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University West plans to introduce Zoom AI. The service provides, among other things, live captions during meetings, automatic meeting summaries and real-time translation.
On August 26, Zoom on the web gets a new interface. Settings are being relocated and the navigation is redesigned. Functionality is not affected.
Students now have a notebook in Canvas.
The self-study course on generative AI for students, titled 'AI Essentials: A Student Module', is now complete and can be used in two ways: either for you as a teacher to import into your Canvas course via Commons, or for students to undertake the course directly online...
You can now get help with checking and then fixing accessibility issues in your Canvas course with the click of a button. This could be, for example, images that lack alternative text or colors that are difficult to read.
Starting this fall, we will be providing English courses for both teaching faculty and administrative staff.
The much-requested feature for auto-replies in the Inbox has been available in Canvas for a few years now.
ePortfolio will be removed on 30/09/2026.
We have all seen it happen. A clause about AI is added to the syllabus, perhaps a sentence regarding what is permitted, or maybe a prohibition. Then, the rest of the course continues as before. It is an understandable first reaction, but it is not course development. It...
On March 21, rubrics were updated in terms of both features and appearance, for example: Self-assessment, a new feature: The student uses the rubric to grade their own work after they submitted. The teacher can read the student's comments. Settings are made when the rub...
Have you completed all the modules in the AI self-study course and would like to deepen your knowledge? If so, GenAI in Higher Education may be relevant as further reading.
SpeedGrader has been updated and has received an improved interface along with several new features: If a student submits multiple times on the same assignment, the teacher’s comments are now linked to each submission attempt. The comment library can be filtered by cour...
You can create and assign tags to students in Canvas. The tags are hidden from the students. Use cases Assign modules, pages, assignments, and discussions Send messages in the Inbox Filter the gradebook and people list Examples of use Tag each student with their supervi...
Meeting info has moved location
Recently, unauthorized people have gotten into some Zoom meetings, which has led to disruptions and unsafe situations.