The Transition to Simple Syllabus
The time has come to say goodbye to the Blue Wave Syllabus Builder and step into the future of syllabus creation with Simple Syllabus. This new system will provide a consistent experience for our students, an easy to use creation tool for our instructors, and a robust search and reporting feature for supervisors and administration - all while enabling us to meet the requirements of the state.
Introducing the Canvas New User Tutorial: Enhanced Onboarding and Support
The EdTech team is excited to announce something new, informational, and even a little fun! We will be activating a New User Tutorial in Canvas, specifically tailored for our new users and those who may need tips for using various pages in Canvas. This new feature is part of our commitment to ensuring that you have the best possible experience and support as you navigate and utilize Canvas for your teaching needs.
Canvas Course Archival Plan Begins This Fall
As we approach the five-year mark of transitioning to Canvas, the Education Technology team would like to introduce the Canvas Course Archival Plan. This initiative will begin the process of streamlining course archives, ensuring that our digital learning environment remains both efficient and secure. The plan outlined below provides a clear timeline for the archiving and eventual deletion of courses, as well as what you should do to prepare for this project.
2024 Audio/Visual Refresh
To provide our students with the best possible learning environment, IT strives to refresh audio-visual equipment on a 5-year lifecycle. The following rooms have been identified as needing their audio-visual equipment refreshed this year.
BigBlueButton 2.7 Update is Here!
Though not as big as the 2.6 update, BigBlueButton’s 2.7 update is here. This update offers users improved usability, increased engagement, and more performance. Here's a breakdown of what's new in 2.7.
New Teams App Available
Microsoft has released a new version of Teams available and the College will be enabling the update for all staff and faculty on February 1st, 2024. This new version delivers improved performance, speed, and security – but overall has a familiar look and feel to it so it will be an easy switch for users.
Writing Great Gen AI Prompts
While it appears that new functions and applications of generative AI are announced daily, a crucial skill that users are attempting to master is the ability to craft an effective prompt. Understanding how to articulate your request to elicit the desired outcome from the tool is like knowing how to formulate precise queries when using search engines like Google. In this blog post, we've compiled (with some help from our own favorite AI chat tool) a set of tips that you can experiment with the next time you use your favorite AI tool.
Embracing the Passphrase
As you read in the recent email, IT has given everyone the gift of no longer requiring a password change every 60 days. In this blog post, we’ll recap the steps to ensure you have a secure passphrase and how to avoid it being compromised.
FSCJ’s 2023 Canvas Usage Wrapped
You may be familiar Spotify’s Yearly Wrapped, a fun overview of a person’s listening habits over the year. Today, we want to share our version of a Canvas Wrapped - a look at FSCJ’s Canvas usage from the past year and beyond. Below are a few graphs that visualize all the ways that we use Canvas at FSCJ. Let’s take a closer look at the data. Like Spotify’s Yearly Wrapped, you may be surprised what the data reveals!
Now You Can Enable Student Replies to Canvas Announcements
We're excited to share an update that brings a small, but potentially impactful change to your Canvas courses. Instructors can now allow student replies to course announcements, per course and per announcement.