Turnitin checks student submitted papers against a variety of sources including peer reviewed articles, Internet content, and previously submitted papers. Turnitin also provides instructors with an assortment of grading tools including rubrics, voice comments, and the ability to grade papers via a mobile application. Grades entered in Turnitin are automatically passed to the Blackboard grade center.
Point Solutions, powered by Echo360, facilitates the delivery of polling questions in a variety of formats including within PowerPoint for Point Solutions clickers and the Point Solutions mobile app. Grades from student responses can be imported into the Blackboard Grade Center.
SPSS Statistics is a comprehensive software package that includes data management, statistics, and reporting capabilities. SPSS is a modular product, so additional modules can be used to carry out specific analyses not supported by the Base product. The UA site license includes:
Additional modules are available to faculty and staff through the SPSS Statistics Faculty Pack.
Spirion is commercial software that searches for sensitive data such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, and a variety of other data elements. With Spirion, UA faculty and staff can proactively find sensitive data on their University owned machines and storage. If Spirion does find sensitive data on your machine, you can shred, scrub or secure the sensitive data. Follow the instructions associated with the download file to learn how to best remove sensitive data from your machine.
SAS Education Analytic Suite is a statistical software package that offers data management and predictive analytic capabilities. The SAS suite includes:
More information can be found on the SAS website.
Visit the SAS websiteUsers must load a new SAS installation date (SID) file and agree to the Terms and Conditions each year, and the licensing period run from July 1st to June 30th. This is required to comply with the licensing agreement. If you want to continue running the version of SAS that you have installed, you will need to load a new SID file each June.
Download the SID FileSAS may only be used for teaching and research purposes, which includes classroom instruction and coursework, including the formulation of theses and dissertations and noncommercial research activities. Software may not be used for personal, commercial, or profit-making purposes. SAS may be separately licensed for administrative use.
Users may not reverse engineer, reverse assemble, or decompile Software or in any way attempt to recreate the Source Code, except and only to the extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction.
LockDown Browser is a locked browser for taking tests in Blackboard Learn. It prevents students from printing, copying, visiting another URL, or accessing other applications during a test. If a Blackboard test requires that LockDown Browser be used, you will not be able to take the test with a standard web browser. LockDown Browser should only be used for taking Blackboard tests. It should not be used in other areas of Blackboard.
The Center for Instructional Technology supports LockDown Browser and offers step-by-step guides. Learn more on the CIT knowledgebase.
Respondus Campus-Wide is a test management tool which can import questions from Microsoft Word and other formats into Blackboard Learn. Tests from Blackboard Learn can be printed through Respondus Campus-Wide. Respondus can also be used to obtain publisher exams through the Respondus Test Bank Network.
RefWorks is an online tool used to save citations, organize and share research, and create bibliographies. RefWorks is an ideal tool for students in organizing citations and information.
Qualtrics is an online survey software solution. All users with a myBama account can create a Qualtrics account through the University’s enterprise license. Follow the instructions provided in the Getting Started with Qualtrics section below.Qualtrics users can track participation, send invitations and reminders, display survey results graphically and statistically in real time, and export raw data in a variety of formats (to CSV, XML, HTML and SPSS, and popular statistical packages).
Other key features include:
Visit qualtrics.ua.edu to access your account.
In general, UA faculty and staff have unlimited access to the Qualtrics tools for which UA is licensed, including unlimited surveys and responses. Division administrators have the authority to alter access for individuals within their division.
Students have limited access to the tools available in Qualtrics to ensure that the surveys being distributed are for academic or university purposes. Students can create two active surveys, but can request increased permissions by contacting their division administrator.
You need to migrate your account to the University’s institutional license. All surveys and data will be moved to the University’s account during the migration process
In order to associate your account with a division, you must obtain an access code from the division administrator.
Unique accounts are not allowed within the UA Qualtrics license. If your division administrator has obtained approval to create a unique account that does not use your myBama credentials, you must login through the Qualtrics home page at http://qualtrics.com.
Your Qualtrics account is tied to your myBama account. If you need to change your password, you must do so within myBama.
Once you are no longer enrolled in classes or terminate employment, your subscription to Qualtrics will end and your account will be deactivated.
The preferred method is to export the survey and data from your “old” account and import it into your “new” account. Qualtrics Support can provide assistance if needed.
Yes. Qualtrics surveys distributed via SMS text messages must include “STOP” providing users with the option to opt out of mobile text messages. If users do not have opt out language included in the SMS message, it may not be delivered by the cellular service provider. More information about SMS distributions, and opt-out language, is available on the Qualtrics website.
If you are experiencing issues accessing Qualtrics via the UA Qualtrics portal, please contact the Center for Instructional Technology at 205-348-3532 or cit@ua.edu.
All other support is provided directly by Qualtrics. Login to the Qualtrics Support Center to submit a ticket. The University of Alabama uses single sign on (SSO) to authenticate access to Qualtrics. When logging in to Qualtrics Support Center, click Sign In with SSO below the password field on the login screen. When prompted for an organization ID, enter universityofalabama. One word, no spaces. You will then be directed to the SSO page to enter your myBama credentials and gain access to the Qualtrics Support Center.
Pathway Tools is a comprehensive symbolic systems biology software system that is associated with the BioCyc database collection. Pathway Tools supports several use cases in bioinformatics and systems biology. Visit the website for more information about Pathway Tools.
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