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 […]
In this Canvas release (October 21st), both students and teachers can now select the frequency of when their events appear on their Canvas calendar. This will appear as a drop-down menu when scheduling an event and will make scheduling repeated […]
By creating Zoom meetings within the Zoom tool in your Canvas courses, you can ensure that they are seamlessly associated with the correct course. However, if you happen to create a meeting in the FAU Zoom Web Portal, don’t worry! […]
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 […]
Greetings FAU Family, and welcome back! The Fall 2023 semester is here! The Instructional Technologies Training team is excited to to be offering a multitude of training sessions throughout the month of September, both virtually and in-person (in CM146). Whether […]
OIT Instructional Technologies now provides consultations for FAU Zoom events. If you are planning a Zoom event, reach out to us in advance by booking an appointment. Planning an event requires time and effort, and we’re here to assist! We […]
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 […]
OIT Instructional Technologies is pleased to be hosting five Hybrid Grade Submission Open Lab sessions to get you primed and ready for the Summer 2023 final grading period. We encourage instructors to drop-in and get the help you need. We’ll cover […]
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 […]
Starting today, Turnitin assignments include a new AI writing detection feature in their gamut of sources for generating similarity reports. Now, when a student submits a paper to Turnitin, the similarity report will show a separate summary and percentage indicating […]