News: Learning Systems Update

  • Update: CarmenCanvas Restored

    Learning Systems | October 20, 2025
    7:45 pmAs of Monday, October 20, at 7:10 p.m., access to CarmenCanvas has been restored. The system was unavailable due to the global Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage. Thank you for your patience while the system was down. If you encounter any issues as you once again begin to use CarmenCanvas, please report them to the Learning Systems team at carmen@osu.edu or by calling 614-688-4357 (HELP).&nb...
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  • Ally selected in LMS Accessibility Scanner RFP

    Learning Systems | October 13, 2025
    Following an evaluation during summer 2025, the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) awarded the bid to Anthology for an accessibility scanning tool to be integrated with within the CarmenCanvas learning management system (LMS) and other Canvas instances. A committee of Ohio State instructional designers, faculty, staff, and students recommending adoption of Anthology’s tool Al...

  • CarmenCanvas Archived Course Labeling

    Learning Systems | October 3, 2025
    OTDI will begin adding an “archived” label to CarmenCanvas courses from previous semesters to help instructors more easily identify current courses that must be made accessible. The “archived” label will be added during autumn break starting the evening of Oct. 15, 2025. All past courses should appear with the “archived” label by Oct. 17. Adding the "archived" label to past courses will not ...

  • CarmenCanvas: Gradebook Updates

    Learning Systems | September 26, 2025
    CarmenCanvas has had several new features added to the grading experience.In Gradebook Settings, a View Hidden Grades indicator option is now available. When enabled, instructors will see an icon marking any grades that have not yet been posted to students. In SpeedGrader, checkboxes are now available to allow instructors to filter submissions by one or more sections. This can be done ...

  • CarmenCanvas: SEI renamed to SSLE

    Learning Systems | September 19, 2025
    The Student Evaluation of Instruction (SEI) has been renamed to Survey of Student Learning Experience (SSLE). In keeping with this, the links in the CarmenCanvas course navigation have been updated. Additional changes to the process can be found on the Registrar's site. ...

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