Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Coming: NIC guidelines, course outline language, training materials for instructors and students on GenAI, ways to use, prompt examples, risks and ethics etc. |
Resources on how to use NIC’s digital learning environment – Brightspace. |
Resources on how to use Kaltura Video – NIC’s video capture, editing and storage solution (like YouTube) and how to embed into Brightspace courses. |
Resources on how to use Kaltura Virtual Classroom – NIC’s web conferencing platform for all instructional uses (no Zoom or Teams permitted for courses). |
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. |
At North Island College, 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