There are quite a few tools that make it easier to manage course announcements in Brightspace. Easier for you and more useful for your students. Let’s take a look at them. All of these options works from the Announcements tool or the Announcement list on your course homepage. Copy to a different course Now with […]
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Introducing Zoom Whiteboards Zoom Meetings are an essential tool for any course that needs to meet remotely or in a hybrid format at Meredith, but we all know that sometimes online meetings can seem like they’re lacking some of the comforts of the traditional classroom. The whiteboard shouldn’t be one of those “missing” comforts as Zoom
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Zoom meetings have many moving pieces and also many different options for recording each of those pieces. We are going to talk about these different recording options in this post so you can configure your recording to best suit your needs. Common video layouts The most commonly used video layouts are Single video – 1 video
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Videos in Kaltura have a new player look and interface. Checkout the screenshots and descriptions to get familiar with the changes. This player should smoothly update almost everywhere without any action from Kaltura users. The only videos that will not automatically update are those that are using an embed code to appear on My Meredith, Meredith.edu,
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Google Chat is an easy way to communicate across campus but there are some hidden features that can make it even more useful. Let’s dive into Chat and see how it can work for you. Chat and Spaces The main Google App is called Google Chat. Then the 2 main pieces of Google Chat are
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Layouts Layouts make configuring content easier, and faster, then ever. With this feature, creators have the option to arrange text, media, and even Creator+ Elements into panels. This opens your content pages to a new range of design possibilities. Instead of placing content into one long vertical page, you can now organize text and media
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Continuing Brightspace’s layout changes is the New Content Experience! The new Content is now enabled as an opt-in option for your course. You may enable it any time to try it but remember that students will see the changes as well. To experiment with the new view without disrupting your students, we encourage you to
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We are excited to share an important update regarding our Kaltura video system, aimed at optimizing our resources and ensuring an easier maintenance experience for all users. Beginning this month, October 2023, we will be implementing this new video storage plan for all Kaltura accounts. Key Highlights of Our New Video Storage Plan: Streamlined Video
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Throw out the back and forth email! Google has multiple options that make it easy to coordinate meeting times. Try out these 3 ways to make options to see what works best for you. 1:1 meetings coordinated from Gmail You can now choose a range of suggested meeting times directly from the Gmail interface to
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