Attend an Upcoming Event on Creating Accessible Documents

From students to professionals to friends in our community, digital documents are shared daily via email, on websites, etc. It is important for accessibility to be incorporated into the documents we create. Learn some of the basic but powerful techniques experts use every day to build accessibility into their documents. In partnership with the Maryland Department of Disabilities, join the […]

Pearson integration with D2L Brightspace

What is happening? Pearson was initially setup to use integration specification LTI 1.1 (legacy version), which will not be available starting in the Summer 23 term. Why? The main driver of this is a newer integration built on LTI 1.3 (commonly called LTI Advantage). It provides a more secure integration that aligns with global standards. The Pearson LTI 1.3 integration […]

Turnitin has released a new AI detection tool

Turnitin has enabled “AI writing detection” in their Originality product, a tool we license currently and have integrated into D2L Brightspace. Student papers submitted to an assignment folder that has Turnitin enabled will be automatically evaluated to determine if any portions of the work are likely to have been generated by an AI text generator such as ChatGPT. This functionality […]

Course Evaluations Training | Today 3-4 p.m.

This session will focus on how faculty can effectively conduct course evaluations with supported core tools at MSUM. The supported tools covered include the D2L Survey tool and Microsoft 365 Forms. Participants who attend will be able to 1) Identify supported tools and processes for implementing course evaluations 2) Choose a method of conducting course evaluations that will best fit […]