TU Delft Tools overview
Note: This page will be updated with new material. Please check it regularly for new insights and step-by-step guides. Current version: 21 April 2020 – 10.00.
| Tool Name | What does it do? | Available through | Special remarks | More info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brightspace - Announcements | Announcement tool for communication with students in your Brightspace course offering. | Brightspace | Availabe in every Brightspace Course offering, no special access required. | info |
| Brightspace - Assignment tool | Assignment tooling that facilitates handing in (by students & groups), assessing, annotation and feedback on handed in assignments. | Brightspace | Availabe in every Brightspace Course offering, no special access required. | info |
| Brightspace - Course content | Sharing content with all course members, content can be almost any type of file, video, links, etc. | Brightspace | Availabe in every Brightspace Course offering, no special access required. | info |
| Brightspace - Discussions | Discussion forums on threads and topics, class wide or in a group setting. | Brightspace | Availabe in every Brightspace Course offering, no special access required. | info |
| Brightspace - Groups via Brightspace | Creating groups of students, can facilitate communication or for group work. Unlimited group categories, max 200 groups per category, max group size: 200 students. | Brightspace | Availabe in every Brightspace Course offering, no special access required. | info |
| Brightspace - Self-enrollment group tool | Tool to facilitate students enrolling themselves in their self-preferred groups. Max 200 groups per self-enrollment set-up. | Brightspace | Availabe in every Brightspace Course offering, no special access required. | info |
| MapleTA | Maple T.A. is a web-based system for creating tests, quizzes and assignments. It can automatically assesses student responses. | Brightspace | If you are not yet using MapleTA for your course in Brightspace, you need to contact TLS Support first to have it set up for your course. | info |
| Turnitin | Plagiarism scanning tool available through Brightspace Assignments. | Brightspace | Availabe in every Brightspace Course offering, no special access required. | info |
| FeedBackFruits - Interactive Audio | Tool to help students engage with the in Feedbackfruits posted material before class with inline questions and discussions. | Brightspace | Availabe in every Brightspace Course offering, no special access required. | info |
| FeedBackFruits - Interactive Document | In a document uploaded to Feedbackfruits, students can see Inline questions and peer discussions linked to specific parts of the document to trigger the student to actively engage with the study material. | Brightspace | Availabe in every Brightspace Course offering, no special access required. | info |
| FeedBackFruits - Interactive Video | In a video posted to FeedbackFruits, students can see inline questions and peer discussions linked to specific times in the video to trigger the student to actively engage with the study material. | Brightspace | Availabe in every Brightspace Course offering, no special access required. | info |
| ProjectCampus | Projectcampus is a social learning environment for groups and projects and brings together any and all communication regarding learning in projects and groups in one place. Students can share their progress and discuss this in interactive project pages. A project in PC can be seen as a visual timeline and is either created by a single student or a group of students. Projects created in Projectcampus are related to Course Pages on which students can post questions or inspiration. The communication structure reminds users of the Facebook interface, although without any advertising, no privacy issues and created specifically for Education. Projectcampus makes monitoring student progress and providing feedback incredibly easy and replaces often, chaotic email threads. | Brightspace | Access needs to be requested through TLS support for course offerings in Brightspace. | info |
| Kaltura | Do-it-yourself video tool for recording from webcam / screen casting (i.e. ppt or screen) & video repository for videos created with Kaltura tool or other video tool. From the repository videos can be integrated and re-used in Brightspace course content. | Brightspace | Availabe in every Brightspace Course offering, no special access required. | info |
| Bongo YouSeeU – Virtual Classroom | Virtual classroom tool, suitable for online interactive classroom sessions (Session max: 150 participants per session, 240 minutes), screen sharing & virtual whiteboard tools integrated, sharing sessions with external (not TU Delft) users, recording sessions and optional publishing of recordings to a Brightspace course offering. | Brightspace | Availabe in every Brightspace Course offering, no special access required. | info |
| Zoom | Video conferencing tool (like Virtual Classroom) with screen sharing, breakout rooms and optional recording. Not integrared with brigthspace. | https://tudelft.zoom.us | Be aware that Zoom is not Not GDPR compliant and because it is temporarily available the TU Delft helpdesk does not support the use of Zoom. | info |
| Collegerama | Service to record or live-stream your lecture in lecture halls. Recording is available directly after lecture and can be played back anytime, anywhere. It's possible to edit recordings and add questions and annotations to specific times in the video. | Collegerama | More information can be found on the Collegerama-website. | info |
| Wiki | Foswiki implements the Wiki idea of a shared whiteboard where anyone can add content or change what is written or change the organization of the content. | https://wiki.tudelft.nl/ | Access needs to be requested through TLS support for new users. | info |
| Skype for Business | Tool for video and audio communication with individuals and groups. | TU Delft work station | Available to all TU Delft employees and not for students. Skype for Business communicates with normal Skype, but doesn’t have a screen sharing option. | info |
| Do-it-yourself studios Teaching Lab and NewMedia Centre | An on-campus studio booth to record your own presentations. Support will be available to help you getting started. | NewMedia Centre | The small studios are closed because of the crisis. The large green screen studio is now available upon request. Please visit the NMC website for further information. | info |