Learning materials
If you would like to try out Stud.IP plugins first, we recommend that you create a study group . You can activate various plugins under the "Administration" tab.
Please note that some plugins are included in the Stud.IP courses by default. Other plugins must first be activated as described.
Learning materials
Files
The file area in Stud.IP can be used as a storage location for various (learning) materials. Different rights can be assigned to individual folders and documents. Detailed technical information on data management can be found in Stud.IP Help.
Which files can I make available in Stud.IP?
- In addition to text files (e.g. articles, handouts, minutes, seminar plans), images, videos, audio files, links, slides, etc. can be made available.
- You can create direct links to books, e-books and articles using permalinks in the Orbis catalogue. You can add these using the "Web address" file type under "Files".
How can I organise "files" in a didactically meaningful way and use them during the course?
- Firstly, think about how your folders should be structured (e.g. by session, topic, group division or function). Make sure that new files that you or students may provide during the course of the semester can also be meaningfully integrated into this structure.
- You can create "seminar paper folders" where students can upload their written work.
- "Session folders" and "Topic folders" are automatically assigned to a date or topic (these can be defined in the "Schedule") and can be used to structure your course.
- You can use "Time-controlled folders" to make previously uploaded materials and tasks visible at a later time.
- Minutes and results from group work can be made accessible to other participants during the course of the semester.
- Instead of giving their presentations in sessions, students can record them as videos or podcasts and upload them to "files". These can then be used for exams or as preparation for the session for other participants.
- Tip: If the participants in your course are divided into groups, you can assign a folder to each group. The content of the "group folder" is only visible to the group members.
Cloud storage
The University of Oldenburg's cloud storage enables secure - both synchronous and asynchronous - working with large amounts of data that are structured by folders. Files stored in this way can be accessed independently of the workstation (even outside the university network). The integrated OnlyOffice package allows users to work on shared documents, spreadsheets and presentations that can be edited synchronously in the internet browser (without downloading to the end device).
Some technical information and instructions on cloud storage at the University of Oldenburg are provided by IT services.
What advantages and functions does the Uni-Cloud offer?
- In contrast to other commercial clouds (Dropbox, Google Drive), all systems are hosted hosted by the university itself and exclusively managed and operated by university staff. Your data is secure in the university's internal environment.
- OnlyOffice includes all the application options of common Office programmes and is compatible with Microsoft Office file formats (.docx, .pptx and .xlsx).
- All changes in the documents are automatically saved in the cloud, which you can access from any workstation.
- Multiple users can work on a document at the same time. Comments and a "shared editing" mode are available for this purpose.
- A chat function is integrated.
- Tip: You can Cloud with your Stud.IP dataei storage via "My Computer" > "Files" > "Personal Files" > under "Actions" click on "Configure CloudStorage". Once activated, the structure of your cloud is displayed here and all uploaded files are available to you.
- Tip: You can use the sync client to synchronise the cloud with your work device and thus open and edit the cloud files locally on your computer. Instructions for Connections to and from cloud storage are provided by IT services.
What didactic possibilities does the cloud offer?
- Collaborative writing in a shared document
- Joint data collection for (student) research projects
- Examination and assessment of credits, especially in seminars with two or more lecturers
- For the preparation of presentationsen
- (Peer) review and feedback (for scenarios for peer feedback with the UOL Cloud, see Lunch meeting slides "Peer review with OnlyOffice in the cloud")
- For students: Writing term papers and theses as well as other (partial) examinations without the risk of losing the files
- Tip: If you often refer to seminar content from past courses, you can create a structured folder in the cloud, which you can link to in your course. This way, you don't have to transfer files from previous semesters to the current course.
Courseware
With Courseware, teachers can create interactive multimedia learning content within Stud.IP. The learning content can consist of texts, video sequences, tasks, communication elements and other content types. Finished learning content can be exported and imported into other courses.
The "Stud.IP Help" portal provides detailed technical information on using Courseware.
How can I use courseware in my teaching?
- With Courseware you can create interactive and create interactive and multimedia learning content components from the Stud.IP file area or from other sources on the Internet. are loaded.
- You can activate the units for students at the start of the semester or at a later date (via "Page settings" and then "Visibility")
- Courseware content can be designed in different ways: as a supplement to your courses, as self-study units units or as an organisational tool for structuring files files that you make available in the course of the semester.
- Students can create their own interactive learning units on various group topics.
- Courseware can also be used in peer teaching-scenarios. Students create (individually or in groups) Courseware unitsnreceive feedback from other participants and subsequently improve their created in Courseware learning units.
- Courseware units can serve as impulses for thematic exchange. exchange. You can use comments and other interactive elements to stimulate discussions in the virtual space.
- Tip: Explain at the beginning of the event how you want to use courseware so that participants know whether the units are focussed on knowledge acquisition or interactive exchange.
- Tip: If you create podcasts and videocasts, you can use courseware to present a gallery of the finished products. Additional materials can also be made available for this purpose.
- Tip: You can also upload larger files (such as podcasts, videos and images) to the Cloud and link them to Stud.IP in just a few steps. For instructions see. "Integrate cloud storage in Stud.IP" under the aexpandable menu "Connections from and to cloud storage".
WordPress
WordPress is a flexible and versatile blog platform with which users can (jointly) create and design websites. As a member of this university, you can easily use WordPress with your access data within Stud.IP by activating the WordPress connector in the course (via the "Administration" tab). Additional registration with WordPress is not necessary.
WordPress basics
- Blogs enable a student-centred information infrstructure and fpromote communication, participation and and interactivity, for example through the possibility of linking the blog pages and to integrate external links.
- Blogs created via the WordPress Connector blogs can be be private or public. Teachers can freely determine the visibility and the writing rights of the blog or individual blog pages freely.
- In the following Stud.IP self-study units you will receive information on how to create blogs, editing content and possible application scenarios.
WordPressTutorial for lecturersDesigning teaching and learning didactically with WordPress blogs (Stud.IP)
WordPresstutorial for students
Self-study units on the use of WordPress (Stud.IP)
How can I use WordPress as a seminar blog in my course?
- You can record key information, materials, worksheets and dates clearly and transparently in the blog.
- You can integrate external content (links, videos, scientific articles and other sources) in the desired places.
- A blog can be used as a shared place for text, image and data analyses in the seminar.
- Over the course of the semester, the blog can be expanded with contributions from both lecturers and students.
- The comment function allows students to give feedback or ask questions about the content.
- Shared virtual learning spaces for group projects can be created with the help of blogs.
- Tip: Blogs set up for the first timeblogs can be used in future semesters for similar or identical courses (export/import function).
Which formats can I use to actively involve my students in the design of WordPress blogs?
- Presentations of the results of group or individual work can be published in blogs.
- (Peer) feedback processes can be implemented with blogs through contributions and comments. Both students and teachers can comment on the content created.
- Blogs ared suitablet for reflection on learning processes (e.g. learning diaries). In particular, e-portfolios can be implemented well with blogs, as they enable the collection of (partial) achievements in different formats (learning diaries, annotated literature lists, exposés for for longer academic projects, presentations, podcasts, videos) in one place.
- If your event aims to knowledge transfer to a broad public, then students can use the target group-orientedstudents can prepare the target group-oriented (teaching and learning) material thematically for third parties. The creation of such materials can be done in groups or individually.
What are the similarities and differences between "Wiki" and "Super Wiki"?
- Both plugins offer the same basic functionThe creation of individual pages that can be linked together.
- Wiki offers users the classic editor for formatting texts. Links are inserted by the user. It is not possible to work on a subpage at the same time.
- Superwiki automatically creates links and enables synchronised work on the content. However, the text editor is not available here.
How can I integrate wikis into my teaching?
- Central terms, theories, thematic positions, methods, etc. can be explained concisely here and serve as a reference work for students.
- Wikis can also be created by participants as part of an assignment. In this case, students write a thematic wiki themselves or in a group, which provides a glossary entry for the other participants.
- Tip: Teachers can create groups and assign wikis to individual groups. The different groups then have their own wiki, which they can design and edit.
Vips
Vips is a virtual examinationsystemthat offers the possibility of conducting online written exams. Task sheets created in Vips can be integrated into courseware and thus used to deepen and apply learning content, activate learning processes and ensure learning success.
You can activate Vips in your course under the "Administration" tab.
The "Stud.IP Help" portal provides detailed technical information on using Vips.
What types of task sheets can be created in Vips?
- In Vips, you can create "Exercise", "Self-test" or "Written exam". You can find more information on the respective types and their possible uses on the "Task sheets in Vips".
- In Courseware you can create Task sheets of the type "self-test" and "Exercise" can be integrated.
- Vips can be used with the "Written exam" task sheet type for writing online exams. Automated correction is possible for closed question types. There is the option of viewing written exams and exams can be archived (printable/archivable PDF/ZIP file). Further information on online written exams.
- Students can familiarise themselves with the tool and the various task sheets (written exam, exercise and self-test) using the practice exam within the course. "For students: Try out the Vips written exam" to familiarise themselves. Tip: Teachers can also join this event and familiarise themselves with the written exam from the perspective of the exam writer.
How can I integrate Vips into my teaching?
- Task sheets of the type "Exercise" and "Self-test" can be created in Vips and then saved in courseware integrated into Courseware. This allows the courseware self-study unit to be supplemented with tasks to test the knowledge of the material learnt and other learning tasks with different types of tasks for individual students or a group.
- Teachers can provide feedback on student performance to identify areas for improvement and offer support where needed.
- Students can be encouraged to reflect on their learning and identify areas for improvement through self-tests and exercises.
- Students can actively engage with the learning material and apply and consolidate learning content.
- Students have the opportunity to work together in groups and learn from each other through peer-to-peer activities.