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  • Your Feedback on Teaching Tools Shapes Future of Learning at Ohio State

    Randi Honkonen | January 28, 2025
    In the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI), we strive to provide instructors and students with the tools and resources necessary to achieve learning outcomes. That’s why we routinely solicit feedback from those who use our tools to help us improve our offerings or decide when it’s time to pivot to something new. Throughout the academic year, the Learning Systems Innovation (LSI)...
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  • Save Time with Fastenal Order Templates

    Richard Hunter | January 28, 2025
    Fastenal is the contracted supplier for building maintenance supplies and janitorial products. University purchases for these items must go through Buckeye Buy. And if you’re a frequent user of the Fastenal catalog in the supplier website section of Buckeye Buy, you may be able to save time with order templates. You can build an order template of frequently purchased items directly in the catalog...

  • Microsoft 365 Upgrades Bring New Features and Enhanced Performance

    Beth Varcho | January 24, 2025
    Microsoft 365 has rolled out new features and updates across its key apps, including Microsoft Teams, Copilot, and OneDrive. These enhancements elevate user experience by enabling customization of how you view Teams on your screen, improved filtering of extraneous noises during calls, and new ways to collaborate. In addition, Microsoft is changing the name of the Microsoft 365 (Office) app. It is...

  • CarmenCanvas Rubrics Improvements

    Learning Systems | January 21, 2025
    Instructors now have the option to use a set of improvements for creating and using rubrics to assess assignments in CarmenCanvas. These improvements make it easier to create, edit, and reorganize rubrics when they are created by clicking on Rubrics in the course navigation. The interface for creating rubrics within an assignment will remain the same. When using rubrics to grade assignments in...

  • International Acknowledgement of Understanding Questionnaire Update

    Richard Hunter | January 21, 2025
    Effective January 28, the International Acknowledgement of Understanding Questionnaire will include additional acknowledgement content, such as Travel Documentation Requirements, Accident and Sickness Insurance (War Exclusion Disclaimer), International Ground Transportation and Fly America Act Requirements. The International Acknowledgement of Understanding Questionnaire was originally established...

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