SoftChalk Has Gone Away
As of today, June 3, 2022, the SoftChalk software has been officially disabled from the Canvas system. As an alternative, Technology Services has established an Articulate 360 Team Agreement to provide VCU departments/schools quick access to Team licenses and benefits. Articulate 360 provides a suite of e-Learning web authoring tools used to create a lesson […]
VoiceThread Data Clean-up Policy
Starting on July 1, 2022, VoiceThread will be implementing a data clean-up policy that might result in some inactive accounts being deleted. The following policies will apply to users under VCU’s license: Account has never been accessed: Will be deleted 1 year after it was created. Account has been accessed but no content has been created: Will […]
VCU Students Gain Full Access to Adobe Creative Cloud
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 […]
Respondus Webinars – May and June 2022
Instructor Training: LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor even more effective and easy to use. May 19th @ 12PMMay 25th @ […]
Canvas Docviewer Page Errors – Resolved
Starting May 13th, Canvas began having some on and off issues involving their Docviewer Page. Because of this issue, you may have experienced errors in your gradebook/speedgrader and other areas of Canvas when trying to access documents. We do apologize for the inconvenience. As of recently, the issue has been reported as Resolved and with […]
InstructureCon 2022 – Registration is Now Open!
The Adventure Continues at InstructureCon 2022 July 14, 2022 Wherever your educational journey has taken you, we hope it leads you to InstructureCon 2022 this summer. This FREE one-day online event is your chance to: – Hear from fellow educators and other inspiring presenters– Network with peers.– Fuel up on the latest edtech knowledge on […]
End of Semester Reminders – Spring 2022
Greetings VCU Faculty, Another semester is coming to a close and we hope it has been a successful year for you all so far. Just-In-Time Support In need of support to complete your end-of-semester checklist? We’re here to help. For an overview of available support resources for Canvas and Kaltura, please see the “Get Help” […]
Reminder: SoftChalk is Going Away
On May 22, 2022, SoftChalk will no longer be available for use. As an alternative, Technology Services has established an Articulate 360 Team Agreement to provide VCU departments/schools quick access to Team licenses and benefits. Articulate 360 provides a suite of e-Learning web authoring tools used to create a lesson or course, and enables you […]
Google Apps 1.1 Being Replaced with Google Assignments 1.3
Google Apps 1.1 is scheduled to be removed from Canvas on 5/31/2022. This tool is being deprecated and replaced by Google Assignments 1.3 which has already been installed on Canvas as of August 2021. All new assignments should be created using Google Assignments 1.3. Any existing assignments created using Google Apps will need to be […]
Respondus Webinars – April 2022
Greetings, educators! Improve your knowledge of LockDown Browser and other Respondus applications by joining the April training webinars via the links below. Instructor Training: LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, […]