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: Updates
Zoom Updates for Web and Desktop App- August 2021
Hi FAU Family! Zoom rolled out updates for Zoom’s web portal and desktop app in late July. Here are a few features and helpful information for your future Zooming experiences. Web Users who sign in to FAU Zoom online will […]
Mediasite U — Interactive Training Now Available!
Greetings FAU Family, OIT is pleased to announce that Mediasite U is now available for instructors! This new interactive set of training courses instills best practices and is sure to level up your Mediasite Mosaic presentations. Please click here for […]
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 […]
New Canvas Feature: Annotation Assignments
A new feature in Canvas is making waves, allowing your students to submit manually marked assignments. This is extremely useful for professors who create worksheets or assessments where students need to draw figures or write out formulas and show work […]
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 […]
Webex Updates – July 2021
Videoconferencing usage has risen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Florida Atlantic University (FAU) uses services such as Webex to run meetings, and more. Thus, it is important to stay up to date on the latest Webex changes. These are the updates […]
Zoom Updates – July 2021
Videoconferencing continues to be highly in demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Florida Atlantic University (FAU) depends on services such as Zoom to run meetings and hold or attend online classes. As a result, it is important to stay up to […]
TechEvents Monthly – March 2021
Greetings, FAU family! The Spring 2021 term is flying by! We hope the semester is going well for all of our faculty, students, and staff. Midterm Grades for full term courses and Final Grades for half-term courses are quickly approaching. […]
Canvas Release Notes – 2/20/2021
In this Canvas release (February 20), LaTeX equations can be entered in any Canvas text field, and MathJax is loaded if Canvas detects an equation image added by delimited LaTeX characters. The Rich Content Editor includes a pretty HTML editor […]
Virtual Teaching Site
Have you ever had to work remotely due to an emergency? Maybe a large-scale alert caused your campus to be closed off? Or an air conditioning or electrical issue shut down your building? In any case, teachers, students, or staff […]
Canvas Release Notes – 2/15/2020
In this Canvas release (February 15), Gradebook import CSV files ignore reserved name columns as well as hidden and deleted custom columns. External Tools (LTI) For institutions using Commons, favorited Commons items can be imported from Quizzes, Pages, Discussion, Assignments, […]