Microsoft Teams is a program for engaging with students both synchronously and asynchronously, allowing for chatting, video and audio calls, and even sharing presentations with students while on a call. However, according to Sam Williams, academic technology and innovation, because of the many features it has, it can be a bit intimidating to get started […]
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Participants Wanted: Use Real-Time Web-Based Polling in your Classes!
The academic technology services and innovation team is looking for faculty members to participate in a pilot project of Poll Everywhere, which enables digital polling and student-response gathering using laptops or other electronic devices that they already have with them, rather than requiring additional devices such as clickers. Faculty can create questions in a number […]
Skype for Business Migrating to Teams Meetings on March 4
According to UP’s academic technology services and innovation team, Microsoft is retiring Skype for Business and has migrated all calling and conferencing functionality to the Microsoft Teams App. Calling and meeting using the Teams App is very similar to Skype. Click this link to learn more about Teams Meetings. To learn more about using Teams […]
New Academic Technology Services & Innovation Site
Academic technology services & innovation (ATSI) has launched a new site to help communicate its many services to the academic community, according to Sam Williams, ATSI. You can find the site by visiting pilots.up.edu and clicking on “Academic Technology Services & Innovation” in the left navigation. The new URL for the site is https://pilots.up.edu/group/atsi. Visit to learn about services we […]
Moodle Drop-in Hours, Dec. 2: Your Way To Stress-Free Holidays
Need some help with your Moodle life? Drop by Franz 33 any time between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday, December 2 through Thursday December 5 and academic technology services and innovation staff will be there to help with issues big and small, from gradebook set-up to getting your spring courses into tip-top shape. […]
IGNITE Grants Information Session, Nov. 22
The development office and academic technology services & innovation will offer an IGNITE Grant information session on Friday, November 22, at 11:15 a.m., in Franz Hall room 33. The event is open to any staff or faculty member (or students working with faculty of staff), and topics will include: Why you should apply Tips on interpreting […]
Spring 2020 Moodle Courses: Timing, What’s New, and Support
Spring 2020 courses will be available in Moodle starting Friday, November 15 to allow instructors to get an early start in preparing courses for the upcoming semester, according to Ben Kahn. If you don’t see your courses right away, don’t press the panic button. It takes a few days to get all of the courses […]
Participants Wanted: Annotate the Web With Your Students
The academic technology services & innovation office is seeking faculty participants to pilot digital annotation software for teaching and learning. ATSI will be partnering with Hypothesis, a non-profit and open-source tool allowing any webpage to be collaboratively annotated, commented on, and discussed. Initial research suggests that the social reading this technology allows can improve comprehension, […]
TLC From The TLC: Need a Moodle Question Answered?
Do you have Moodle questions? Maybe you are new to UP and are coming from using a different learning management system like Blackboard or Canvas. Perhaps you’ve been using Moodle for a while but want to leverage it more to create efficiencies or open up new opportunities. Or maybe you are brand new to the […]
UPCrossroads With Gwynn Klobes, Jan. 25
Come explore the dynamics of the digital workplace with the Pamplin School of Business’ Gwynn Klobes at the next UPCrossroads event, taking place on Friday, January 25, at 3 p.m., in the Digital Lab. Klobes is the program director for the P4 program and will share some of the technical tools and strategies she uses […]