrated into Brightspace

Below is a list of tools that have already been integrated into Brightspace, as well as a brief description of their function.

Tool Name

Description

Location in Brightspace

Cengage Infuse

Allows instructors to link to Cengage learning materials such as textbooks, quiz banks, assessments, and more.

Accessible via Content > Add Existing > External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.

Course Evaluation/Course Experience SurveySurveys

Evaluation tool for students to have the opportunity to reflect and review a course upon completing it.

Available via Course Surveys on the navbar of the Brightspace homepage.

Course Readings - ARES

Direct integration with Ares (Brock course readings tool). Contact records@brocku.ca to learn more about setting up a course readings list and integrating it into your course site.

Accessible via Content > Add Existing > External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.

Echo360/YuJa

Brock’s video platform tool. Allows instructors to create, storeupload, and upload share various media (learn more from YuJa)

Can be found via the Insert Stuff button in any text-editor, or from Course Tools on a course navbar.

Elsevier Evolve

Allows instructors to link to Evolve learning materials such as textbooks, quiz banks, assessments, and more.

Accessible via Content > Add Existing > External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.

Etherpads

Similar to Google docs, a collaborative, textual workspace.

Accessible via Content > Add Existing > External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.

Hypothesis

A tool used for collaborative or individual annotation of readings. Hypothesis 1.3 allows for the grading (individual and group) of annotations. Learn more from Hypothesis Group Annotation

Accessible via Content > Add Existing > External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.

Kritik

Peer-assessment tool that gamifies peer-evaluation.

Accessible via Content > Add Existing > External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.

Labster

Virtual lab tool. Only available for Biology courses.

Accessible via Content > Add Existing > External Course Tools

Library Research

Integrate subject-specific research guides provided by the Brock library.

Accessible via Content > Add Existing > External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.

LingroLearning

Tool used to assist with asynchronous language-learning. Only available to Italian courses.

Accessible via Content > Add Existing > External Course Tools

MH Campus/McGraw-Hill Connect

Allows instructors to link to Connect McGraw Hill learning materials such as textbooks, quiz banks, assessments, and more.

Accessible via Content > Add Existing > External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.

Mobius

A mathematical tool used to create and employ complicated arithmetic and scientific questions/equations. Only available to Math and Physics deptsdepartments.

Accessible via Content > Add Existing > External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.

Office 365 - File Picker

Order Textbooks

Direct link to Campus Store textbook orders for a specific course.

Pearson Direct/Revel/Mastering/MyLab

My Course Materials

A direct link to the Campus Store where students can see all course materials they need to acquire for the term.

Available via My Course Materials on the navbar of the Brightspace homepage.

Pearson

Allows instructors to link to Pearson learning materials such as textbooks, quiz banks, assessments, and more.

Accessible via Content > Add Existing > External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.

TopHat

Direct integration with Top Hat, an engagement tool that fosters real-time participation via quizzes, surveys, attendance, and more.

Accessible via Content > Add Existing > External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.

Turnitin

Plagiarism and academic integrity Similarity checker. Learn more from Turnitin Integrity Checker

Can be activated in the Submission and Completion sub-menu when editing an Assignment.