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This page is a collection of system help and guidelines about Aalto University learning and Student Information systems used by teachers, students and staff.

This page is maintained by the Teacher services. See full contact information in Aalto.fi/teaching

Starting hybrid teaching?

Check out Aalto hybrid teaching guidelines and t ips FI

Quick video how to do recording in lecture hall or how to use U134a hybrid studio in Otakaari 1

and

Producing effective online educational videos

Support and training for teachers

Hybrid teaching in Aalto University
What is hybrid teaching? Who is it for? What to consider when planning a hybrid session? Get started using our guidance material for hybrid teaching.
Book an online session with a digispecialist
Book online session with e-learning specialist. Enrol to MyCourses course space and book an online session with a specialist
MyTeaching Support service is a new service for teachers to pedagogical (and digital pedagogical) support through a single address and request form. The form is also available in your MyCourses course pages.
Pedagogical training
Do you want to develop yourself as a teacher? Aalto University offers pedagogical courses to support the pedagogical skills of faculty members.
e-learning system training
MyCourses, Panopto and other digital teaching tool training.
Producing effective online educational videos

General guidelines and policies

Tips and tools for remote teaching and learning
A collection of information on how a teacher can change courses to remote mode.
Time-based media (video, podcast) accessibility instructions FI SV
When and why you need subtitles in your media files.
Lecture recording policy FI SV
Things to know when recording lectures.
Personal data protection instructions for teachers FI
How to handle data collected from students and courses.
Copyrights in course materials FI
What kind of material teacher can use and how?
Guidelines for remotely proctored exams

System instructions

General system information and webinars

Aalto IT Windows Classroom Software List
Aalto IT offers a wide variety of applications for classroom use.
Webinar recordings from the Teacher Services
Various topics about how to teach online in Aalto including MyCourses Quiz basics, Stack-matematiikkatehtävät, Panopto lecture capture, Digitaalinen tentti MyCoursesissa, Using Zoom with students, etc.

Learning management systems

MyCourses
Homebase for all courses.
Aalto OpenLearning
Service for Open online courses or MOOCs.
Blogs
Service for all Aalto users to share ideas. All blogs are public.

Student information system

Sisu
The student information system.

Collaborative whiteboard

Flinga
Flinga whiteboard for collaborative knowledge building and Flinga Wall for collecting and voting ideas.
Presemo
A tool for instant feedback during a lecture or online session.

Video and online meeting/collaboration

Is it Panopto, Zoom or Teams?

Panopto
Video service for all Aalto users. Record, store and share your videos and other media files with Panopto.
Zoom
For online lecturing, meetings, seminars
Teams
For teams to share content, chat and talk
Lecture-capture spaces
Find spaces in Booking.aalto.fi (filter by Lecture capture)
Microsoft Office 365
Teams, Word, Excel and Powerpoint for all Aalto users
Adobe Connect (Funet)
Zulip
Group chat organized in streams and topics with LaTex support
IRC
Interactive internet text messaging (chat)
Producing effective online educational videos
Resource page for video production.
ThingLink
Enhance your 2D and 360° images and videos with interactive content.

Learning Assessment and Online Examinations

EXAM
The EXAM system in use at Aalto University is a modern electronic examination software developed and used by a consortium of Finnish Universities.
Using MyCourses for examination
Electronic examinations can be done also in MyCourses.
Rethinking exams- rules and legislation 03/2021 webinar-slides
Gradescope
Streamline grading and feedback in digital and paper-based assignments and exams.

Originality Check

Turnitin
The tool for teachers and students to check the similarity of submitted text compared to text in the comparison database. Turnitin is also available to students during their theses writing process. The tool is available via MyCourses.

Feedback

Course feedback
The Course feedback system collects course feedback.
Presemo
A tool for instant feedback during a lecture or online session.
MyCourses
MyCourses tools to get feedback during a course.

Mobility

MoveON
The platform to manage international mobility and partnership processes.

Time management and planning

Asio
Space reservations (booking.aalto.fi) and University course planning and scheduling system for Learning Services (LES).
Vihta
The time-booking system for the staff of LES.

Other systems

eAge / Nintex
Electronic services (Sähköinen asiointi) .
Opi Analyzer
The reporting tool directed towards the specialist staff of Study and Student Services.
AIMO

Digital accessibility tools for teachers

Digital Accessibility
The general concept of accessibility
Make and publish accessible documents with the MS Accessibility Checker
Microsoft 365 apps includes an Accessibility Checker that finds accessibility problems and lists suggestions
Time-based media (video, podcast) accessibility instructions FI SV
When and why you need subtitles in your media files.
Accessibility toolkit in MyCourses
MyCourses has a toolkit to check course page accessibility
ReadSpeaker in MyCourses
ReadSpeaker is service that has multiple products to help users read online content.

For students

Instructions for creating PDF/A document
Download templates, read instructions for LaTeX or Word and validate your PDF/A file.
Originality check with Turnitin
The tool for teachers and students to check the similarity of submitted text compared to text in the comparison database. Turnitin is also available to students during their theses writing process. The tool is available via MyCourses.

Projects

Video Library project
The project's aim is to create a pool of open video lectures
Digital assessment toolbox- project

Other resources

A!OLE, Enabling learning and teaching online in challenging times
FITech, beginners guide for moving your teaching online and online learning support materials
Harvard University, Best Pactices: Online Pedagogy
Educause online seminar: Transformation in a Time of Crisis: Changing Course Venues in Midstream
Finnish National Agency for Education offers guidance for organising remote teaching(in Finnish): https://www.oph.fi/fi/koulutus-ja-tutkinnot/tukea-poikkeuksellisiin-opetusjarjestelyihin and some in English: https://www.oph.fi/en/education-and-qualifications/education-finland-and-coronavirus
LaTeX thesis template for bachelor's, master's and licentiate thesis. Supports text in English, Finnish and Swedish.
Instructions for creating PDF/A document

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