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CFE Faculty Showcase Returns March 23-24
January 18, 2023Every year and a half our ITS Educational Technologies team co-hosts the CFE Faculty Showcase, led by the Center for Faculty Excellence. The CFE Faculty Showcase on Teaching returns this March! The Showcase will be… CFE Faculty Showcase Returns March 23-24 Continued

Schedule & Join Zoom Meetings in Canvas
January 12, 2023We’re excited to announce that Zoom web conferencing is now fully integrated with Canvas! This means instructors can create Zoom meetings directly through their Canvas courses and have their students join the Zoom meetings through… Schedule & Join Zoom Meetings in Canvas Continued

1-Hour Canvas Crash Course: Jan. 5 & 6
January 3, 2023Happy 2023! Welcome back to a new year and new term. We’re excited for classes to begin this Spring 2023 Semester and see how many more instructor decide to make the early switch from Sakai… 1-Hour Canvas Crash Course: Jan. 5 & 6 Continued

Adding the Honor Pledge in Canvas
November 29, 2022Hopefully you all are feeling refreshed from the Thanksgiving break and are ready to finish this semester strong! Classes end this week, which means final exams are about to begin. We have 23% of our… Adding the Honor Pledge in Canvas Continued

Canvas Training Oct. 27-28, Nov. 15-16
October 24, 2022Welcome back from Fall Break! In case you missed the pre-break announcement, we have several updates now available in Canvas. All University Registrar Spring 2023 courses are now available to instructors listed in ConnectCarolina and… Canvas Training Oct. 27-28, Nov. 15-16 Continued

Canvas Updates for Spring 2023
October 13, 2022As you all have likely heard and as we announced back in July, Canvas became available to all instructors starting in Fall 2022. We’re happy to share that all Spring 2023 Registrar courses are now… Canvas Updates for Spring 2023 Continued

Spring 2023 Rosters are in Sakai
October 13, 2022Believe it or not, but we are already past the halfway point of this fall semester. Spring will be here before you know it, so there’s no time to hang around! Get a head start… Spring 2023 Rosters are in Sakai Continued

Gradescope Training Oct 3-4
September 30, 2022Interested in learning about Gradescope? Gradescope allows instructors to administer and grade online or digitized paper-based homework, quizzes, and exams with open-ended or multiple-choice questions. This means instructors no longer have to read their students’… Gradescope Training Oct 3-4 Continued

Digital Accessibility in Course Design Training
September 28, 2022Finishing up our blog series on digital accessibility in courses is an invitation to you. We invite all instructors and support staff to take the DAO’s training on Digital Accessibility in Course Design! The University’s… Digital Accessibility in Course Design Training Continued

Add Captions to Panopto Videos
September 23, 2022In our last blog post on digital accessibility, we talked about making Zoom sessions accessible. This includes adding live captions in your Zoom meetings and cleaning up the auto-generated transcript in your recordings. All Zoom… Add Captions to Panopto Videos Continued