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 […]
Several Final Grade submission windows for Spring 2024 are now open! With classes ending today and Finals week quickly approaching, these grade submission periods have a tendency to fly by. Don’t miss this opportunity to get help from our team […]
Turnitin is hosting an upcoming session on how to provide a contextualized review of student papers flagged by the Turnitin AI indicator. Focusing on the signals of AI rather than the AI indicator itself, the webinar is designed for instructors […]
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 […]
Canvas’s gradebook features include tools and functionality suiting different grading methods, styles and options. The quick bit of down-time we get during Spring Break provides an opportunity to catch up on grading and ensure we’re leveraging these features to work […]
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 […]
Towards the end of the semester, instructors usually have a few cells in their gradebook without values due to manual grading techniques or missing submissions from students. Going into your gradebook and manually finding and grading each ungraded item can […]
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 […]