Welcome to Fall 2023!
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 […]
Category: Updates
Webex Retirement and Office Hour Tips
As we break for the 2023 summer semester, today, May 8th, 2023, the Cisco Webex tool will be removed from all Canvas courses. Zoom is stepping up as the main videoconferencing tool for FAU. We’ve been using it for the […]
Zoom Now Has Office Hours!
Professors, you can now schedule office hours with your students. Here’s how to schedule them with the Zoom integration in Canvas: https://www.fau.edu/canvas/Files/zoom/schedule-zoom-office-hours.pdf Secondly, share the link below with your students to show them how to book appointments with you: https://www.fau.edu/canvas/Files/zoom/book-zoom-office-hours.pdf […]
TechEvents Monthly — March 2023
Greetings FAU Family! The Instructional Technologies Training team is pleased to be hosting several training sessions throughout March, both virtually and in-person (in CM146). This month, we’re focusing heavily on Simple Syllabus — our new web-based platform which allows instructors […]
Webex Retirement and Next Steps
By now, you may have heard that FAU is sunsetting its license for Cisco Webex with an official retirement date of June 30, 2023. While this news does not affect a majority of the FAU population, we wanted to provide […]
Welcome to Spring 2023!
Welcome to Spring 2023! 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 […]
Happy Thanksgiving from Instructional Technologies!
Hi Owls! The team just wanted to wish our readers a Happy Thanksgiving and a restful start to the holiday season. After this weekend, it’ll be a quick sprint to the final exam period which starts on Thursday, Dec. 8. […]
Upcoming Announcements, Events and Posts – Nov. 2022
Welcome to November! We are excited to announce upcoming events and posts. Earlier in the semester, we announced that FAU’s minimum Zoom version is 5.11.3. Additionally, Zoom announced its new policy to enforce a minimum version. This ensures everyone receives […]
It’s Time To Migrate Your FAU Google Drive to Microsoft OneDrive
As you’ve probably heard by now, Google has updated its service policies for all academic institutions. Effective November 18, 2022, your FAU Google Drive storage space will be limited to 5 gigabytes (GB). This quota impacts users who use their […]
Manage Multiple Courses with Qwickly
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
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 […]
Minimum Zoom Version for Fall 2022
Hi Owl Family! We want to inform you that the minimum Zoom Version we will use for the Fall 2022 term will be 5.11.3. Please download and install the latest updates to your Zoom desktop client. In addition, Zoom will […]