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
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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 External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.
Course Evaluation/Course Experience Survey
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 External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.
Echo360/YuJa
Brock’s video platform tool. Allows instructors to create, store, and upload various media (learn more from YuJa)
Can be found via Insert Stuff 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 External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.
Etherpads
Similar to Google docs, a collaborative, textual workspace.
Accessible via 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 External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.
Kritik
Peer-assessment tool.
Accessible via External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.
Labster
Virtual lab tool.
Library Research
Integrate subject-specific research guides provided by the Brock library.
Accessible via External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.
LingroLearning
Tool used to assist with asynchronous language-learning. Only available to Italian courses.
MH Campus/McGraw-Hill Connect
Allows instructors to link to Connect learning materials such as textbooks, quiz banks, assessments, and more.
Accessible via 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 depts
Accessible via 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
Allows instructors to link to Pearson learning materials such as textbooks, quiz banks, assessments, and more.
Accessible via 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 External Course Tools in Add Existing in the Content area.
Turnitin
Plagiarism and academic integrity checker. Learn more from Turnitin Integrity Checker
Can be activated in the Submission and Completion sub-menu when editing an Assignment.