Tagged: Learning Systems Update

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 Speedgrader, instructors can switch between traditional, horizontal, and vertical layouts.  Other functionality related to rubrics is unchanged.

Experience a cohesive and streamlined process for uploading and embedding videos within your CarmenCanvas course. No more jumping between mediasite.osu.edu and your course page to get things done. From within your course, simply click the Mediasite icon in the Rich Content Editor for:

You will now see two new setting options when scheduling your meetings and webinars for CarmenZoom. There is now an Interpretation section where users can enable and assign interpreters. 

Note that these features do not provide automatic translation, but allow for more seamless integration of third-party interpreters into meetings and webinars.

Instructors have access to 2 new AI-based tools in their Carmen courses. 

Once enabled as a feature option, the Discussion Summary option allows an instructor to request a summary of a particular discussion thread. Instructors may also ask specific questions about the thread's content. Currently, there is a limit of 25 summary generations per user per day. This feature is only visible to the instructor role.

Top Hat has added a streamlined process for creating a new course and copying existing content into it.  

On the instructor dashboard, you will see a "doubled page" icon to the right of a course title. Click the icon to bring up a menu allowing you to create a new course into which your existing content will be copied. Courses with a lot of content can take up to 60 minutes to fully import.

This feature is being rolled out beginning the week of November 25.

Courses for the Spring 2025 Semester are now available on CarmenCanvas.

PebblePad has now expanded the ability for users to search for tags that have been added to Assets to include when adding Assets to workbooks and creating hyperlinks in pages. This change increases the usefulness of tags within PebblePad and creates more support and flexibility on how users utilize Assets.

On Wednesday Aug. 21, Respondus made a change to iPad functionality for LockDown Browser enabled-exams. All exams using LockDown Browser are now automatically iPad compatible by default.

CarmenBooks, the program that offers digital textbooks and access to publisher homework systems, is now powered by RedShelf. Students will be able to access all their current CarmenBooks titles by selecting the CarmenBooks icon from the global navigation in Canvas or from the CarmenBooks link within a course. Titles from previous semesters can be accessed with the Unizin Engage link within a course.