The Center for Instructional Technology is the support contact for UA’s new syllabus tool, Simple Syllabus. Here are some answers to the most common questions: Syllabi “due date” notifications are sent a week before, the day of, and a week after a term starts, even if a particular section does not meet until later in…
May 12 Instructor News from the Center for Instructional Technology Hello from your Center for Instructional Technology! Below, you’ll find announcements and events to assist you with teaching and learning needs. Global Accessibility Awareness Day Join colleagues from across campus and around the world to celebrate the 12th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Thursday, May…
The Gradescope website will undergo maintenance on Sunday 11th June at 10:00 AM -10:30 AM CT. During this time, all features of Gradescope will not be accessible. Users accessing the service via an integration, or through our mobile app, will also be unable to do so.
Some off-campus users are receiving an error message when attempting to access Blackboard. We are in contact with Blackboard Support and will update this post as we receive more information. If you are unable to access Blackboard, please visit our Knowledge Base article: Blackboard Server Error Troubleshooting. If you have any questions, please contact CIT…
Hello from your Center for Instructional Technology! Below, you’ll find announcements and events to assist you with teaching and learning needs. Summer and Fall 2023 Syllabi in Simple Syllabus UA’s new online syllabus platform, Simple Syllabus, launched April 17. All sections must have a syllabus published in Simple by the first day of classes.…
Update (4/26 @ 2:30 PM): This issue has been resolved, but some users may still experience problems accessing our Blackboard site. Blackboard Support has provided reasoning for temporary issues after yesterday’s global DNS issue: …the DNS server propagation process may not have completed for those who are connected to certain Internet Service Providers (ISPs). However, please…
Resolved: Blackboard Support reports all issues have been resolved & sites are operating normally since 9:20 AM CT. If you continue to see an error message or if have any questions, please contact us through our support portal. Blackboard Support is investigating a global DNS issue affecting access to its sites. Users may receive an…
Respondus has announced support for Windows 7 will end on June 28, 2023. Several technologies they rely on are ending their support for Windows 7 on that date, which means LockDown Browser will also cease working on Windows 7 computers at that time. Students using Windows 7 will need to upgrade to Windows 10/11 or find…
Hello from your Center for Instructional Technology! Below, you’ll find announcements and events to assist you with teaching and learning needs. Simple Syllabus Launches April 17 UA’s new online syllabus platform, Simple Syllabus, launches April 17. All sections must have a syllabus published in Simple by the first day of classes for Summer 2023 and…
Turnitin has announced the launch of its AI writing detection capabilities, available starting Tuesday, April 4, 2023. This feature will help you as instructors identify when AI writing tools such as ChatGPT may have been used to write any part of the content submitted in a student’s assignment. It will be automatically available within Turnitin.…
