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• Quick Tips: Templater Tool
• What's New with Webcourses@UCF
• Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository
• LinkedIn Learning Coming Soon
  

The Templater tool in Webcourses@UCF makes it easy to add common content to any Webcourses@UCF course page. The template are easy to use and come with highlighted directions. Once imported, the content can be modified to meet the needs of the course.

As the semester begins, check out the Syllabus and Interactive Syllabus templates. Both syllabus templates include language that ensures you are including the most crucial and up-to-date information. The Interactive Syllabus includes a Table of Content and accordion formatting for the length policy statements. Also updated is the Module Introduction template, which guides faculty to clearly connect student learning objectives to the pertinent course materials and activities for the module. 

• File Attachment Default - In Discussions, the option for students to add file attachments is now enabled by default. If preferred, instructors can disable the option for students to add attachments in Course Settings or the Discussions Settings menu.

• Breakout Rooms - Canvas Conferences supports breakout rooms as conference groups. This feature allows instructors to place students into groups for team collaboration during a conference. Breakout rooms can be created at any time during the conference. A minimum of two breakout rooms are required, and the moderator can create up to 8 rooms. Breakout rooms can either be assigned by the moderator manually or randomly, or attendees can choose which breakout room to join.
  
• Closed Captioning - Canvas Conferences supports live closed captioning. This feature allows a stenographer join a conference as an observer and provide live captioning to attendees. Moderators can set up a page for closed captions to be written during the conference. When selected, the interface asks for the selected language.

Have a stand-out online assignment or project that you would like to share with your fellow peers and the rest of the world? Now is your opportunity to contribute to UCF’s Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR)! This scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) resource is a go-to destination for faculty/designers in search of ideas for online and blended courses. Each entry is focused on one teaching practice with a description, concrete example(s), relevant research literature, and key words. TOPR entries serve as excellent evidence of your commitment to online teaching and learning.

The editorial board of the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) is pleased to announce a call for submissions for new TOPR entries until September 15, 2019. All submissions will be peer-reviewed.  Please consider submitting an entry at: http://topr.online.ucf.edu.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact topr@ucf.edu.

We are excited to announce that UCF students, faculty, and staff will soon have full access to LinkedIn Learning, an on-demand learning solution.

On August 19th, the university will migrate from Lynda.com to the new LinkedIn Learning platform. Lynda.com and LinkedIn Learning will not be accessible until the following day.

If you have any questions about this process or simply wish to learn more about the transition to LinkedIn Learning, please visit Migrating to the New LinkedIn Learning Platform or contact Webcourses@UCF Support for additional information.

Access LinkedIn Learning at https://digitallearning.ucf.edu/lynda by logging in with your UCF NID and password.