Trubox & WordPress

Bytroy February 9, 2018July 30, 2019

WordPress is currently used to power approximately 25% of all websites. Trubox is our general-use WordPress installation, but we have others such as Pressbooks which is used for create open textbooks.

Use WordPress when you want a teaching, learning or research-related website or blog. There are a variety of different uses live on trubox: class, faculty and student blogs; presentation and even support sites; sites that support various scholarly activity endeavours; and much more.

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Mattermost: Workplace Messaging

Bytroy February 13, 2018August 8, 2019

Mattermost is an open source workplace messaging system similar to Slack. Mattermost is organized around a discussion paradigm that keeps all related discussion contributions together on a single timeline, but still allows for replying to individual contributions. This can easily keep dozens and dozens of discussion fragments out of your email inbox.

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Big Blue Button

Bytroy July 30, 2019July 30, 2019

Big Blue Button is a tool for synchronous audio/video discussions. It integrates with Moodle, Mattermost and even has stand-alone access via the Greenlight front end. It includes video-based chat, whiteboard, session-recording and screen sharing functionality. Use it when you want to interact with others in real-time and save recordings for later. It is great for…

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G Suite (Google for Education)

ByMatt Stranach July 29, 2019March 1, 2020

Google Apps for Education— AKA G Suite— are currently used by some schools and departments at TRU, notably the School of Education and the School of Journalism. Google Apps for Education at TRU are locally administered and FIPPA compliant. Apps which are part of this offering include: Google Classroom Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets Video…

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Using Groups in Kaltura Mediaspace (media.tru.ca)

Bytroy October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

Draft: note, Kaltura is a complex space and until we have worked the kinks out of the process this post will be considered draft. What is a Group? A group (e.g. Library) is a single manageable entity that represents a collection of users. Technically, a group is a unique type of user that can have…

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Mattermost Cheatsheet

Bytroy August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

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Kaltura

Bytroy July 30, 2019August 7, 2019

Coming in Fall 2019
Kaltura is a one-stop shop for all things video. It’s like Youtube on steroids. It integrates with Moodle and Wordpress and is accessible to all TRU Faculty and Students.

Use Kaltura for video creation, editing, storage and cataloguing. Use it in Moodle for display video, video-based assignments, captions/transcripts and more.

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