Educational Technology
Ontario Tech University is a proud leader in the delivery of technology-enriched education. The university uses a number of technology tools for communication, instruction, evaluation, and feedback in its classes. The Teaching and Learning Centre provides training and support in these tools.
Want to try something new in your course? The Teaching and Learning Centre can help you experiment, innovate, and succeed in using technology.
What's New in Ed Tech?
August 2025
Mentimeter
- Mentimeter is undergoing planned maintenance on Saturday, August 9th, from 08:00 - 09:00 UTC (4 - 5 EDT). It will not be possible to access www.mentimeter.com and www.menti.com during this time.
Kaltura Virtual Classroom:
- Tuesday August 5: The issue has been resolved. Kaltura VC was experiencing issues with the in-meeting chat, poll, and whiteboard tools. Live system status can be found here.
- On Saturday August 9, 2025, Turnitin will be unavailable for a 6-hour window due to scheduled maintenance. This includes all Turnitin tools, such as Similarity and Canvas Plagiarism Framework (both integrations and external/native site use). The maintenance window is expected to last from 11:00 am until 5:00 pm EST. For more details, see their Scheduled Turnitin Maintenance announcement.
April 2025
Pearson LTI:
- Ontario Tech's LMS team has upgraded the LTI for Pearson from 1.1 to 1.3. Previously Pearson MyLab and Mastering (LTI 1.1), all Instructors are encouraged to now use Access Pearson (LTI 1.3). Pearson will not allow course pairing using LTI 1.1 after June 15th, 2025. Information form Pearson about migrating your courses from 1.1 to 1.3 can be found here. You can also reach out to your Customer Success Manager for support.
Respondus:
- Respondus Monitor's handheld device flag is live! Visit the Respondus website for more details.
Educational Technology Support Requests
Educational Technology Support Requests
Kaltura Capture
Kaltura Capture
Mentimeter
Mentimeter
Respondus Lockdown Browser
Respondus Lockdown Browser
Turnitin
Turnitin
Systems Status
Systems Status
Check the systems status of the ed tech tools used at Ontario Tech.