Microsoft Immersive Reader is now available on Canvas assignment pages.

Beginning November 1, 2021, users will be required to update their Zoom software to ensure it is no more than nine months behind the current version, at any given time.

A new Online Attendance dashboard has been added to courses that have New Analytics enabled.

The Mentimeter app for Zoom is designed to make your online meetings, conferences, training sessions, and lessons even more interactive and engaging.

The New Quizzes engine will be available this fall, and will be the only option available by July 2022

A new feature is now available in Baylor's Zoom account: automatic live transcription!

On August 2, Instructure will release the redesigned Canvas Discussions which boasts an improved user interface and has integrated many years of feedback from faculty.

Webex recently unveiled their new brand logos. You'll see the new logo on downloads from baylor.webex.com and also see the new logo on the Webex meeting site web page. The new logos are also on the app updates of the Webex Meetings mobile apps.

The Canvas Help Menu now displays an indicator when Canvas Release Notes have been published for a user’s role. Notes display a summary of new features available to the user and provides a link where the user can view more details.

Embedding Kaltura Media is now available directly from the RCE toolbar in Canvas. Kaltura now also supports playlists in Media Gallery.

A new “Instructor Live Proctoring” option uses LockDown Browser to deter cheating on the computer itself, while the instructor monitors students via video conferencing.

Beginning May 17, all logins to Zoom accounts associated with Baylor email addresses will require DUO authentication.

Videos detailing newly released Canvas features are an easy way to view and learn about the latest changes to Canvas software.

Faculty and staff may now check out Mentimeter pro licenses through HelpDesk+ thanks to an agreement through the University Libraries. Pro licenses expand the capabilities of a free Mentimeter account to include more robust features such as the ability to export and analyze poll results.

This summer, LATS Learning Design is offering two teaching fellowships to encourage the creation of quality online courses in collaboration with an instructional designer for use in Baylor graduate and undergraduate curricula.

Welcome back, Bears! Keep "Family First" by wearing your mask, maintaining social distancing, keeping your hands clean, and staying home if you aren't feeling well. Keep up with Baylor's Coronavirus site for the latest updates!

Members of the Learning Spaces group of Library and Academic Technology Services (LATS) team began a series of upgrades to classrooms located across the Baylor campus. These are new features and upgrades to the recording process essential for capturing in-classroom lectures and presentations.

All faculty, staff, and students now have access to LinkedIn Learning and their digital library of over 16,000 technical, business, and leadership courses.

The Academy for Teaching and Learning in conjunction with the LATS Learning Design team present two, one-day retreats that will provide faculty with time, community, accountability, and immediate on-call assistance as they prepare to teach courses in multiple modalities.