Have an Excellent Summer!
Greetings Faculty, I know you’re all looking forward to some well deserved summertime rest and relaxation. Before you completely unplug for the summer, we wanted to quickly remind you to take a moment to respond to our Central Classroom Technology Survey and let us know how our systems worked for you this semester. Most responders complete […]
Canvas Cyber Security Incident
Instructure confirmed that Canvas is back up and running. VCU Technology Services is continuing to check the VCU Canvas instance for integrity issues. While Canvas is currently available, users are advised to exercise caution and avoid clicking unknown links or downloading unrecognized files. Please contact [email protected] if you discover any suspicious files, messages, and/or links […]
Spring Classroom Technology Faculty Survey
If you taught in one of our Central Classrooms this semester, we need to hear from you! Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey linked below. Spring 2026 Central Classroom Technology Faculty Survey
Top Hat Training – January 2026
Do you have a question about setting up your Top Hat course(s) for Spring? Join one of Top Hat’s drop-in virtual Office Hour sessions! Each session will run for 90 minutes – feel free to join anytime! Participants will be admitted one-by-one to ask questions individually. The dates are: Please register here to receive the […]
Fall 2025 Central Classroom Faculty Survey
If you teach in one of our central classrooms, we would love to get your thoughts on how the technology is working for you. Please take a few moment to respond to our survey in the link below. Fall 2025 Central Classroom Faculty Survey
Canvas Training for Students
VCU Academic Technologies will host three live, online 30-minute overviews of Canvas for students during Weeks of Welcome. Students will learn how to login and navigate Canvas to complete class assignments, projects, and more. Join us on August 20, 27, or September 3. For more information and to register, visit https://vcu.campusgroups.com/Tech/CanvasTraining in VCU RamsConnect. Also, […]
Automatic Logoff
Over the last two semesters (Fall 2024 and Spring 2025) the VCU Instructional Computing Services team has observed a recurring challenge many instructors have been facing in our centrally-supported classrooms; logging in (and by extension, logging off). While this is something most of us do multiple times a day nearly every day of the week […]
Top Hat Engage Virtual Edition
Top Hat Engage Virtual Edition is a free summer webinar series designed to help instructors re-energize their teaching and address challenges like declining reading habits, managing large classes, and improving student affordability through low- or no-cost course materials. The series takes place on June 18 and July 17 and features sessions led by faculty, including a keynote from […]
Spring 2025 Classroom Technology Survey
Did you teach in one of our central classrooms this Spring Semester? Would you like to provide feedback on how well the classroom technology worked for you? If so, please click on the link below to take the survey. Spring 2025 Classroom Technology Survey
Updated (2:35pm) – Top Hat Single Sign-On Restored!
Update (2:35pm) – The VCU Shibboleth team has implemented the new certificate for Top Hat Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication and this has been tested with the VCU CAS portal. Authentication services have been restored. Update (1:50pm) – Top Hat’s engineering and support teams have identified the issue with Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication and have reached […]