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October ’25 Tuesday Tip – Discussion Summary

This innovative tool empowers educators to distill complex, lengthy discussion threads into concise, actionable insights with just a single click. By harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, Discussion Summaries accelerates your ability to identify central themes, key questions, and emerging trends within your course conversations. For assistance, please contact Webcourses@UCF Support.

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Learn, Teach, Work, and Stay Connected on the new MyUCF

The new myUCF makes it easy to manage your schedule, emails, financial aid, holds, Parking, Workday, coursework, and much more! With faster search, customizable dashboards, and a built-in Webcourses@UCF widget, you can stay on top of grades and deadlines. Visit https://ucfmobile.ucf.edu/myucf/ to learn more. This notice is provided by the UCF IT.

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September ’25 Tuesday Tip – Enhanced Rubrics

Just a quick reminder that the Enhanced Rubric feature is available in Canvas to help streamline rubric creation and grading. If you haven’t used it before, it offers an improved interface and better functionality to support more efficient and consistent grading. For more information, refer to Canvas’ Enhanced Rubrics Instructor Guides. For assistance, please contact Webcourses@UCF Support.

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Episode 194: Becoming Ambassadors of “Acceptance”

OLC’s Dr. Jennifer Mathes joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the roles we all can play in ensuring that higher ed online learning continues to be effective and strategic in meeting our society’s needs.

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Faculty: Shoring Up Academic Honesty: How Respondus Can Help

Are you looking for tools to bolster the academic integrity of online exams in your courses? This hybrid workshop will explore how to effectively use Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor, which are available to all academic course instructors, to deter and detect AI-assisted engagement during online assessments. Attendees will gain hands-on experience in configuring exams, …

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Integrity in Online Assessments

In our second session of Faculty Seminars in Online Learning on Wednesday, Sept. 17, you’ll explore how to foster academic integrity in online courses. Learn strategies to reduce cheating, leverage AI to support learning, and apply integrity tools effectively. This session offers practical insights to enhance assessment design and promote student success in today’s digital teaching environment.

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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  Important! New Webcourses@UCF Updates  Webcourses@UCF Reminders  Campus Resources  …

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Critical Thinking and Authentic Learning in Online Assessment in an AI Age

Join the third session in our series on Thursday, Nov. 6, for an in-depth exploration of authentic assessment—a powerful approach to evaluating student learning in meaningful, real-world contexts. As online learning evolves, authentic assessment and the ethical integration of AI tools are becoming central to fostering student engagement, critical thinking, and personalized learning.

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