Announcements

Draft Coach available in Google Docs

Do you want to run your paper through Turnitin BEFORE turning it in? Now you can, with Draft Coach! Turnitin Draft Coach™ is a tool within Google Docs to help improve academic writing and researching skills by providing instant feedback. It allows the user to address unintentional plagiarism, improve citation skills, and correct grammar mistakes.

To utilize Draft Coach, login to your UF-email Google account. Within Google Docs, click on “Extensions” at the top next to Help, and choose Turnitin Draft Coach™. A panel will appear on the right, giving you options to run a Similarity Check, a Citation Check, or the Grammar Guide. Please note: Similarity Check only allows up to 3 reviews per paper.

You can access your UF Google account directly at UF’s G Suite site or via the Draft Coach page.

 

Upcoming Canvas Training Webinars

Want to get a more in-depth understanding of Canvas? Attend an upcoming Canvas training webinar! We are offering two sets of training courses in March and April. The first, e-Learning@UF: Build and Design will show you how to create assignments, discussions, and quizzes, as well as organize your course into modules. e-Learning@UF: Facilitate and Engage will introduce you to communication tools, creating groups, and the gradebook. These will be offered via Zoom on the following dates/times:

e-Learning@UF: Build and Design: Tuesday, March 12th from 9am-12pm, and Tuesday, April 9th, from 1-4pm.

e-Learning@UF: Facilitate and Engage: Thursday, March 14th from 9am-12pm, and Thursday, April 11th, from 1-4pm.

You can register at https://mytraining.hr.ufl.edu/ by searching for the course names. Sign up today!