Good Afternoon
ESU Canvas Community!
Product
Release: The latest 3-week product sprint (update)
will be released on Saturday, March 12th. New features in
this update are listed in detail below. They include improvements to Analytics,
Assignments, Course Settings, Calendar, Course Imports, Dashboard, People,
Quizzes, and several other features.
March 12th
Detailed Release
Notes & Screencast
New Canvas
Interface is Coming!
Another reminder
that the new Canvas interface is right around the corner - Tuesday, May
17th - following grade submission. This is not an optional
update. We chose May 17th to reduce the impact on spring and summer courses.
This interface will mirror the mobile version of Canvas with a completely
revised dashboard and user experience. It is designed to support newer touch
interface devices, such as the Microsoft Surface. You can learn more about the
interface by following
this link. Or, you can watch a video that
illustrates the new user experience. Dr. Anna Catterson, Mark Summey, and Joe
Kern will be offering workshops on the new interface following Spring Break.
Refer to our Blog
for specific information and a timeline.
7 Things You Should
Know…..
We’ve started a new monthly
series called “7 Things You Should Know….”. Each month we’ll introduce a new
topic on a variety of emergent technologies in higher education. This month we
look at 3D Printing and 3D Scanning: 7
Things You Should Know About 3D Scanning and Printing. You can see a
demonstration of 3D scanning and printing in VH109.
Lesser Known Tips and
Tricks
We just became
aware of a Microsoft product that looks pretty interesting. It’s called “Mix”
and it is free. Mix is an add-in for PowerPoint that provides multimedia-like
functionality, such as inline voice and video – similar to lecture capture. You
store your presentations in the cloud. See https://mix.office.com/en-us/Home
for more details. Several campuses are blending Mix and Canvas.
Thanks,
Rob
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