Instructional Technology Resources at Rutgers

Resources

• Web-based Course Materials
• Getting Started with Rutgers login for Zoom videoconferencing
  • Zoom
  • Webex
  • Teams
  • Canvas Conferences (BigBlueButton)
  • Comparison of video conferencing tools available at Rutgers (Canvas Login required)
• Creating Online Surveys

Accessibility of Instructional Materials and Course Web Sites

• General Web Accessibilty Checklist
• Course Accessibility Guidelines
• Creating Accessible Course Documents
• Accessible Audio-Video Materials
• Additional information, policies, and support are available through the Accessibility@Rutgers website and the Office of Disability Services

Rosters and Grading

REGIS (Rosters and Electronic Grading Information System): The most important site for faculty and instructors. REGIS allows you to view your roster, send academic warning notices, and submit final grades. Access to rosters in REGIS is also the key to using other web tools such as Canvas and RAMS. Your department chair or administrative assistant can provide you with access to REGIS. See the REGIS documentation for more information. https://sims.rutgers.edu/rosters/

Course Management Systems

The following systems provide an encompassing set of features to facilitate communication and coursework, while requiring very little technical knowledge. Features include:

• Online quizzes and assignments
• Gradebook for reporting individual assignment grades
• Announcements and mailing lists
• Document sharing for course materials
• Discussion board and chat room
• Automatic roster integration

Canvas: Available to all faculty on all campuses, Canvas is the primary course platform for Rutgers University. All courses should migrate to Canvas, however no firm timeline has been established.

• Canvas — https://canvas.rutgers.edu
• How to move a course to Canvas
• Feature comparisons (Canvas to other systems)

Sakai and Blackboard are no longer in use at Rutgers University, but remain accessible for archival purposes.

Single-Purpose Tools

For faculty who do not need or want a full course site, the following provide specific services for communicating with students, or for supplementing existing course sites.

RAMS (Rutgers Automated Mailing System): RAMS will create a mailing list of your students (based on roster access in REGIS), allowing faculty to send email to a single address that reaches all of their students. Faculty do not need to collect or maintain student addresses, RAMS automatically uses any address that the student lists in the Rutgers Directory. http://rams.rutgers.edu/

Refworks: a web-based bibliographic management tool, integrated with the Rutgers Library system so that searches in the catalog or indices can be saved and organized, with proper references and often links to the full text of articles. Refworks allows sharing of bibliographies; an instructor can create a bibliography for students to use, or use Refworks to review bibliographies created by students. Refworks includes a tool for use when writing papers that formats references and bibliographies appropriately according to several style guides. https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/research-tools-and-services/citation-management/refworks