Month: August 2023

D2L August 2023 Update
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D2L August 2023 Updates

Announcements – Pin announcements to top of Announcement widget and tool pages

At long last one of the most requested features is here! Instructors may now pin announcements to the top of the announcement widget, allowing important information to remain visible at the top to all learners. You can pin an announcement by selecting the context menu next to it and selecting “Pin to top” from the list of options.

Figure: Select Pin to top to pin an announcement to the top of the announcement widget.
Creator+ – Layouts now supports Insert Element 

Creator+ Layouts now supports inserting creator+ elements in a Layouts panel. Previously these layouts did not support this.

Rubrics – Improve your evaluation experience with the new collapsible panel for Assignments and Discussions in mobile view 

With this update the UI and scale of evaluating with rubrics has been vastly improved for mobile devices, making grading easier on the go using collapsible elements rather than directing to new components when grading.

Figure: the new rubric interface for mobile devices collapsing into neat piles.
User Progress – Class Progress displays absent periods more clearly

This feature updates Class Progress to better align the login date and the absent period. When viewing data for Course Access, Login History, and System Access History, the absent period now correlates to the login date on the same line.
Previously, the login date and absent period were misaligned, which caused confusion to users viewing the data.

2023 Open Education Conference
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The Open Education Conference is an annual convening for sharing and learning about open educational resources, open pedagogy, and open education initiatives. The 2023 Open Education Conference is scheduled to occur virtually November 7- 9, 2023, and we can secure attendance for 25 individuals from the System.  

Registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis and will be managed through our office. Please reserve your virtual seat by completing the following survey at your earliest convenience, so don’t miss out on this chance to be a part of this enriching event.  

Registration Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MRM538R

(From original email shared by Kim Burkett with SC Tech Office 8.1.23)

AI Tools: Discovery & Implications for Higher Education
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Date: August 15, 2023

Time: 2:30PM

Location: Webinar

About the Webinar: Explosively disruptive technology like generative Artificial Intelligence comes along infrequently. Let’s explore some of these tools, their characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, and what they mean for higher education and humanity in general.

About the Presenter: George Abraham uses his 20+ years of experience in Information Technology to serve the students and community of Greenville County, South Carolina, as the Chief Information Officer of Greenville Technical College. He is excited for the transformative potential of technology, specifically to lift people’s lives and livelihood. Prior to his current position, George has led at Central Piedmont Community College at Charlotte, NC and at The Ohio State University at Columbus, OH. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, with 2 subsequent Masters degrees, in Industrial Engineering and in Business.

To Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6WXh0d9nTHWYo_UMKQEnow#/registration.