Education Tips

Who supervises the work placements?

Ghent University distinguishes between an academic promoter and an work placement supervisor for work placement guidance:

The academic promoter is the lecturer responsible for the work placement course unit within the study programme. They are the final responsible for the work placement course unit and decide on … Read more

Quizzes (Ufora)

The Ufora tool Quizzes (Tests in Dutch) is an online assessment environment that is embedded into the electronic learning environment Ufora. The tool can be used as an assessment tool but also as an online exercise platform for students. Setting up, holding and grading the assessment all happens in the …

Ufora Tool: Discussions

Engage students in structured discussions with each other or ask questions about the subject matter.

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Which administrative steps should be taken before the work placement?

At Ghent University, the administrative follow-up and organization of an work placement is coordinated by an work placement course holder at each faculty and / or study programme (in Dutch). They answer all (administrative) questions regarding the work placements and act as a point of contact for companies and organizations …

Ufora

Manuals for Ufora

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Knowledge Clips: How to Create and Use Them?

Find out what tools are available to create a knowledge clip and what to use them for in your education.

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Plagiarism Tool in Ufora: StrikePlagiarism

We have made available a plagiarism detection tool in Ufora, by means of which lecturers can now subject various textual products/assignments to a plagiarism test. The new tool, StrikePlagiarism, has been up and running since 20 November 2023.

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How to Register a Work Placement?

Each work placement should be formally registered. This is necessary to correctly report about the work placement and to be able to localize students quickly in crisis situations. The faculties have various systems for registering a work placement:

The Faculty of Veterinary Sciences uses VESTA. The Faculty … Read more

Referral Card: What Referral Services Are There?

Lecturers sometimes receive questions that go beyond the scope of their official teaching assignment: students want to talk about personal problems, want to refresh basic knowledge that they need for the course unit, send questions to which they should have known the answer for a long time, etc.

With …

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