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Spring has sprung and we are looking forward to warmer temps, sunnier skies, and the possibility that we may be seeing each other again in person later this year! Until then, we’d love to “see” you at our Office Hours preview of the overhauled Qualtrics user interface. Also read below to check out a few new features and the Masquerade tool in Canvas.
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Teaching and Learning Remotely
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Zoom updates for teaching & learning 
- Enable live captions and transcripts in meetings.
- Webinar hosts and panelists are now able to send files in chat. (To send or receive files, users must be on version 5.6.0 or higher.)
- In chat, enter ‘:’ plus two or more letters to display emoji options.
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In production 
To be released 4/17
- In New Quizzes, the Multiple Attempts menu will include an option to retain the first score for grading when multiple submission attempts are allowed. This change allows instructors to permit students to retake a quiz but retain the first attempt score for grading.
Security updates
 “Act as a user”
As described last month, we have made changes to the way masquerade works. Instead of having continuous access to the masquerade function, admins can now use a new Masquerade Tool that temporarily allows them to act as a user for 60 minutes. The tool is available, so please tell us if you’d like to opt-in now.
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 Help designing your polls:
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 The next time you log in to Qualtrics, you should notice significant changes to the user interface (UI). The navigation and project creation interface have been modified, and you should see an opt-in banner for the new Survey Builder feature. Details about these changes are in the IT Help portal. Additional resources provided by Qualtrics since our last communication include:
Join us during our Office Hours for a first look at the changes. See the Events section below for details and Zoom info.
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 Due to ongoing contract negotiations with Slack, we are currently limiting the creation of new Slack workspaces to those created only for individual courses. We hope to be able to expand this service in the future to once again include lab and student group spaces on the Grid. Unfortunately we do not have a projected timeline for when this will be possible.
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Drop in for advice or questions about Panopto.
Drop in for advice on software development or to ask questions about any of Academic Technology's services.
Register for or share Zoom’s webinars to learn more about creating high-quality online experiences. Selected offerings:
Learn how organizations are taking action to move forward in today’s climate. Tom Brady will be among the keynote speakers and these three education sessions are offered:
- Cornell University: using Qualtrics to address diversity, equity, and inclusion through their "Belonging at Cornell" program.
- Angela Duckworth from Character lab: using science to reimagine how students learn while still caring for their social and emotional selves.
- Sal Khan from Khan Academy: navigating the real-life challenges of virtual learning.
- 4/13 at 12-2:30pm Register
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—The HUIT Academic Technology Team
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Photo at the top of this email of tulips in the garden of the Mary Prentiss Inn in Cambridge, MA courtesy of Kim Smith Films
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