Faculty Resources

Staying Connected

Zoom.  

Teach a class.  Manage breakout rooms.  Run a meeting.  Hold office hours.  Zoom is a powerful tool which enables you to share video, audio, and virtual whiteboards.

Access:  Through Collaborate link on myCoyote.

Zoom Tutorials on YouTube: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKpRxBfeD1kEM_I1lId3N_Xl77fKDzSXe

Slack.

Easily create and manage chat rooms for your classes.

Access:  https://slack.com/

Slack Tutorials on YouTube: 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWlXaxtQ7fUY6nF1dWTTBpe23rGv879_V

WeBWorK.

WeBWorK is a free, online homework system.  That means neither our students, nor the university, need to pay to use it.  It was created and maintained by mathematicians (and not business people) at the Mathematical Association of America (MAA).   It has a huge library of problems to select from in pretty much every subject we teach at CSUSB.  Students receive instantaneous feedback, and you do not need to grade their work.

I made a how-to guide here:  https://www.jeffreysmeyer.com/webwork

You can access CSUSB webwork sections here:  https://webwork.csusb.edu/webwork2

iMathAS / MyOpenMath.  

The Math 110 and 120 sequences use iMathAS.  It is based on MyOpenMath.  

https://imathas.rationalreasoning.net/

https://www.myopenmath.com/

LockDown and Respondus

LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment in Blackboard Learn. When students use LockDown Browser to take a Blackboard test, they are unable to print, copy, go to other websites, access other applications, or close a test until it is submitted for grading. Tests created for use with LockDown Browser cannot be accessed with standard browsers, either.

Respondus Monitor is a webcam feature for LockDown Browser that records students during online, non-proctored exams. When this feature is enabled for a test, students are required to use a webcam and microphone with LockDown Browser. After the exam is complete, an instructor can review details of the assessment, even the recorded videos.

Access:  After creating and deploying a quiz or exam in the usual way in Blackboard, you access LockDown Browser with Monitor using the Blackboard Course Tools menu on the left side of the Blackboard screen, and assign LockDown Browser and Monitor to the deployed exam. We recommend that you create a practice exam to help students rehearse with this proctoring system before using it for graded exams.

Overleaf

A good way to have students start learning LaTeX.  They can share projects with you, allowing you to help them.  Great for writing up assignments / projects remotely.

https://www.overleaf.com/

TeXShop / TeXWorks

Gradescope

How it works:

1. For each assignment, students write it up (either by hand or with LaTeX) and either take a picture with their phones or scan/save it as a pdf.
2. They submit it on the Gradescope website.
3. My grader and I can view and grade each problem online.
4. Students receive the feedback and can see both the grading rubric and comments

Students, my grader, and I never exchange any physical documents, so this can all be done remotely.

Access: https://www.gradescope.com/get_started

Gradescope Tutorials on YouTube:  
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwOfE8ndMDET44weJdtLhc5bv2-pCVYqx

Crowdmark

Crowdmark is similar in use and function to Gradescope.  

CoCalc / Sage

A powerful free, open source, python based, programming language for mathematicians.  Great for any mid to upper divisional mathematics course.

http://www.sagemath.org/

Maple

Mathematica

https://www.csusb.edu/its/software/faculty-staff-software

GeoGebra

GeoGebra is dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education that brings together geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, graphing, statistics and calculus in one easy-to-use package. GeoGebra has become the leading provider of dynamic mathematics software, supporting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and innovations in teaching and learning worldwide.

https://www.geogebra.org/

Desmos