How did The Ohio State University, one of the largest universities in the United States, move over 12,000 courses online and transition tens of thousands of employees to working from home in March 2020, when the state suddenly went into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic...
It is important for instructors to create consistency for their students. Using a few key features in CarmenCanvas, including announcements, will remove unnecessary barriers to learning and can reduce stress for both students and instructors.
While you are building your courses for next semester, you may notice a few new features in CarmenCanvas, including a new dashboard view, multiple-file upload for modules and the removal of the Conferences tool, BigBlueButton.
State authorization isn’t just about online education anymore. New disclosure rules require institutions to disclose licensure information to current and prospective students, regardless of whether the program is offered online or on campus.
No matter what format your course will occur in this fall, we have some icebreaker suggestions provided by current students to get your class talking, connecting and feeling more open from the first day onward.
These icebreaker suggestions work well in an in-person class session, live on...
After months of telecommuting for classes and work, we’re all getting familiar with Ohio State’s collaboration tools available to us for working, teaching and learning. We recently added a videoconferencing feature to Teams, in addition to the chat, instant messaging and collaboration tools you...
OCIO is starting an upgrade to our fax service from telephone lines to digital system and decommissioning legacy telephone systems. We will contact those responsible for the current fax lines, to determine the best way to start the fax migration. We will work with each department to ensure their...
In an effort to increase security and privacy for the Ohio State community, all CarmenZoom meetings and webinars will require a passcode beginning July 30. In addition to adding passcodes to all meetings, we will prevent users from turning off the passcode going forward.
