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 […]
In this Canvas release (March 20), students can use their webcam to submit File Upload assignments. In SpeedGrader, instructors can reassign an assignment to an individual student and ask them to redo their submission. In Course Settings, the Participation menu […]
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. […]
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 […]
*Please note: FAU will retire use of Webex on June 30, 2023. The Webex platform will no longer be available for use in meetings after this date. Webex will be removed from Canvas on May 8, 2023, at the end […]
Greetings, FAU family! Midterms are well underway as the Spring 2020 term continues to progress. We are pleased to announce that we will remain available throughout the spring break period, offering focused training sessions and 1-1 support. Visit https://TechEvents.fau.edu […]
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 […]
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, […]
Greetings FAU Family! Welcome to the third week of the Spring 2020 term. We’d like to take a moment to share this post regarding the use of Badging in Canvas. Badging Badgr is an IMS-certified Open Badging platform. Over 15 million […]
In this Canvas release (January 18), admins can allow users to associate their user profiles with pronouns. The New Gradebook, Course Card Images, Rubric Criterion Range, and Student Context Card feature options will be turned on for all institutions and […]
FAU will host a Teaching with Technology Showcase (TWTS) on Friday, April 3, 2020 on the Jupiter Campus. The Showcase is designed to create an open dialogue among FAU faculty members about the effective use of technology to support valuable […]
Spring 2020 is here and the Instructional Technologies team has all you need to hit the ground running with your Canvas courses. Offering workshops, one-on-one appointments, support requests and other resources, we’ll get you on your way to a fruitful […]