In Spring 2024, a committee of faculty and staff recommended that Ohio State continue use of Turnitin Feedback Studio, an anti-plagiarism tool integrated with CarmenCanvas. Turnitin scored highest across the criteria rated, offers a high level of privacy and security, and scores a rating of "excellent" on usability surveys.
Before you dive into autumn semester, be sure to learn about the latest updates to teaching and learning tools and other technology services from the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) . Learn more about our new proctoring tool, Honorlock ; review changes and improvements to CarmenCanvas ; check out new features in Media site ; find out how you and your students can access Adobe Express and Creative Cloud; and so much more.
As of April 20, Autumn 2024 courses are available for instructors to create in CarmenCanvas. More information about creating a course can be found in the Teaching and...
Between spring and summer semesters, the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) and various tool vendors will make updates and improvements to Ohio State’s teaching and learning toolset. Explore new features in CarmenCanvas, learn about new proctoring solutions and get excited for improvements to existing tools.
Manage Participants allows instructors to have control over adding, removing, and changing enrollment (participant) information in a CarmenCanvas course. Manage Participants has replaced Add Participants. It can be accessed through the...
The Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) has been hard at work between autumn and spring semesters to update our tools and services. This round of continual improvement projects included added security measures for eLearning tools, improved sync hr o nization of identity data, and a focus on accessibility awareness. You and your students should also be aware of upcoming change s to Wi-Fi at Ohio State and potential issues with email forwarding .
Beginning this spring, students, staff and faculty may notice a change in their displayed pronouns in CarmenCanvas and CarmenZoom. These two tools will begin pulling pronoun information from my.osu.edu, the Ohio State app, Buckeye Link (for students), and Workday (for faculty and staff). Any...
On February 16, the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) will be retiring the option to create Master Courses in CarmenCanvas, but Forum Courses will remain and serve the same purpose. OTDI is making this change to simplify our learning management system and retire a redundant feature with an outdated name. This change supports our commitments to DEIJ initiatives and continual service improvement.
As you settle into a new semester at Ohio State, be sure to review the latest updates from the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI). Learn more about new accessibility features added to CarmenZoom ; check out a few improvements in CarmenCanvas as well as official guidance for proctoring; remind your students to renew their Adobe licenses; and learn about changes for accessing important software like Minitab.
