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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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Episode 187: The TOPcast “Core Audience” and Strategic Online Education

Hosts Kelvin and Tom speak about (and to) the “core audience” of online faculty, instructional designers, and administrative leaders, alongside many other roles, to unpack the podcast’s conceptualization of online education as centered on optimizing course design and teaching.

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Faculty – Important Things for Your Summer 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 Update  Webcourses@UCF Reminders  Campus Resources  …

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Attention Faculty: MS Teams LTI Deprecation

Teams Classes and Teams Meetings integrations with Webcourses@UCF (Canvas) have been deprecated by Microsoft and will stop working on June 15, 2025. To avoid a mid-semester disruption those integrations will be removed from Webcourses@UCF (Canvas) on Monday, May 5, 2025. Microsoft plans to release a single integration that merges the functionality of the deprecated integrations. Once …

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New McGraw Hill Tool Coming This Summer

McGraw Hill Connect will be retired at the end of the Spring semester. For the Summer semester, please transition to the new and improved McGraw Hill tool. This updated application offers a clearer organization, a smoother transfer of course content to Webcourses, and a streamlined grading process. If you have already updated your McGraw Hill integration, you can safely …

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