ITS Educational Technologies provides services that empower UNC-Chapel Hill students, professors and organizations across campus every day. Adobe Creative Cloud, which includes programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, is free to students with their Onyen. In MEJO 121, … Read more
Canvas use grows “We have 40% of courses using Canvas this Spring 2023 term,” said Thao Nghi Tu, learning technologies administrator with EdTech. That’s 1,402 courses, 1,543 instructors and 20,589 students using Canvas this semester. “I’m pretty happy about this … Read more
On March 23 and 24, the CFE Faculty Showcase on Teaching returns for its ninth year with a new format. Held every year and a half, the Faculty Showcase celebrates teaching at Carolina by helping instructors learn from each other … Read more
The Digital Accessibility Office (DAO) has added to its roster of self-paced training. The on-demand version of Digital Accessibility in Course Design complements the Digital Accessibility Awareness introductory course, introduced as a self-paced course in March. Aimed at instructors who … Read more
On August 1, ITS will retire its exam scanning service, Digital Desk, marking the end of an era for centralized bubble sheet scanning. The history of exam scanning at UNC-Chapel Hill has murky origins, but since at least the 1930s, … Read more
ITS Educational Technologies has wrapped up consolidating 30 of the University’s Zoom sub-accounts. “Consolidating sub-accounts has resolved issues users had while trying to collaborate on Zoom across schools and departments. It also has standardized account settings and simplified user support,” … Read more
ITS Educational Technologies has updated several CCI Printing stations to support touch-free printing. With the simple addition of a QR code to each printer, users are able to complete a print job without touching anything but their own devices. How … Read more
Charlie Wilcher has impressive talents beyond his work for ITS Classroom Hotline. He also creates digital art, including book covers and character illustrations. UNC grad “I have been drawing since childhood and dabbled with digital art some in the past, … Read more
Educational Technologies will upgrade the Sakai learning management system to version 20 on December 3. This is after final grades are due to avoid disrupting classes for the Fall semester, given the system will be offline as the upgrade is applied. The … Read more
ITS Teaching & Learning has changed its name to ITS Educational Technologies. The ITS division determined it needed a new moniker after being known as Teaching & Learning for nearly 15 years. Along with the name change, Educational Technologies (ITS … Read more
Beginning September 27, 2020, Zoom will require either the waiting room or a passcode to be applied to meetings, including ones that have already been scheduled. By default, the waiting room will be applied to all meetings; however, you can … Read more
In preparation for the first day of Fall 2020 classes, ITS’ Classroom Hotline unit spent spring and summer getting faculty and the technology in teaching spaces ready. Classroom Hotline staffers had already gotten themselves quickly versed on all things Zoom … Read more
