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Latest posts in the Opit blog
Artificial-intelligence-based text generators and education
iStock image from Pixabay. Text-producing artificial intelligence (AI), Chat GPT in particular, has been a hot topic of discussion in the media as well as among teachers and educators the last |
Importing Grades from Excel to MyCourses
Excel is a popular tool among teachers for organizing and editing grades. It offers several custom calculation options and is relatively easy to use. MyCourses allows teachers to export grades, but |
Best practices for creating engaging online learning videos: Do’s and don’ts
Since the Lumière brothers’ invention of movies in 1895, moving images have been utilized for educational purposes. However, with the advent of technology and the rise of AI-driven platforms like Netflix |
From teacher to teacher
Henrik Wallén dives deep into MyCourses’s Gradebook and tells how he uses the calculation feature and the csv file to export final grades to SISU. |
How to utilize psychologists´ support for your teaching?
Teachers and programme leaders: did you know that Aalto’s study psychologists and the career counselling psychologists provide support also for teachers? Ask ideas and viewpoints how increase student wellbeing in your |
Visualise your lectures using lightboard
A lightboard is a powerful tool for online teaching as it allows instructors to easily create high-quality video content for their students. The lightboard is essentially a transparent board that is |
MyCourses’ Calendar updates and fixes
The MyCourses’ Calendar displays not only information about the activities on your MyCourses’ pages, such as assignment deadlines, but it also shows all course events as described on Sisu. Responding to |
Get machine-generated captions within seconds for your videos
Besides improved accessibility for people who are deaf or hard of hearing captions on videos increased engagement and watch time, as people tend to watch videos longer when they have captions |
Need for a virtual tour or interactive media?
Aalto University is piloting the easy-to-use ThingLink service for creating virtual tours and interactive media. |
Present for you from Oasis
Everything starts when we stop. May you have calmness of mind to look at the trees, the stars, the sky and feel the ground. Or |