by Sage Freeman | May 21, 2024 | Blog
Working with Nursing Students using Simulations in Virtual Reality Kelsie Powell, Instructor in the Nursing program at Chemeketa uses virtual reality simulations with students to augment their learning. Using a VR program called UbiSim, students are able to work...
by Sage Freeman | Apr 16, 2024 | Canvas, Canvas Announcements, Technology Updates
The Canvas Discussions & Announcements features have recently been redesigned. These new features will be enabled by default in all courses after July 20th, 2024. The Canvas Discussion/Announcements redesign allows for better peer-to-peer interaction through a...
by Sage Freeman | Apr 15, 2024 | Zoom Release Notes
In this Zoom release: New app name “Zoom Workplace” Updated icons and color themes Personalized Meeting Toolbar New Color Themes Multi-Speaker Layout Meeting Wallpapers Dynamic Emojis Reactions Portrait Lighting for Video View the full Release Notes from...
by Sage Freeman | Jan 8, 2024 | Technology Updates, Zoom
During the winter break we updated the Single Sign-On process for accessing the college Zoom website. Faculty and staff may be prompted to verify their account when they login to the Zoom website for the first time after making this change. NOTE: The new SSO login...
by Sage Freeman | Dec 26, 2023 | Kaltura, Technology Updates
We are in the process of updating the Kaltura Media Player to a new version in Canvas and our Kaltura MediaSpace website. Below are highlights of new features and improved functionality. Interactive Transcript If your media has closed captions available viewers can...
by Sage Freeman | Oct 21, 2023 | Canvas Release Notes
In this Canvas release: Recurring events in Calendar – Instructors can create and edit recurring events. View full release notes from Canvas Support: Canvas Release Notes (2023-10-21). Calendar Recurring Events In the Calendar, instructors can create and edit...
by Sage Freeman | Sep 19, 2023 | Zoom Release Notes
In this Zoom release: Zoom Notes for Meetings – a new workspace to create and collaborate before, during, and after meetings. View the full blog post from Zoom. Zoom Notes for Meetings Zoom Notes allows meeting hosts to create and share content within a Zoom...
by Sage Freeman | Sep 16, 2023 | Canvas Release Notes
In this Canvas release: Restrict View of Quantitative Data – display letter grades or the marks set by the grading scheme only. Point Based Grading Scheme – instructors can choose to have a point-based grading scheme when creating new schemes or editing...
by Sage Freeman | Aug 28, 2023 | Blog, Canvas, Canvas Announcements, Featured Updates - Technology
Dear faculty, We recently updated several integrated tools in Canvas and wanted to make you aware of these changes. These updates will help improve functionality and keep our tools up to date in Canvas. What’s changing? The following tools have been replaced with new...
