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Here’s the Easiest Way to Check for Plagiarism

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It can operate as a stand-alone web-based tool or be integrated into an LMS like Google Classroom or Moodle. When you set up an account, you tell it whether you want to access it as a teacher, a student, or an individual owner. PlagiarismCheck.org quickly checks it against all accessible Internet pages for plagiarism.

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4 Great Alternatives to Google Classroom

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This includes typical LMS (Learning Management Systems) functions like homework, classwork, schedules, quizzes, resources, and gradebooks so stakeholders–teachers and students–can access them from any location and any digital device. various online webtools that sync with Moodle. Google Apps within Moodle.

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Wikispaces has closed. What are your alternatives?

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Where Wikispaces was fairly intuitive, this one will be challenging for the average Luddite teacher (myself included), maybe on a par with a Moodle account. As with a Moodle setup, the TikiWiki marketplace offers a vast array of themes, widgets, and options to personalize a TikiWiki. Pre-designed sites for collaboration.

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10 Myths about Teaching with Tech

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The New York Post reported in 2018 that as many as 5 million schoolage children have no Internet access. Moodle is a great example of this. Moodle is hands down, one of the most powerful free LMSs, but it’s complicated to set up, confusing to use, and intimidates most people just by hearing its name.

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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

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Much like how social media giants Facebook and Twitter are utilizing our digital footprints to better understand consumer behavior, teachers are also turning to data analytics to learn more about their students. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.),

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Reliable Turnitin alternatives for K12

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This is the only service that can access the libraries like Elsevier/Scopus and Springer & Nature. This 2-in-1 solution seems pretty nice, especially knowing that it has access to the ProQuest databases. . Administrators also note that this service is easy-to-integrate, with flexible assignment settings in Canvas and Moodle.

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Snow Day? 7 Ways to Keep Teaching

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Pascack Valley Regional High School District in northern New Jersey makes available lesson plans and assignments that can be accessed from home, on the Internet: Before the snow fell, teachers were prepped, parents were warned and students had received enough assignments to fill a snow day. Google Hangouts.

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