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Canvas Third Party Tool Removals: May 2024

The Learning Systems team carried over a number of Third Party Tools available institution-wide in Blackboard to Canvas in 2020. This carryover effort was made to ensure continuity for the VCU community during a transitory period.  For a list of these tools, please see: https://go.vcu.edu/canvas-tools We have since re-evaluated the number of tools installed at […]

Resolved – Top Hat SMS submission temporarily unavailable

Resolved – September 8th @ 9am Top Hat’s SMS text message submission functionality is temporarily unavailable to students with US phone numbers due to new regulations around SMS messaging from application providers to users of digital services. We recommend that students either use the Top Hat mobile app or a desktop web browser while SMS […]

Canvas Support During VCU Closure

Greetings VCU faculty, staff and students, As a reminder, Canvas 24/7 support is and will continue to be available to the VCU community while VCU is closed. We recommend reaching out to this support option for any questions that you have about Canvas, in order to guarantee the quickest turnaround time for your request. For […]

VCU Wireless Network Connection Issues

For updates on this issue, please see: https://status.ts.vcu.edu/incidents/328 Note: To subscribe to updates, please scroll to the bottom of the page (above) and click the “Subscribe to Updates” button. Due to our current wireless network issue, employees may need to use a VPN connection to access some online resources they would usually be able to […]

Starting January 11th: Teaching with Technology Survival Bootcamp

Mark your calendars for the Teaching with Technology Survival Bootcamp hosted by Academic Technologies and VCU Online. The bootcamp is set to take place over a 4 day span from January 11-14, 2022 and will include sessions from our in-house trainers in Academic Technologies and VCU Online, in addition to sessions led by vendor experts […]

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