In FIU’s continued commitment to providing students an inclusive learning environment, FIU Online is pleased to announce “Accessibility and Support” webinars that will provide faculty teaching in FIU Online supported courses training, guidance, and resources on how to create accessible course content and leverage technology to ensure accessibility. Course Content Accessibility: Ally Tool As outlined […]
We are excited to announce that we are launching a new interactive discussion tool called Yellowdig. Yellowdig is a discussion platform that leverages social media-inspired design with a behavior incentivized points system, gamified badges, auto-nudging, multi-media sharing capabilities, detailed analytics, tagging, highlighting, searching/filtering, reactions, and auto-scoring for faster and easier grading. FIU courses will be able […]
This article highlights select features that have been updated on Canvas and on Zoom during the Spring semester. This is not a comprehensive list of updates to either platform. The full availability of Canvas Release updates are available for review. Also, full Zoom release notes are available. Ensure you have the latest version of Zoom installed on […]
Before the semester starts and throughout, instructors may receive accommodation requests for our students from the FIU Disability Resource Center (DRC). Frequently, these accommodations might include additional time for assessments (quizzes & exams), i.e. quiz extensions. FIU Online Quiz Extensions Extensions of Canvas Quizzes can be made on a quiz-by-quiz basis using the Moderate This […]
Summer is coming! The Summer 2021 textbook adoption season is well on its way. Get a jump on that March 22, 2021 deadline by entering your required course materials and textbook(s) into the FIU Adoption & Insights Portal (AIP). Access the AIP site to enter your course materials now. Summer 2021 Textbook Adoption Even if […]
Starting, July 19, all Zoom meetings will be required to have a Passcode or a Waiting Room enabled. Any meeting that does not have either a Passcode or Waiting Room enabled after July 19, Zoom will automatically enable a Waiting Room. Requiring a passcode or waiting room will add another layer of security to your […]
Beginning June 20, 2020, there will be four new features added to Canvas that would add functionality to your courses. Bulk Edit Assignments The Assignments page now supports editing all assignments, discussion, and quiz dates on a single page. This change allows assignment dates to be adjusted at one time in the same location. More […]
In Summer of 2020, FIU transitioned from FacultyEnlight to the Adoption & Insights Portal (AIP) for textbook adoption submissions. What are the AIP features? Designed by Barnes & Noble College (BNC) in collaboration with FIU, AIP offers the following new features: Upon login with FIU credentials, view your curated, personalized course list – no searching […]
Keep Your Zoom Updated Zoom has released a new version – Zoom 5.0. The latest version provides increased protection for meeting data as well as updates to other functionalities. Learn more about Zoom 5.0.Links to an external site. It is important that you update your Zoom client to the latest version prior to May 30 […]
Canvas Updates: Rich Content Editor This is a reminder that on April 30th the Rich Content Editor (RCE) will be discontinued and replaced by the newly redesigned RCE in all Canvas courses. The RCE is used in various areas such as announcements, assignments, discussions, pages, quizzes, or syllabus. For more information on the new Rich Content Editor, […]
