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Virtual Desktop Environment (VDE) Downtime

VDE Unavailable March 14th and 15th

The provider of our campus Virtual Desktop Environment (VDE) will be relocating their data center the weekend of March 14th and 15th.  As a result the GenLab, Modeling, and GenStaff VDE pools will...

Posted: March 11, 2020, 8:42 AM

Daily Training: LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor

Training for Online Assessment Tools Provided by the Vendor

Instructor Training: LockDown Browser and Respondus MonitorLockDown Browser is a custom browser that prevents digital cheating during an online exam. Respondus Monitor is a companion application...

Posted: March 10, 2020, 1:22 PM

GO Kit Series: Assess Student Learning for Course Continuity

Minimize impact of campus closures with a Go Online Kit

This article is a part of Instructional Technology's Planning Your Go Online (GO) Kit series. Explore communication, active learning, and assessment strategies in an online environment to keep...

Posted: March 9, 2020, 8:58 AM

GO Kit Series: Prepare Active Learning for Course Continuity

Minimize impact of campus closures with a Go Online Kit

This article is a part of Instructional Technology's Planning Your Go Online Kit series. Explore communication, active learning, and assessment strategies in an online environment to keep your...

Posted: March 6, 2020, 10:59 AM

GO Kit Series: Continuity Begins with Clear Communication

Minimize impact of campus closures with a Go Online Kit

This article is a part of Instructional Technology's Planning Your Go Online (GO) Kit series. Explore communication, active learning, and assessment strategies in an online environment to keep...

Posted: March 5, 2020, 11:56 AM

Using Respondus Tools to Address Integrity of Online Tests

EHS prof calls Monitor “a game-changer”

Over the past year, Respondus Monitor, a companion tool to Respondus Lockdown Browser (LDB), has been used by one faculty member to address inherent academic integrity concerns of online learning....

Posted: March 5, 2020, 11:16 AM

Open Education Week: Online webcasts

Stream webcasts from OER events from Open Week

The first week in March marks Open Education Week! This is a week to showcase the open education resources (OER) and how openly licensed course materials help to advance student learning and...

Posted: March 3, 2020, 12:50 PM

New to VoiceThread? Try These Free Workshops

VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in several ways – text, voice, audio file, or...

Posted: February 26, 2020, 11:33 AM

Reminder - REX maintenance on Saturday, February 15

This is a reminder that we will be doing maintenance on REX on Saturday starting at 10 AM.  During this time access to reports may be limited.  We will send another message when the maintenance is...

Posted: February 14, 2020, 12:21 PM

Quarterly patching downtime on 2/21/2020 and 2/22/2020

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, February 21st and Saturday, February 22nd.  While many of...

Posted: February 12, 2020, 10:02 AM