Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) Blog
The latest news on teaching with technology
Delve Deeper into Canvas Content with Immersive Reader
In the U.S. alone, 2.5 million students have learning disabilities – such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia – that can affect their learning and academic careers. As educational technology develops, more of these students are finding accommodations that can...
Request Your Course Blog Now for Autumn Quarter 2022
Autumn Quarter 2022 is almost here, and now is the perfect time to request a course blog for your Autumn course. Course blogs are a powerful tool for stimulating student creativity and can fill many different roles within your pedagogy, from discussion boards to...
Use Weighted Assignment Groups in Your Canvas Course
Introduction Create an Assignment Group Weight Assignment Groups Use Weighted Assignment Groups to Calculate the Total Grade Drop a Low Score from an Assignment Group Further Resources and Getting Help Introduction It is good pedagogical practice to maintain a Canvas...
Customize Your Canvas Site with Canvas Pages
Canvas Pages are a powerful tool for organizing the content in your Canvas course. As with any webpage, Canvas Pages can be used to contain text, hyperlinks, images, multimedia, and other types of digital content. But beyond simple matters of content, Pages also make...
What’s New in Canvas-Autumn 2022
As we prepare for Autumn Quarter and the 2022-23 academic year, now is a good time to familiarize yourself with new features available in Canvas. These features can help you to streamline your grading workflow, customize the look and feel of your Canvas site, and...
Hypothesis Trainings Available to Faculty and Teaching Staff
In addition to workshops offered by Academic Technology Solutions (ATS), faculty, instructors, teaching assistants, and support staff now also have access to collaborative annotation training directly from Hypothesis. Hypothesis is a tool for social annotation and...
Lynn Barnett Hired as New ATS Executive Director
IT Services is pleased to announce that Lynn Barnett has been selected as the new Executive Director for Academic Technology Solutions (ATS). Lynn began her new role on June 20, 2022, following a brief period as interim Executive Director. She oversees the Center for...
Using Zoom’s New Whiteboards in Your Online Teaching
In the world of virtual instruction, it’s an unfortunate expectation that the digital version of a much older physical learning tool often loses some of the magic of the original. Take whiteboards, for example. As a teacher, you can quickly write out important...
GAAD 2022: A Recap
Thursday, May 19, was the 11th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), focusing on digital equality for the one billion people in the world living with a disability. Creating an accessible digital environment supports the full participation of all members of...
Mandatory Panopto Update July 21, 2022
As of July 21, 2022, at 7:00 P.M. CDT, Panopto will no longer support versions of its desktop app earlier than 12.0.0 (Windows) or 11.1.0 (Mac). If you are using an earlier version of the app, you must update before this time to ensure continued functionality. You can...
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