Technologies

Artificial Intelligence

  • Assessment (6 Lane) AI Scale, Prompts, Tutors and Assistants, Training Materials etc.

Brightspace

  • Resources on how to use NIC’s digital learning environment – Brightspace.

H5P Interactive Content (for Brightspace)

  • Videos, slides and links to examples for creating interactive content (quiz questions, drag and drop, branching scenarios) for Brightspace courses.

Kaltura Video

  • Resources on how to use Kaltura Video – NIC’s video capture, editing and storage solution (like YouTube) and how to embed into Brightspace courses.

Kaltura Virtual Classroom

  • Resources on how to use Kaltura Virtual Classroom – NIC’s web conferencing platform for all instructional uses (no Zoom or Teams permitted for courses).

WordPress

  • BC-hosted and free WordPress platform for building own portfolios and websites from BC’s Open Educational Technology Collaborative (OpenETC) for all BC post-secondary educators and students.

Technology Troubleshooting Tips

  • This PDF shares the common issues with browser-based technologies and how to resolve the access issues and other errors.

Data Retention Process: 2 Years for Courses + Videos

  • Details about NIC’s deleting of courses and videos older than two years.

 

At NIC, faculty and students have a collection of three key learning technologies to use for teaching and learning (Brightspace, Kaltura Virtual Classroom and Kaltura Video). WordPress is a fourth platform that is mainly supported via the OpenETC (Open Education Technology Collaborative) a community of users in BC.  Another way of looking at learning technologies is through the design of a course (the four quadrants of activities that instructors and students work in) laid on top of the NIC-supported learning technologies, those by the OpenETC and those beyond that are not supported but could be potentially useful.  This rubric is a helpful in making decisions about which tool or platform to use – PDF

  • Learning Technologies for the NIC Student Learning Experience: A Suite of Tools and Platforms (2024) – PDF