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Faculty – Important Things for Your Fall 2025 Classes in Webcourses@UCF (Canvas)

Dear Faculty, 

UCF and the Center for Distributed Learning are here to assist you and your students with Webcourses@UCF (Canvas), Zoom, and Panopto. Please review the following resources we have curated for faculty using these platforms, regardless of the course modality. Contact Webcourses@UCF Support if you have questions or need assistance. 

Required Course Elements 

  • Remember to set up your Required Academic Engagement Activity. 
  • UCF Policy 4-403 was updated over the summer. As a reminder, all faculty must post their syllabus in their Webcourses@UCF section(s) using Simple Syllabus by the first day of the session. The syllabus within the Simple Syllabus tool is the official UCF syllabus for grade appeals and other academic decisions. Learn more about Simple Syllabus and UCF Policy 4-403. 

Important! New Webcourses@UCF Updates 

  • Enhanced Rubrics provide visual and functional enhancements to rubrics across Webcourses@UCF. To enable this feature in your course, go to “Settings”, click the “Feature Options” tab, and enable the “Enhanced Rubrics” feature. 
  • Microsoft deprecates Teams Classes and Teams Meetings LTI 
  • A new version of UDOIT delivers more comprehensive accessibility scan results, making it easier to identify and address learning barriers in your course. To learn more or get hands-on experience with the new UDOIT, consider registering for one of our fall workshops. 

Webcourses@UCF Reminders 

  • Combine courses. using the Faculty Webcourse Manager before students have access; otherwise, course materials and student submissions will be lost. If you need to combine courses after the first day of the semester, please contact Webcourses@UCF Support. 
  • Check your Webcourses@UCF Notification Settings to ensure they are how you want them for Fall 2025. Faculty Notifications Setting Guide. 
  • Grading Scheme. Please ensure that you have selected a grading scheme for your course and that it matches the one in your Simple Syllabus. 
  • Discover Zoom tips for effectively using Zoom in the UCF Zoom Guides | How to Access Zoom  
  • Exam Proctoring information is available for Respondus Monitor and Respondus Lockdown Browser. 
  • Access may be limited during the regularly scheduled Maintenance Window on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month from 12:05 am to 2:05 am ET. Use https://status.ucf.edu/ to check the operational system status of Webcourses@UCF and the campus network. 

Campus Resources 

Please contact Webcourses@UCF Support if you have questions or need assistance. 

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