Each year, FIU participates in a community-wide Summer Youth Internship Program (SYIP). This program runs in partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools. SYIP connects high school students with paid part-time internship opportunities across the university. This exposes them to the world of higher education administration. Additionally, it helps them gain invaluable skills that can be […]
FIU Online’s Monthly Faculty Webinar explores the potential for Perusall to improve and completely revamp your students’ attitudes towards reading instructional material. The “Read or Not to Read? With Perusall, that’s no longer a question” faculty webinar, presented in September 2021 by FIU Online’s Maikel Right and Jeni Lopez, demonstrates how to use Perusall to […]
FIU Online Insider is excited to announce the upcoming development of an in-depth series dedicated to all things UDL in Online Education, but first, this article will introduce the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework. What is the Universal Design for Learning? The Universal Design for Learning framework was developed in 1984. The founders, Dr. […]
FIU Online’s Insider Instructor Webinar series explores relevant instructional strategies and effective uses of technology for the online environment. In “Has Your Content Gone Stale? H5P Can Help!,” Associate Director of Learning Technology and Honors College Faculty Fellow Maikel Right (formerly Alendy) discussed how leverage H5P to create more engaging content. In this article, we […]
With 24 years of experience in online learning and more than 13,000 graduates who completed fully online degree programs, Florida International University consistently creates opportunities for its students through FIU Online, the university’s virtual modality. From rankings and quality, affordability to skills gaps, as well as partnerships and accessibility, FIU Online shapes the learning experience […]
The first annual FIU Online All Access Day took place in Spring to help faculty increase accessibility in their online courses. The event took place on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This inaugural event offered faculty members one-on-one Zoom sessions or in-person tutorials at the Modesto Maidique, Biscayne Bay, and Engineering Center campuses. “As our […]
With more than 24 years of online learning excellence, FIU, Miami’s first and only public research university, added more No. 1 rankings for many of its online programs than it has ever garnered in the past. The 2022 rankings, from a range of ranking bodies, placed 20 of FIU’s online degree programs first in the […]
In support of our transition from Google to Microsoft 365 (M365), FIU will be launching two Microsoft tools within Canvas on Monday, August 1, 2022. Microsoft Teams Meetings Access and schedule Teams meetings for your class directly from Canvas using the Microsoft Teams’ desktop, mobile, or the web. Please note, this only makes a meeting and […]
As instructors, consider the following settings with your Canvas Gradebook before Summer B & Summer C 2022 final grades are finalized and submitted. Canvas Settings for Summer 2022 Final Grades Grading SchemeIt is essential that an instructor sets a course Grading Scheme that properly reflects the grading policy on the syllabus. Please verify your Grading […]
FIU is currently in the process of migrating our users from Google to Microsoft 365 (M365). As part of the transition, FIU IT is hosting several training sessions to help get you familiar with M365 and its suite of applications such as, OneDrive, Mail, and Teams. As an instructor, you have access to 1.5 TB of OneDrive […]
