Students Included in VCU Adobe Creative Cloud License
Beginning June 1, 2022, VCU’s Enterprise License agreement will include full access to Adobe’s Creative Cloud suite for all VCU students enrolled in at least one credit-bearing course. VCU employees and affiliates who are enrolled as students are also eligible. A discounted rate is available for VCU employees and departments, which allows instructors to enhance […]
Teaching with Technology Survival Camp
January 11-14, 2022 Faculty bootcamps, hosted by VCU Online and VCU Academic Technologies have generated such great participation and faculty interest that they have teamed up again to offer a 4-day Teaching with Technology Survival Camp, January 11-14, 2022. The schedule includes a variety of workshops from in-house trainers in Academic Technologies and VCU […]
Teaching with Technology Faculty Survey
Faculty are invited to participate in a survey to share their perceptions of teaching with technology. This survey will help determine whether our current technology and faculty development tools, applications and practices are meeting the needs of our faculty here at VCU. The survey is open from Oct. 25 – Nov. 19, and your responses […]
Tips for Using Top Hat to Engage with Your Students
Top Hat is an active learning platform that allows instructors to conduct polls, track attendance, host discussions, present slides and assessments for interactive learning. Students can submit responses using their mobile device, tablet, laptop, or SMS. No more “clickers” or subscriptions to purchase! Access to the Top Hat active learning platform is FREE for all […]
Top Hat Training for Faculty
Now that Top Hat is free for VCU students, it is the perfect time to learn how to use Top Hat to engage students in an active learning environment. Top Hat also integrates with Canvas, VCU’s learning management system. Sponsored by Academic Technologies, Top Hat specialists will deliver online training sessions for VCU faculty. An […]
Top Hat Summer Camp for Faculty
Top Hat’s instructional design team is hosting a free Summer Camp webinar series July 26-27. Classrooms are evolving, and so is Top Hat. Join their 2-day virtual program featuring Top Hat experts and guest panelists for a series of sessions and workshops to learn everything you need to unleash your students’ potential as you gear […]
New Zoom Account Creation Procedure
As of today, all VCU Zoom accounts are being issued as “Licensed”. It is no longer necessary for users to fill out a request ticket. They simply log in at vcu.zoom.us with their VCU eID and password, and their account will be provisioned. Users still working with a “Basic” account should log out and back […]