Author: Jacqueline Kirkham

  • VIUTube: Please Check Your Media

    VIUTube: Please Check Your Media

    VIUTube media has now been migrated from our previous provider (Kaltura) to the new platform (YuJa). All Employees should check their media as soon as possible and report any issues to CIEL so these can be resolved before the old platform is deleted in September 2022.

  • Cloud Recording Is Now Available for VIU Zoom Accounts!

    Cloud Recording Is Now Available for VIU Zoom Accounts!

    VIU employees with VIU Zoom accounts can now choose to record meetings to the cloud rather than locally recording on their computers. Zoom cloud recordings are automatically transferred to your VIUTube media collection and then deleted from Zoom

  • New VIUTube Available For Uploading and Creating, Starting July 4, 2022

    New VIUTube Available For Uploading and Creating, Starting July 4, 2022

    We are excited to announce that employees and students at VIU can begin adding and creating media on the new VIUTube platform starting on July 4, 2022.  Your existing media will continue to be available at https://viuvideos.viu.ca. CIEL will be working with our new vendor over the next two months to migrate that content to…

  • Update: VIUTube is Moving

    Update: VIUTube is Moving

    The Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning is very happy to announce that the new service that will power VIUTube is Yuja.  Yuja was chosen through an open, competitive procurement process as the best fit for VIU’s video hosting and streaming needs. Over the next few months, CIEL will work closely with our new…

  • Reminder: VIUTube is Moving

    Reminder: VIUTube is Moving

    Our current VIUTube service (powered by Kaltura) is at the end of its life and will no longer be available after September 2022. The end of this service means that we must move our VIUTube service to a new home and all video links and embed codes for VIUTube content will need to be updated.

  • VIULearn Course Cleanup 2022

    VIULearn Course Cleanup 2022

    This blog post is a reminder for all instructors at VIU that we will be processing the VIULearn Course Cleanup as scheduled in the first week of July 2022. For anyone who began using VIULearn for the first time in 2020, please read on to learn more about the Course Cleanup process.

  • What’s New in VIULearn?

    What’s New in VIULearn?

    There are some new tools available this semester in VIULearn. The Quick Eval tool now has a homepage widget to help instructors streamline their evaluation across multiple assignments, quizzes, or graded discussions in a single course. The Awards tool offers opportunities to gamify your course and build in recognition of students’ achievements unrelated to the…

  • VIUTube Is Moving in Summer 2022

    VIUTube Is Moving in Summer 2022

    The current VIUTube service is ending in the summer of 2022 and we will be transferring it to a new provider. Details about the new VIUTube will be available in the spring of 2022, but for now there are a few things everyone can do to make the transition as smooth as possible.

  • Enduring and Public: Blogs as Purposeful Assignments

    Enduring and Public: Blogs as Purposeful Assignments

    In today’s post, we’re going to look at two instructors who have used VIUBlogs to facilitate purposeful assignments that both give students meaningful choices and have lasting, public relevance beyond the length of the course.

  • New Way to Set Up Quiz Accommodations in VIULearn

    New Way to Set Up Quiz Accommodations in VIULearn

    There is a new way to set up quiz accommodations in VIULearn. Previously, student accommodations had to be set for each quiz individually using the Special Access feature. While Special Access isn’t going anywhere, a new Accommodations option allows you to set quiz timing and right-click behaviour for a student at the course level eliminating…

  • Set Up VIULearn to Facilitate Student Choice

    Set Up VIULearn to Facilitate Student Choice

    Giving students meaningful choices about how they demonstrate their learning can help students become self-directed learners who can apply the skills they learn with us in their future endeavours. However, for instructors in an online learning environment, giving meaningful choices can quickly become a logistical nightmare. Thankfully, there are things you can do to facilitate…

  • New Assignment Create/Edit Experience Available for Opt-In

    New Assignment Create/Edit Experience Available for Opt-In

    Starting December 8, 2020, instructors in VIULearn can opt in to using the new Assignment creation interface. This new version of the Assignment tool will replace the current Assignment creation workflow in Summer 2021. In this blog post we will look at the new Assignment Creation screen in detail so you can see what is…