Adobe Creative Cloud Now Available for Students
Adobe Creative Cloud licenses are now available for VCU students to purchase at a significantly reduced cost! There is no charge for Spark Premium, and a license for Creative Cloud is $60 per year, or $30 for 6 months. To purchase a license or learn more, please view the “Student Licenses and Purchasing” information on […]
Summer 2019 Classroom Updates
This summer the Labs and Classrooms Computing is upgrading all centrally supported classrooms to update application software and in some classrooms replace podium computers. We’ve addressed a number of outstanding issues from our previous update. For more information or to request support for any centrally supported classroom, give us a call at (804) 828-1098 on […]
New Licensing for Adobe Creative Cloud
VCU recently signed an ETLA (Enterprise Term Licensing Agreement) for Adobe Creative Cloud. This license provides access to a full range of creative applications for digital imaging, design, web, and video. With this new ETLA, VCU negotiated licensing at a significantly reduced the cost for VCU faculty, staff and students. Academic Technologies staff are currently […]
Software Requests
On Friday, June 7th, Labs and Classrooms Computing will be freezing all further software requests for centrally-managed classroom and lab spaces until June 30th to begin testing a new operating system image for deployment starting July 1st. During this time (June 8th through June 30th) it is critical that any new software requests are properly […]
Spring 2019 Classroom Technology Faculty Survey
Every semester I send out an email to faculty who teach in our Centrally Supported Classrooms to see how the technology worked for them as well as to see if they have any concerns or requests of which they would like to make us aware. In an effort to make sure we can reach as […]
Training – Top Hat Student Response System
Academic Technologies has scheduled three Top Hat training sessions for faculty. These online sessions will be led by a specialist from Top Hat. Full description and registration for faculty can be found at https://training.vcu.edu/. A link to join the online sessions is included in the registration details. More information about Top Hat can be found at go.vcu.edu/TopHat.
Top Hat Fall 2018 Usage Survey
The new VCU Student Response System, Top Hat, was fully implemented at the start of the fall semester. Academic Technologies would greatly appreciate your feedback, which will assist us with addressing concerns, understanding the features that are most important to you, and planning for future enhancements. Please take a few moments to complete this brief […]
Training Opportunity – Advanced Features of Zoom for Virtual Collaboration
As a follow-up to the “Basics” training this past April, which included over 100 attendees, a representative from Zoom will host an advanced session exclusively for VCU faculty and staff on Friday, Sept. 21, 12:30-1:30pm. A range of advanced features will be demonstrated and explained, followed by a Q&A period for live interaction. If you […]
Summer 2018 Classroom Updates
This summer the Labs and Classrooms Computing team has upgraded all centrally supported classrooms to update application software and provide a refreshed desktop experience. The new desktop experience provides a clearer view of the most commonly used applications, support information, weather info, and other information. With the transition to Top Hat, our new desktop experience […]
Kaltura Classroom Is Here!
Kaltura Classroom (also called Kaltura Lecture Capture) enables you to create high-quality recordings in any classroom. With Kaltura Classroom, you can have your class schedule managed to create an automated hands-free experience. Kaltura’s platform allows you to set where the content will be shared to, whether in Blackboard or MediaSpace. Kaltura Classroom can record any […]