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Monitoring Attendance Online

Keeping an eye on student attendance in an increasingly hybrid teaching environment can be tricky. Luckily, we have a few tools at our disposal to help with the process. Tracking Attendance and Viewership in Zoom For class meetings hosted through Zoom, attendance is automatically tracked both for those present during the meeting, and, in the… 

Respondus Replaced by Safe Exam Browser

As of May 15, the University has ended its license with Respondus Lockdown Browser for secure online testing, meaning the service will no longer be available starting in Summer 2023. For secure online testing, instructors will need to set up a new option called Safe Exam Browser instead. The LearnTech help desk has created a… 

Recording Your Desktop with Panopto

When you wish to record (or livestream) your desktop alongside narration and an optional webcam feed, the Panopto application will let you do exactly that. Open the Panopto application on your desktop to get started: NOTE: If you don’t already have Panopto installed, you can install it from the Software Center on Windows or by… 

Tool Spotlight: Google Slides

Google Slides is a presentation application that is part of the Google Drive suite of productivity tools. It allows users to create, edit, and collaborate on presentations in real-time, from any device with an internet connection. Higher education institutions can greatly benefit from using Google Slides for a variety of purposes. For faculty and staff,… 

Tool Spotlight: LastPass

If you’re like most people, you have a lot of online accounts – email, social media, banking, shopping, streaming services, the list goes on. Keeping track of all these different passwords can be a daunting task, especially if you’re trying to use strong, unique passwords for each account. That’s where a password manager comes in.… 

Tool Spotlight: Google Docs

Google Docs is a word processing application that is part of the Google Drive suite of productivity tools. It allows users to create, edit, and collaborate on documents in real-time, from any device with an internet connection. Higher education institutions can greatly benefit from using Google Docs for a variety of purposes. For faculty and…