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Tool | Important Notes |
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| Classroom | RIT does not have access to this app. RIT uses D2L Brightspace for the myCourses LMS. |
| Contacts | Even though this app is available to all RIT accounts, its use case is best tied to other communication tools such as email. |
Currents | Messenger tool. Even though this app is available to all RIT accounts, RIT faculty/staff and students should use the myCourses Discussions and/or Slack for course-related discussion needs. |
Groups | Even though this app is available to all RIT accounts, RIT faculty should use the myCourses Groups tool and myCourses Discussions for course-related group discussion needs. Faculty can also use Slack for more informal discussion and to facilitate communication during group work. RIT faculty/staff and students can also use Slack. |
Meet | Web conference tool. Even though this app is available to all RIT accounts, RIT faculty/staff and students should use Zoom for virtual meetings. |
| YouTube | Video hosting tool. Can be used by students for storing and sharing certain video projects. Other options for student video projects include cloud recording in Zoom and submitting to an Ensemble dropbox. Review details on student video projects in YouTube, students recording in Zoom, and instructors providing Ensemble Dropboxes.Even though this app is available to all RIT accounts, RIT faculty/staff should store their course videos on the Ensemble video server instead of YouTube. Ensemble restricts playback to within myCourses use Panopto for video hosting and student-created video activities in a course. Panopto restricts playback to people in the class and there is a streamlined captioning process for videos hosted in Ensemble. Review the Ensemble Video instructions for detailsPanopto. Students should submit their assignments or discussions posts through myCourses Insert Stuff when using Panopto. Students may choose to use YouTube for non-course activities. |