by Sage Freeman | Nov 10, 2025 | Canvas, Technology Updates
Starting winter term faculty and students will have access to new Canvas Portfolio tool. Canvas will offer two types of portfolios to support both learner-driven and instructor-guided use cases. Showcase Portfolios help learners tell their own stories and highlight...
by Sage Freeman | Nov 9, 2025 | Canvas, Technology Updates
Attention Faculty, Below are important updates regarding the use of Respondus LockDown Browser (LDB) with Canvas New Quizzes. Instructors must access the Lockdown Browser Dashboard after they complete the course copy process or copy individual quizzes into their...
by Sage Freeman | Oct 2, 2025 | GenAI, Technology Updates, Zoom
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are rapidly transforming the way we work and learn. Among these are AI Notetaker services like Fireflies.ai and tl;dv, which promise to save time by automatically transcribing, summarizing, and even sharing highlights from your Zoom...
by Bill Hamlin | Sep 24, 2025 | Canvas Announcements
Starting last Spring term, we began the migration process from Classic Quizzes to New Quizzes to ensure a smooth transition before Classic Quizzes are phased out. New Quizzes offer enhanced question types, improved analytics, and greater flexibility in assessment...
by Sage Freeman | Jun 13, 2025 | Canvas, Canvas Announcements, Featured Updates - Technology
Dear Faculty, Since we first migrated to Canvas as our Learning Management System, we have been using the free version of Canvas Badges/Credentials, which allows instructors to recognize learner accomplishments by awarding digital badges. On June 13, 2025, Canvas...
by Heather Mariger | Jun 3, 2025 | Academic Updates, Accessibility, Canvas, Technology Updates
Digital materials have become an essential part of the higher education experience and with the new Title II Rules, we have until April 2027 (changed from April 2026) to ensure that our materials and websites are accessible and usable for all – including students with...
by Bill Hamlin | May 20, 2025 | Canvas, Canvas Announcements, Technology Updates
UPDATE – May 20th, 2025 Discussion Checkpoints are coming to Canvas this summer! Based on faculty feedback, Canvas recently added improvements to the instructor experience in the SpeedGrader. Instructors can switch to view individual posts vs. viewing the full...
by Sage Freeman | Mar 19, 2025 | Zoom
Zoom AI Companion has been enabled for all college employees! Key Features Meeting summary with AI Companion: transcribes and summarizes key points from meetings. When a meeting host enables this feature during their meeting, participants will see a prompt letting...
by Sage Freeman | Feb 7, 2025 | Technology Updates
Did you know that Chemeketa Faculty have access to Virtual Reality technology? The Chemeketa Health Sciences Department has multiple Meta Quest 3 VR headsets that are used by the Nursing program to provide students with virtual simulation learning experiences. In Bldg...
by Lauren Funderburg | Oct 3, 2024 | Canvas, Technology Updates
If you encounter an undelivered message from Canvas, below is information and instructions for resolving this issue. This summer we changed email addresses for employee accounts in Canvas. When replying to Canvas messages using Gmail you must use...
