Tech Tips /today/ en Faculty: Get end-of-semester tips for Canvas /today/2025/04/23/faculty-get-end-semester-tips-canvas <span>Faculty: Get end-of-semester tips for Canvas</span> <span><span>Elizabeth Lock</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-04-23T11:27:55-06:00" title="Wednesday, April 23, 2025 - 11:27">Wed, 04/23/2025 - 11:27</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-04/empty-classroom-2000w.jpg?h=7dab63ef&amp;itok=D5LON7hx" width="1200" height="800" alt="An empty lecture hall appears with rows of long, curved desks and black chairs."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/954"> Tech Tips </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Check out OIT's Canvas tips for how-tos on the the web grading tool, backing up your course, releasing final grades and more end-of-semester best practices.<br> </div> <script> window.location.href = `https://oit.colorado.edu/news/end-semester-tips-canvas-instructors-0`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:27:55 +0000 Elizabeth Lock 54581 at /today Gemini Chat, NotebookLM tools now available to campus /today/2025/04/18/gemini-chat-notebooklm-tools-now-available-campus <span>Gemini Chat, NotebookLM tools now available to campus</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-04-18T10:46:33-06:00" title="Friday, April 18, 2025 - 10:46">Fri, 04/18/2025 - 10:46</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-04/UMC-breezeway-macbook-1600w.jpg?h=fbcf6daf&amp;itok=gvg4j7QB" width="1200" height="800" alt="students on laptops in UMC breezeway"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/954"> Tech Tips </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Two AI-powered tools from Google, NotebookLM and Gemini Chat, are now available to the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder community to help researchers, students and faculty work with complex information more effectively.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Two AI-powered tools from Google, NotebookLM and Gemini Chat, are now available to the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder community to help researchers, students and faculty work with complex information more effectively.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://oit.colorado.edu/news/google%E2%80%99s-gemini-chat-and-notebooklm-tools-now-available-campus`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:46:33 +0000 Megan Maneval 54553 at /today March 24–26 maintenance to cause internet outages /today/2025/03/20/march-24-26-maintenance-cause-internet-outages <span>March 24–26 maintenance to cause internet outages</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-03-20T10:50:19-06:00" title="Thursday, March 20, 2025 - 10:50">Thu, 03/20/2025 - 10:50</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/Finals_Studying.CC34.JPG?h=00fbf47f&amp;itok=aO6jITLt" width="1200" height="800" alt="students studying inside"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/954"> Tech Tips </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>The campus's wired and wireless internet services will be unavailable for a 30-minute period between 5 and 7:30 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday, March 24–25, and between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. from Tuesday into Wednesday, March 25–26.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The campus’s wired and wireless internet services will be unavailable for a 30-minute period between 5 and 7:30 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday, March 24–25, and between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. from Tuesday into Wednesday, March 25–26.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://oit.colorado.edu/service-alerts/network-March24-2025`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:50:19 +0000 Megan Maneval 54360 at /today Streamlining the return of university-owned computing equipment /today/2025/03/19/streamlining-return-university-owned-computing-equipment <span>Streamlining the return of university-owned computing equipment</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-03-19T08:17:55-06:00" title="Wednesday, March 19, 2025 - 08:17">Wed, 03/19/2025 - 08:17</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-03/computer-equipment-return-2000w.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&amp;itok=IUmuFuFJ" width="1200" height="800" alt="person turning in a used computer"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/954"> Tech Tips </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>OIT is now offering a simplified way for campus departments to return and repurpose university-owned computer hardware. This program makes it easy for ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder faculty and staff to return equipment while following university guidelines. &nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>OIT is now offering a simplified way for campus departments to return and repurpose university-owned computer hardware. This program makes it easy for ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder faculty and staff to return equipment while following university guidelines. </div> <script> window.location.href = `https://oit.colorado.edu/software-hardware/university-owned-equipment-return-disposal`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:17:55 +0000 Megan Maneval 54350 at /today Get OIT software announcements through Microsoft Teams /today/2025/02/04/get-oit-software-announcements-through-microsoft-teams <span>Get OIT software announcements through Microsoft Teams</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-02-04T09:59:47-07:00" title="Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 09:59">Tue, 02/04/2025 - 09:59</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-02/Mobile%20Notification%20%282000%20px%29.jpg?h=2dfd287f&amp;itok=nqnwlJTW" width="1200" height="800" alt="illustration of a mobile phone notification"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/954"> Tech Tips </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Join the Office of Information Technology's newest Microsoft Team—OIT Software Announcements—for news, release notes and training opportunities.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Join the Office of Information Technology's newest Microsoft Team—OIT Software Announcements—for news, release notes and training opportunities from Adobe Creative Cloud and other software providers.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://oit.colorado.edu/news/oit-software-announcements-microsoft-team`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:59:47 +0000 Megan Maneval 54087 at /today It’s Data Privacy Week. Check your cyber skills /today/2025/01/24/its-data-privacy-week-check-your-cyber-skills <span>It’s Data Privacy Week. Check your cyber skills</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-01-24T08:52:53-07:00" title="Friday, January 24, 2025 - 08:52">Fri, 01/24/2025 - 08:52</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-image/photography-of-woman-using-laptop-1181681_1.jpg?h=b4c92250&amp;itok=DDi9NHrf" width="1200" height="800" alt="person wearing headphones at computer"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/954"> Tech Tips </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>For this year's Data Privacy Week, check your cyber skills with the National Privacy Test and learn what you can do to better protect your personal data.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>For this year's Data Privacy Week, check your cyber skills with the National Privacy Test and learn what you can do to better protect your personal data.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://oit.colorado.edu/news/data-privacy-week-take-control-your-data-0`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:52:53 +0000 Megan Maneval 54027 at /today Get start-of-semester Canvas tips /today/2024/04/30/faculty-get-end-semester-canvas-tips <span>Get start-of-semester Canvas tips</span> <span><span>Elizabeth Lock</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-01-13T10:18:06-07:00" title="Monday, January 13, 2025 - 10:18">Mon, 01/13/2025 - 10:18</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2024-12/empty-classroom-large.jpg?h=29166ed6&amp;itok=-YkS8hhz" width="1200" height="800" alt="an empty classroom"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/954"> Tech Tips </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Check out the OIT’s Canvas tips for the web grading tool, backing up your course, releasing final grades and more.</p></div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-right col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>If you’re using Canvas to teach this semester, these helpful tips will ease you in with student-centered designs, templates, content management steps and more. <br> </div> <script> window.location.href = `https://oit.colorado.edu/news/start-semester-canvas-tips-6`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:18:06 +0000 Elizabeth Lock 41791 at /today Start the year with academic technology trainings /today/2025/01/03/start-year-academic-technology-trainings <span>Start the year with academic technology trainings</span> <span><span>Elizabeth Lock</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-01-03T09:50:11-07:00" title="Friday, January 3, 2025 - 09:50">Fri, 01/03/2025 - 09:50</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-01/man-computer-notes-2000w.jpg?h=8cc014fe&amp;itok=_0a2WCv4" width="1200" height="800" alt="A person, seated at a desk, wearing glasses and a denim shirt, writes on a notepad next to an open laptop computer."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/954"> Tech Tips </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>OIT is offering a number of academic technology trainings to help faculty make the most of their Canvas courses, including sessions on building assignments, integrating ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥Clickers and implementing advanced tools like the Cidi Labs Design Suite.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://oit.colorado.edu/node/23111/`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:50:11 +0000 Elizabeth Lock 53928 at /today Having technology issues during finals? /today/2024/12/12/having-technology-issues-during-finals <span>Having technology issues during finals?</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-12-12T08:42:20-07:00" title="Thursday, December 12, 2024 - 08:42">Thu, 12/12/2024 - 08:42</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2024-12/2024_12_4_Campus_Study_Photos_PC0009.jpg?h=790be497&amp;itok=WwEFqxi0" width="1200" height="800" alt="person on laptop"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/954"> Tech Tips </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>The IT Service Center and the Learning Spaces Technology team are open with extended hours during finals. Check the full schedule on the OIT website.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The IT Service Center and the Learning Spaces Technology team are open with extended hours during finals. Check the full schedule on the OIT website.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://oit.colorado.edu/news/it-support-hours-during-finals-2024`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:42:20 +0000 Megan Maneval 53858 at /today Keep up with AI developments and guidance /today/2024/12/04/keep-ai-developments-and-guidance <span>Keep up with AI developments and guidance</span> <span><span>Megan Maneval</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-12-04T08:09:42-07:00" title="Wednesday, December 4, 2024 - 08:09">Wed, 12/04/2024 - 08:09</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/today/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2024-12/AI-image-1500w.jpg?h=bf822fdd&amp;itok=wid-zFZ5" width="1200" height="800" alt="hand holding a ball of energy"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/today/taxonomy/term/954"> Tech Tips </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder has a number of ways for community members to learn about artificial intelligence tools, find guidance for their use, attend campus-hosted workshops and participate in conversations about AI.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder has a number of ways for community members to learn about artificial intelligence tools, find guidance for their use, attend campus-hosted workshops and participate in conversations about AI.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/information-technology/2024/12/03/keep-ai-developments-guidance`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:09:42 +0000 Megan Maneval 53810 at /today