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  • Posted: May 31, 2017
  • By: Jan Smith
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Platform evaluations: why did BU choose its current technologies?

BU supports a long list of technology platforms, each of which was chosen intentionally to serve a particular purpose and meet a particular need. EdTech is often tasked with evaluating

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  • Posted: May 3, 2017
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Google Keep: a useful organizational tool

Google Keep is probably the easiest to adopt of all the softwares ever discussed on the EdTech blog, and you might have already used a nearly identical interface on the Apple application “Stickies.” You

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  • Posted: Apr 28, 2017
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Event Recap: Geddes Spring Faculty Showcase

Geddes Language Center featured four faculty projects in its Spring 2017 Digital Faculty Showcase. Each faculty member displayed their recent and developing innovations in digital-based teaching practices. Flipping a Portuguese

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  • Posted: Apr 20, 2017
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What do BU students say about educational technology?

For this article we interviewed nine students from four of BU’s colleges, with eight different majors and a range of experiences with educational technology. They spoke about the challenges and

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  • Posted: Mar 29, 2016
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Google module now available in Digication

Digication, BU’s ePortfolio software, now allows Google app documents, including Google Docs, Google Spreadsheets, Google Forms and more, to be embedded within an ePortfolio module. Students can create, share, and collaboratively

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  • Posted: Jan 19, 2016
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Lucidchart for Education now available at BU

Lucidchart, a free online software package for diagramming, is now available at BU in its enhanced educational version. Lucidchart is an easy way to draw flowcharts, mind maps and many

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  • Posted: Mar 2, 2015
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Unlimited storage space on BU Google accounts

BU Google Apps (including Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sites and more) now include unlimited amounts of storage space. Google Drive makes an excellent space to store large files that are

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  • Posted: Dec 2, 2013
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Google+ (including Google Hangouts) at BU

The social networking site Google+ is now officially available as part of BU’s Google Apps, accessible through your BU and Kerberos accounts. This includes the popular service Google Hangouts, which

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  • Posted: Nov 19, 2013
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Submit directly from Google Drive to Turnitin

Turnitin, BU’s supported software for academic integrity and faster grading, has recently introduced a “Cloud Submit” feature that allows students to submit assignments directly from Google Drive or Dropbox, convenient

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  • Posted: Jan 30, 2013
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Google Apps available for educational use

BU has made the core set of Google Apps available to faculty and students for classroom use. Among the apps with the most educational promise are: Google Drive (formerly Google

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