Zoom’s New Update Policy
Hello Owl Family, This is a reminder to keep your Zoom application up to date as new features roll out. On November 1, 2021, all Zoom users will be required to have their Zoom software updated to ensure that it […]
Category: Quick How-To
Fall 2021 Is Here!
Welcome to Fall 2021! The Instructional Technologies team is here to provide everything you need to get your Canvas courses ready and published. We offer workshops, one-on-one appointments, general support and other resources to get you ready to teach with […]
Turnitin Draft Coach & Feedback Studio
Greetings FAU Family! We’re pleased to announce that Draft Coach — the latest writing coach tool from Turnitin, is now available to all FAU students and faculty! Draft Coach is a Google Docs based add-on which encourages learning and provides […]
Lockdown Browser – Respondus Monitor tips
Lockdown Browser is a useful application that prevents students from being able to access outside applications and materials on their computer while taking an online exam. It also includes Respondus Monitor, which records students’ exam sessions using their webcams. However, […]
Canvas Turnitin FAQs & Draft Coach Announcement
Turnitin continues being a beneficial measure for students to improve their writing skills and understand plagiarism. Not only does it provide a way of knowing when and how much a student is plagiarizing on an assignment, but it also eases […]
Start of Spring 2020
Spring 2020 is here and the Instructional Technologies team has all you need to hit the ground running with your Canvas courses. Offering workshops, one-on-one appointments, support requests and other resources, we’ll get you on your way to a fruitful […]
Lost Instructional Time and Emergency Module
*Please note: FAU will retire use of Webex on June 30, 2023. The Webex platform will no longer be available for use in meetings after this date. Webex will be removed from Canvas on May 8, 2023, at the end […]
Updates and Integrations – Summer 2019
At the end of the Spring 2019 semester, we enabled the New Canvas Gradebook and installed a couple of new tools for in-course badging and videoconferencing. Below are some notes on these updates and links to documentation to help you […]
Canvas Guide Breakdown: Fudge Points
When writing a test or quiz in Canvas, we sometimes end up with quiz results that need to be adjusted. For example, a question may merit partial credit even though the student’s answer was marked as incorrect. We see this […]
Spring 2019 Midterm Grading Period
We’re about half-way through Spring 2019, meaning that energy drinks are selling well and midterm assignments are under way. The deadline for Midterm grades has been set to 5:00 P.M., Friday, March 1st. Don’t let this mid-semester rush stress you out! […]
Presentation Tools for Students
Written by Julalak Kaewsai *Please note: FAU will retire use of Webex on June 30, 2023. The Webex platform will no longer be available for use in meetings after this date. Webex will be removed from Canvas on May 8, […]
Teacher-to-Student Communication, pt. 2: Using Notifications
In the previous post we spoke about sending direct messages to students. Today, let’s look at how we can make Canvas’s notification infrastructure do the work for us. Setting Up Notifications If set up properly, Canvas accounts will notify users […]