Growing with Canvas – New Faculty Training Scheduled
New Canvas training sessions for faculty have been scheduled for October. These 1-hour sessions will cover topics about importing Blackboard course content into Canvas, creating and managing assignments and quizzes, student enrollments, section cross-listing (merging), and installing 3rd party tools to enhance your course content. The training schedule is located on our Canvas website, along with the registration link.
VoiceThread Workshops – July and August 2020
VoiceThread Basics 1: Upload, Comment, and ShareJuly 14 at 12:30pm ET – Register Participants will learn how to upload media, comment and annotate on that media, and share it with others. This will be a slow paced, step-by-step, hands-on workshop. It is open to both VoiceThread license holders and free accounts. VoiceThread Basics 2: Groups […]
Canvas Exploration for VCU Faculty
Facilitator: Canvas Senior Trainer, Woody Roper When: 6/24/20 1pm-4pm , 6/25, 9am-12pm (same content offered twice) Sponsored by VCU Academic Technologies, this 3-hour online training session will provide VCU instructors with a detailed exploration of Canvas. The trainer will guide you through course navigation, file management, communications, grading, assignments, dashboards, and more. Learn how to […]
Teaching with Canvas at VCU Sessions Available!
Hosted by Academic Technologies, in partnership with the CTLE and ALTLab, this 1.5-hour online training session will demonstrate how to get started with Canvas. Instructors will learn how to use the basic features to get their course up and running in Canvas. Each session is the same, so select the one that best fits your […]
Simplifying Access to Applications Using AppsAnywhere
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2-3pmFacilitator: Houston Griffith, Academic Technologies Hosted by the CTLE and Academic Technologies on Zoom, join us for a demo of AppsAnywhere. Learn how you and your students can choose and use your favorite software applications, such as SAS, ArcGIS, AutoCAD, CityEngine and many more on your personal or university-owned device. Register […]
Respondus Training – June 2020
Instructor Training:LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor This comprehensive training is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The training will cover:How to use LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor to protect integrity and ensure student identityThe instructor and student perspective using each applicationHow to analyze proctoring results, including […]
Respondus Monitor Proctoring Result Delays
Respondus Monitor encountered issues processing the proctoring data and videos for a number of exams taken on Thursday and Friday. A patch for the problem has been created and the affected exam sessions are scheduled to be reprocessed over the weekend, as soon as the patch clears QA. Exams using Respondus Monitor since Friday 6pm […]
Respondus Monitor Proctoring with Bb Learn
This Wednesday (4/8) the amazing training team at Respondus is providing a Train the Trainer webinar for license administrators, instructional designers, and anyone involved with the rollout of Respondus Monitor proctoring. This 45-minute session will focus on online proctoring for Blackboard Learn tests. There will be an extended Q/A session at the end where you can get your questions answered […]
VCU Zoom accounts
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 in again […]
Instructor Training: Respondus Monitor for VCU – Feb. 12, 2020
This is a customized training that will cover the following information: • How to use LockDown Browser with Blackboard tests to prevent digital cheating in proctored testing environments • How use Respondus Monitor with Blackboard tests in non-proctored environments, to protect exam integrity and confirm student identity • Advanced settings including combining proctored & non-proctored […]