UNCG ITS News
Information Technology Services
Canvas Maintenance Downtime | Thursday, February 16
On Thursday, February 16, 2023, between 1:05 a.m. and 3:05 a.m. Instructure, the vendor for Canvas, will perform a brief maintenance. It is expected that Canvas will be unavailable for a period of 10 minutes during this window, however, the full duration of the window may be utilized if necessary.
NEW CANVAS FEATURES
On Friday, August 5, 2022, several new features are coming to Canvas. Instructors can use Student View in Canvas courses to preview how these changes impact students or view a video that explains assignment and discussion enhancements. Assignment Enhancements These updates primarily impact the student experience. The interface and workflow have changed. A progress tracker [Read More]
Coming soon: Changes to Canvas Quizzes
What’s happening? Significant changes are coming to quizzing in Canvas. The current quiz feature in Canvas, Classic Quizzes, is being replaced by a quiz engine called New Quizzes. Canvas quizzes will look different, work differently, and have some new, exciting features. Changes to expect: Completely updated look and feel Significant change to how points work [Read More]
Technology Training
- Instructional Support Drop-in Session March 30, 2023
- Basics 1: Cloud Storage with OneDrive & Teams April 4, 2023
- Basics 2: Getting Started with Teams Meetings April 4, 2023
- Research Computing Facilitation Office Hour April 5, 2023