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 […]
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Integrating Microsoft Teams & Canvas
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 […]
Summer 2022 Final Grades Prep
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 […]
Integrating Microsoft 365 OneDrive and Canvas
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 […]
Celebrating Faculty Choice Award Winners 2022
The Faculty Choice Awards have been given out at every FIU Online Conference since 2014. These awards honor faculty who advance quality design and enhance the student online experience. Faculty self-nominate a fully-online course to be reviewed by a panel of their peers. The committee of faculty judges evaluate each nomination by using the award […]
Adopt Your Fall 2022 Course Resources
Winter is coming! The Fall 2022 course resources adoption season is coming to a close. Slide in before that July 8th, 2022 deadline by entering your required course materials and textbook(s) into the FIU Adoption & Insights Portal (AIP). Fall 2022 Textbook & Course Resources Adoption Even if you do not require the purchase of […]
After a two-year hiatus, FIU Online CON is back!
Roots FIU Online hosted their FIU Online CON 2022 conference in April 2022 at the Miami Marriott Dadeland. The annual faculty conference was first held in 2002. The event aimed to provide FIU instructors with the opportunity to discover new instructional technology and innovative learning tools. Also, it showcased best practices for developing engaging and […]
Prep for Summer A 2022 Final Grades & Crosslisting Requests
As instructors, consider the following settings with your Canvas Gradebook before Summer A 2022 final grades are finalized and submitted. Canvas Settings for Summer A 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 Scheme is […]
FIU Online Earns Top Rankings by Intelligent.com
The Intelligent.com higher education resource guide released its best institution programs in the U.S. for 2022. It lists the largest number of online learning programs for the university. FIU continues to add to its list of top rankings among national universities for online learning for 2022 by Intelligent.com. The organization recognized the largest number of […]
2 Professors Constructing Quality Courses
While preparing to present at FIU Online Con 2022, CultivatED, instructors Brent Huffman and Eugenio Jaramillo shared their experience in constructing quality courses with the Insider. Both Huffman and Jaramillo teach as adjuncts in the Moss Department of Construction Management program, part of the FIU Engineering and Computing department. The “Constructing Quality Courses” presentation‘s aim […]