Browse an archive of Academic Technology's weekly faculty messages.
The faculty message for the week of August 20, 2025 advised publishing Canvas courses, using TidyUp tool for quick cleanup, adding AI statements to syllabi, and accessing CatBot for support.
The faculty message for the week of August 25-29, 2025 welcomed faculty back and emphasized proper gradebook setup, including downloading rosters, setting grading schemes, handling missing assignments, and waiting until semester's end for extra credit and dropped scores. It also covered student communication options and advised caution with group creation before add/drop closes.
The Week 2 faculty dashboard message provides tools that help faculty save time in Canvas, including through providing ARC accommodations in Accommodate HQ, creating study resources with Notebook LM, and using keyboard shortcuts in SpeedGrader. The Canvas Teacher app is also featured.
The faculty message for the week of September 7th, 2025 provides timely reminders about TLP's website move, logging out of classroom computers, and the new electronic drop form.
The faculty dashboard message for the week of September 14th reminds faculty to report problems with classroom technology, check for broken links in their courses, and use Kaltura for video assignments. Changes to the Canvas course roles are also discussed.