[X-Post from Stuff you need to know – 10 December 2020] By February 2021, Course and Program Coordinators will have the ability to manage the publication of their courses on Canvas, bringing RMIT in line with how other universities manage
Author: Tom Cotton
MS Teams now has breakout room functionality
A much wanted feature of MS Teams, breakout rooms has been released. It follows a similar model to Blackboard and Zoom. Read the full Microsoft release information. A more detailed how-to video demonstrates the functionality well:
15 October RMIT Creds badges moves to YourAcclaim.com
The RMIT Creds badge platform, Credly, is being changed over to it’s new service Acclaim.com between 11pm, Thursday 15 October – 11pm, Saturday 17th. The main impact is during the change: RMIT Creds can be completed but processing of Student
Large Collaborate Ultra Sessions with 250+ Students
Course coordinators with large number of students in Collaborate Ultra sessions are experiencing some connectivity, stability and presentation issues. The issues include: Large CU sessions crashing Presenters locked out (before or after a crash) due to session numbers Dropping out
Collaborate Ultra: new whiteboard features expected 6 August
From: https://help.blackboard.com/Collaborate/Ultra/Administrator/Release_Notes Collaborate Ultra whiteboard updates: Better formatting: Pencil thickness, fonts and font size, shapes with color fill, arrows, and more are added to the annotation tools. Usability: It’s easier to copy and reuse elements and paste text. You can
Simple tip for online lectures: use a large cursor
Student watching on-screen demonstrations, slides and screen recordings often need to follow the teacher’s mouse cursor while a topic is explained. This can be really tough for students if the teacher’s screen is high resolution, or the student is watching
Deletion of a Question-bank question with an error from a quiz
Discovering an error in a quiz question after being completed by students gets even more complex if the question is originally from a question bank. Deleting the question with the error from a quiz will throw out the gradebook for
Collaborate Ultra Breakouts: group switching quirk
Issue: Attendees in Breakout Groups can be temporarily prevented from switching groups by a moderator – even with the [x] Allow attendees to switch groups is switched on.Cause: As soon as the Share Content > Breakout Groups > Assign Groups
Installing Adobe Apps like Premiere Rush at RMIT
To get Adobe software first requires the Adobe Creative Cloud to be installed. This app manages the major Adobe apps and Adobe cloud services. Like the MS Office apps, you then need to sign-in using your RMIT credentials before you
