Scheduling, managing and keeping track of upcoming virtual meetings can be a hassle if you use multiple collaboration platforms like Zoom or Teams. These platforms don’t immediately connect and work together. Thankfully, with Zoom you can set up a calendar […]
Ready to take flight into the world of AI? Look no further than FAU’s AI PLAIGROUND! This innovative community is an inter-department project with contributions from the FAU Center for Online and Continuing Education (COCE), the Office of Information Technology […]
Greetings FAU Family! The Instructional Technologies team is proud to share some good news regarding a new feature in Canvas: the “Assign To” feature. The “Assign To” re-design in Canvas is a game-changer for both instructors and students. It allows […]
This article is part of a series of reminders about Canvas’s upcoming Discussions/Announcements redesign, which is due to be effective on July 20, 2024. This change will happen on that day, but is not expected to break any of the […]
This article is part of a series of posts aimed at informing our Florida Atlantic community about Canvas’s upcoming Discussions/Announcements redesign. Effective July 20, 2024, the redesign will introduce visual changes along with new features to improve the overall accessibility […]
Instructure announced that they are releasing a major update to the the features and user interface for the Discussions and Announcements tools available in your courses. Meant to optimize accessibility and responsiveness, the update adds flexibility to how users participate […]
The Zoom AI Companion improves your productivity and team effectiveness when used in Meetings, Team Chats, and Smart Recordings. Please note, by default, AI Companion features are off and can be enabled by changing settings in the FAU Zoom Web […]
Greetings FAU Family! The Office of Information Technology is pleased to share some highly anticipated improvements to the Interfolio (FAR) Faculty Activity Reporting process: Faculty members no longer need to calculate FTE values New Aggregate FTE and Librarianship components Improved […]
Recently, Respondus added Screen Recording to the Monitor settings for LockDown Browser exams. While LockDown Browser does the majority of the work by limiting computer functions and preventing students from opening other applications during an exam, the screen recording feature […]
Fall 2023 has arrived along with new features to Canvas to help you in the classroom! The Instructional Technologies team has got your back and is ready to help with any Canvas needs and questions as you get your courses […]
Over the last year Qwickly became one of our most highly recommended tools, offering faculty a hub for making bulk edits to their live courses to save time when managing separate Canvas shells. Using Qwickly, instructors can post announcements; create […]
Welcome to Fall 2022! 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 […]