Yuja Panorama is an accessibility tool integrated directly into Brightspace. This tool will make it easier to track and improve accessibility for your courses. This tool is a replacement for Ally and provides extended functionality. Panorama is also available outside of Brightspace by any employee. See the Panorama Accessibility – All Employee Access post for […]
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Yuja Panorama is a tool for checking document accessibility and creating alternate formats. It is our replacement for Ally but has a standalone portal for all employees to have access to these important tools. Accessing Panorama Panorama has a standalone site accessible to all employees. It utilizes our Meredith login so please choose to sign
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Fixing accessibility issues in documents is a skill that can be developed like any other. Here are some practice documents for you to build your digital accessibility muscle! This post will detail testing these documents with Panorama but you can also open them in other programs. Open the document based on file type using Microsoft
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CopyLeaks is our new plagiarism detection software. CopyLeaks is replacing Turnitin and has comparable features. Currently, students must agree to an End User License Agreement (EULA) before their submissions can be processed through the software. If the students do not agree, no report will be generated for their submission. They only have to do this
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Some changes when logging into Zoom Our Campus has been updating some of our authentication methods, and as a result, the ability to log into Zoom through the Google Apps launcher will no longer be available. Based on a few help desk tickets, this is a great time to review some Zoom concepts so you’ll
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Shared Drives are essential for sharing and storing important campus files and folders. One drawback to this system is that all Shared Drive files are open to all Shared Drive users. All that is changed now with limited access folders in Shared Drive! This new feature allows folders to be restricted to certain users and
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In Spring 2025, the Generative AI Professional Development Committee (PDC) focused its efforts on academic integrity—specifically, the acceptable and unacceptable use of AI by students in their coursework. This initiative was driven by concerns about the reliability of AI detection tools (“AI checkers”) and both anecdotal and empirical evidence suggesting an increase in student use
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During the Fall 2024 Generative AI PDC, Meredith Reference Librarian Jake Vaccaro demonstrated several generative AI tools that can be used for research. Watch the demo below to learn more about these tools, and feel free to contact Jake Vaccaro. Links to the tools discussed:
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During the Fall 2024 Generative AI PDC, Instructional Designer Paul Keys demonstrated how to create a custom GPT chatbot to act as a course virtual tutor for students. Watch the demo below to learn how. The Spring AI PDC is ongoing! We’d love for you to join us. Contact Paul if you would like to
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