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Rutgers Canvas is pleased to announce that Hypothesis, a collaborative annotation app, now supports Canvas sections. Previously, if a Canvas course site contained more than one section, all annotations were visible to all participants regardless of section membership. With section support, Hypothesis now ensures that student annotations are shared with members in the same section. … Read More
Rutgers Canvas is pleased to announce that Playposit, a video interaction tool, now supports dual video streams for Kaltura media. Previously, instructors who used Kaltura Capture to record their desktop or Powerpoint presentation and a web camera were unable to share both video streams in Playposit. With this upgrade, instructors may choose to include the … Read More
Join us for a webinar for Canvas instructors hosted by George Haines, Voicethread instructional designer. George is a former K-12 teacher and higher ed instructional designer who has taught a variety of online courses. The webinar will be on July 17, 2020, at 10 AM. Register for the Webinar VoiceThread allows you to create multimedia … Read More
Rutgers Canvas is pleased to announce that UDOIT has been upgraded. UDOIT enables faculty to identify accessibility issues in their Canvas course content. It will scan a course, generate a report, and provide resources on how to address common accessibility issues. While the UDOIT upgrade does not add new features for the end-user, the upgrade … Read More
The Proctortrack documentation in Canvas Commons has now been updated. The updated documentation includes: New Quizzes Instructor Manual Proctoring Configuration Manual Providing Quiz Accommodations while using Proctortrack As instructors prepare for the new semester, please follow these best practices to ensure a seamless proctoring experience for your students: Click Troubleshoot in the Proctortrack Dashboard. This … Read More
Join us for a webinar for instructors hosted by Hypothesis Director of Education, Dr. Jeremy Dean. The webinar will be on June 4, 2020, at 12 PM. Webinar Join Link The Hypothesis LMS app brings discussion directly to course content by enabling students and teachers to add comments and start conversations in the margins of … Read More
Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, will be performing maintenance on the Google Apps LTI in Rutgers Canvas on Friday, May 29, 2020, starting at 3 AM ET (7 AM UTC; click here to find out when you’ll be affected). Instructure will be increasing database capacity to meet increasing demand over a two hour period … Read More
Rutgers is pleased to announce the ability for Kaltura Capture to re-upload recordings previously uploaded to Kaltura. Users may upload entries to Kaltura via Rutgers MediaSpace or through My Media or Media Gallery in Canvas. In some instances, the upload and save process may fail. The entry may be “processing” for hours; it has likely … Read More
Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, will be performing maintenance on the Google Apps LTI in Rutgers Canvas on Saturday, May 16, 2020, starting at 3 AM ET (7 AM UTC; click here to find out when you’ll be affected). Instructure will be performing maintenance over a two hour period of time. Rutgers users will … Read More
Availability Available for the Spring 2020 grading period beginning May 7, 2020, 8:30am EST. Summary The REGIS GradeSync application will now use the letter grade displayed to the instructor in the “Total” column of the Gradebook. The letter grade will include all posted and unposted grades; the letter grade will omit excused, unsubmitted, and ungraded … Read More