With SMU email accounts now enjoying the benefits of an improved spam filtering system, a bonus feature includes a new email encryption service now available to more folks than ever! Email Encryption is now available to all benefits-eligible staff, faculty, and active students. Here’s more on how to use the system. Continue reading New Email Encryption Service Expands Access
Author: Zach Peterson
Zach is a Senior IT Training & Communications Consultant with OIT. Zach began his SMU career at the IT Help Desk in 2012 and joined the Training & Communications Team in 2015. He is a 2011 graduate from the University of North Texas and obtained a Master of Liberal Studies degree from SMU in 2018. He enjoys reading and collecting vintage and antique radio sets. He grew up in Valley View, Texas near Denton.
Keys to Canvas Success
Following recent Canvas developments and results from student surveys, our Office of Academic Technology Services has compiled a set of tips and tricks for making your Canvas courses even better for both you and your students!
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Podcasting to Transform the Ways of Learning: PODWalk’s Success in Uncertain Times
In the opening months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the usual classroom environments and teaching modalities were turned upside down overnight. The sudden transition from in-class discussion and collaboration to talking to grid squares on a computer screen was a shock to the system for faculty and students alike. This change also meant easy burnout and frequent isolation, which Professor-of-Practice Radhika Zaveri immediately noticed. To remedy this, she created a novel solution. Continue reading Podcasting to Transform the Ways of Learning: PODWalk’s Success in Uncertain Times
Introducing the LinkedIn Learning LTI Tool!
SMU has offered LinkedIn Learning as a valuable tool for students, faculty, and staff for several years now. Thousands have utilized this service to better themselves in technical and professional skills. Now, we have a BIG announcement for faculty that would like to use LinkedIn Learning content in their courses. LinkedIn Learning now has a Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI) tool integrated into Canvas!
This new tool allows Continue reading Introducing the LinkedIn Learning LTI Tool!
Your New Spam Filter: What to Expect
Earlier this summer we told you about our upcoming switch to a new spam filter for SMU email accounts. Well, the time is here to make the switch! As we move to the new Microsoft Defender-based filtering platform in the coming weeks, here’s a summary of how to report spam and view your Junk E-Mail folders. Continue reading Your New Spam Filter: What to Expect
