At the close of the academic year, we often look to statistics to provide an idea of how our services were used over the past 12 months. This year’s numbers illuminate how the past 4 months have significantly impacted the way users are interacting with our services.
The academic year in numbers:
39,975 Zoom meetings were launched from Canvas
9 schools created 864 learning experiences in the ExEd instance of Canvas
Residential Canvas was extended with the use of 156 LTI tools; ExEd Canvas was extended with 86 tools (10 new tool installations since the Fall term!)
8,500+ hours of video were captured and 150,000 hours were delivered in Panopto
123 Slack workspaces were created
Teaching and Learning Remotely
On July 19th, Zoom will require all meetings to have a passcode or waiting room as part of Zoom’s effort to improve security and privacy. The Zoom Governance Group and the Academic Technology Advisory Board are meeting together to discuss the impact and the communication plan for this change.
The Pages - Add / Edit / Delete permission has been separated into three distinct permissions that can be managed individually or as a group. When the permission includes a mix of enabled and disabled permissions, the main permission status indicates the permission is partially enabled, using a half-filled green circle as the icon. (This update does not affect the Pages API.)
In Beta until 7/18/20
A variety of feature options that were released and enabled during the first half of this year will be enforced on July 18, including:
Other feature options, such as confetti for on-time submissions and product tours, will be converted to account or course settings in a future release.
Coming in July to the Qualtrics Community: a new community sub-space dedicated to Higher Education. Qualtrics has described it as a place to share best practices and discuss specific issues and use cases for Higher Ed. There will be resources, videos, and content created by fellow users. More details to come in next month’s update!
Poll Everywhere
On the Polls page, the poll activation icon is now a button that says “Activate”:
A persistent “Share” button is now displayed next to poll groups:
Panopto
On Friday, July 17, you will be required to upgrade your Panopto for Mac, or Panopto for Windows to version 7.1 or above. To upgrade follow the instructions in the IT Help Portal.
Stay up to date by reviewing new Panopto articles in the IT Help Portal, including:
Poll Everywhere is hosting its first Competition Showdown at 3:30 EST. This will be a live trivia competition focused on summer travel destinations, art, and global exhibits. RSVP to save your spot!
7/17/20: Academic Technology Office Hours
Need advice on software development or have a wiki question? Drop in to the Zoom between 2-3pm!
10/15/20: CanvasCon Online
Instructure is combining their annual InstructureCon and regional CanvasCon events into one FREE, online conference! Register here.
7/8/20