Next Friday, August 16th, 11am – 12pm, Grammarly rep. Abigail Oakes will be hosting a training session going over Grammarly’s AI writing assistant tool. Open to faculty and staff, the session will cover different applications of the tool and offer […]
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 […]
With the Summer 2024 term underway, we want to ensure you and your students are set for successful videoconferences this semester. Below are a few details regarding Zoom’s latest update to its desktop application and how they will enhance you […]
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 […]
This year’s Teaching With Technology Showcase on March 18 was a major success. It featured informative presentations by FAU faculty and staff regarding trends and practices on the use of artificial intelligence in higher education. Among the talks is also […]
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 […]
In this Canvas release (November 18th), captions on copied Canvas videos have been made independent from the original media. Therefore, you won’t have to worry about affecting previously made captions when editing captions on copied Canvas videos. Furthermore, instructors have […]
Spring Courses Have Been Loaded! Your Spring 2024 courses are now loaded into Canvas for you to begin editing/publishing course content for the coming semester. This also means that your Simple Syllabus dashboard shows your pending syllabi for Spring 2024 […]
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 […]