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November 2019
Innovations in Learning
 
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New Kaltura MediaSpace Go (KMS Go) Mobile App
Kaltura users can now access media through the brand new Kaltura MediaSpace Go app for mobile devices. This "Go" app should be used in place of the old, outdated Kaltura app.

The Kaltura MediaSpace Go app is robust enough to support many of the features you have access to through the website, including quizzing. You can record media directly from the app and it will seamlessly upload into your media gallery.

For information on downloading the app on your device, please visit the System KnowledgeBase .
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Canvas Tier 1 Support Available 24/7
Canvas offers Tier 1 Support for all faculty and students 24/7, 365 days a year. If you have a question about Canvas or need help finding something, please contact Tier 1 Support first as they are able to impersonate accounts and troubleshoot directly, something our admin team is unable to do.

You can access Tier 1 Support by logging in to Canvas and clicking on the Help button located at the bottom of the gray left hand navigation bar. You can search the Canvas Guides , chat online, email, or call. The phone number for student support is: 1 (833) 820-4070
‘Don’t leave campus’: Parents are now using tracking apps to watch their kids at college
The Internet Culture section of the Washington Post highlighted an app called Life360 that many parents are using to check in on their high school and college-aged children.

While some parents solely use the app for safety purposes (such as ensuring their traveling child made it to their destination safely), other parents use the app as leverage, saying they'll only give the child car keys if they agree to have their driving speed monitored, or that they'll only pay for college textbooks if the child leaves their location turned on at all times.

As a college student, how do you feel about the Life360 app and other tracking apps? Would you be okay with your parents using it? Would you use it on your own children?

Click here to read the full Washington Post article discussing the use of technology and child-monitoring.
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Reminder: Visit the Parkside Academic Resource Center!
The Parkside Academic Resource Center (PARC) offers free academic support, including tutoring and supplemental instruction, in a variety of undergraduate subjects each fall and spring semester. 

A team of qualified tutors, student success coaches, and supplemental instruction leaders along with on-demand resources and online tutoring are here to help you! 

The PARC offers walk-in math tutoring, anatomy and physiology walk-in lab tutoring, chemistry walk-in tutoring, Spanish walk-in tutoring, as well as writing assistance, and tutoring by appointment. There's also a student success coach available Monday and Wednesday afternoons to help you develop better study habits (and much more).

Don't forget about NetTutor, either, which is available through Canvas. Click here for more information about the PARC .
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Learning Tool of the Month: Brainscape
As we approach the end of the semester, it's important to have study resources at your disposal. This month's learning tool is Brainscape, an interactive flashcard app that lets you browse existing libraries of flashcards, as well as make your own study cards. You're even able to add pictures to your cards to help you understand visual concepts.

The app is available both online, and for Android and Apple devices. You can also share your flashcards with friends, making studying the same content even easier.

Brainscape will also help you benchmark your progress so you can track how you're improving as you learn the content.

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