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 […]
Category: Tech Updates
Adopt Your Fall 2020 Textbook in AIP Now
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 […]
Zoom 5.0 & NBC Learn Updates- Summer 2020
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 […]
RCE, Analytics & Quizzes Updates- Oh My!
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, […]
AIP: Adopt Your Summer 2020 Textbook Now
Effective immediately, starting with Summer 2020 adoptions, FIU will be transitioning 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 is making the adoption process more efficient and offers the following new features: Upon […]
Integrating PantherSoft & Canvas Gradebook
The FIU Canvas Help Team is excited to announce a new and easier way to enter final grades into MyFIU/Panthersoft. In addition to manually uploading a CSV into MyFIU, you can now import Final Grades from your Canvas Gradebook from within Panthersoft. Before You Sync In order to use this new Grade Import tool, the […]
Adobe Connect Transition to Zoom – The End.
Adobe Connect Transition to… As announced by email in mid-November, as part of FIU’s transition from Adobe Connect to Zoom the Canvas Adobe Connect integration will no longer be available starting on Dec. 20, 2019. The transition to Zoom started in Spring 2019 and will be completed by the end of Fall 2019. Zoom Conferencing […]
Featuring Fall 2019 FIU Technology
Recently, the FIU Division of Information Technology sent out a welcome message for the Fall 2019 semester featuring some tech updates. Below are some highlights. Lynda.com to LinkedIn Learning Just before the Fall semester began, FIU transitioned from Lynda.com to LinkedIn Learning for FIU students, faculty and staff. LinkedIn Learning contains high-quality, expert-led videos from […]
Canvas New Gradebook- What You Need to Know
Canvas has redesigned their Gradebook to make grading more flexible and intuitive. FIU Online and Educational Technology Services announced the new Gradebook will be enabled on Canvas for all courses on May 2nd, 2019, at 11:00am Eastern Time. Canvas New Gradebook, New Features Final Grade Override in which instructors can replace a student’s final grade […]
Meet Zoom, FIU’s New Web Conferencing Tool
After a successful yearlong pilot, we’re happy to announce that Zoom will become FIU’s official web conferencing application for real-time course lectures, meetings, and tutoring. Members of the University community, including the Division of IT, FIU Online, and faculty representatives, found that the vast majority of users in the pilot familiar with FIU’s web conferencing […]