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New Assignment Experience Available in VoiceThread

VoiceThread has announced the long anticipated updates to its assignment experience. These updates will be automatically applied to all users over the coming summer, however, interested users can opt in to the new experience for some or all of their classes now. If you think you might be interested in doing so, more information can be found in our November 19th TechTalk post.

For more information contact Dawn Lloyd, ATSI, at x8775 or lloyd@up.edu.

Zoom: Connect with Confidence!

Zoom has announced a two-part webinar series to take place this month. The series will be aimed at helping users increase their skill in building connection in online classrooms and meetings. For more information, or to sign up for the series, see Academic Technology Services and Innovation’s November 4th TechTalk post using this link.

For more information contact Dawn Lloyd, academic technology services and innovation, at lloyd@up.edu.

New Features In ATSI Tools for Online Instruction

Both Zoom and TechSmith have recently announced key updates to their available features to enhance use in online instruction. To find out more about these new features, please see our post in the TechTalk Blog: New Features Coming to Zoom and TechSmith.

We hope you will find these new features exciting and helpful!

For more information contact Dawn Lloyd, ATSI, at lloyd@up.edu.

ATSI Presents Webinar Wednesdays, Moodle Mondays This Summer

Academic technology services & innovation will be offering a weekly series of “Wednesday Webinars” and “Moodle Mondays” to support faculty who are preparing for hybrid and online instruction this fall. UP faculty can find all session times, details, and RSVP forms on the Hybrid & Online Basecamp Moodle page.

  • Wed. 7/29 – Are you wary of “Zoom fatigue?” ATSI instructional designer Maria Erb will facilitate this discussion focused on strategies to beat the Zoom blues. We’ll discuss how well-planned asynchronous activities and a class structure that is designed for the online medium can help you create a great learning environment at distance.
  • Wed. 8/5 – With final exams slated to be online and de-densified classrooms on campus, please join ATSI for this session on administering assessments via the Moodle Quiz module. We’ll discuss how to create or import questions, review available quiz options, show how to meet accommodation needs, and review the Proctorio digital proctoring tool.
  • Moodle Mondays: Mondays starting 7/13 through 8/10 – ATSI technical support specialist Dawn Lloyd will host drop-in “office hours” style sessions for any Moodle questions, queries or how-tos. Faculty can drop in for one-on-one help on Moodle issues large or small.

For more information contact ATSI at atsi@up.edu.