Author: Jacqueline Kirkham

  • Changes to VIULearn Login and Email, July 2020

    Changes to VIULearn Login and Email, July 2020

    The way that students and employees log in to VIULearn is changing July 23,2020. In addition, there is an upcoming change to improve the email experience within VIULearn.

  • Postponed: VIULearn Course Cleanup 2020

    Postponed: VIULearn Course Cleanup 2020

    To help support instructors, CIEL has decided to not perform the VIULearn Course Cleanup in 2020. The following semesters will be permanently removed from VIULearn in July 2021: Fall 2017, 2018; Year 2017, 2018; Continuous Intake 2017, 2018; Spring 2018, 2019; Intersession 2018, 2019; Summer (May and June) 2018, 2019

  • Zoom Security Updates, June 2020

    Zoom Security Updates, June 2020

    Read this post to learn more about updates to Zoom security for VIU including the move to Canadian data centers only, a new Report Users feature, and upcoming requirements for meeting passwords.

  • Technology for Remote Teaching: Create a Document Camera at Home

    Technology for Remote Teaching: Create a Document Camera at Home

    Last week we explored some of the technology options for improving your video and audio on videos and web calls. Today, we want to take a look at options for replicating the use of a document camera or whiteboard over Zoom.  Dr. Todd Barsby, Associate Dean of Science and Technology at VIU, has captured his…

  • Technology for Remote Teaching

    Technology for Remote Teaching

    Being seen and heard clearly online is extremely important in this time. Whether you are creating videos or just spending hours on video calls, many of us are finding our current equipment isn’t quite meeting our new needs. But how do you know what equipment you do need? To help answer this question, members of…

  • More Options for Improving Zoom Security

    More Options for Improving Zoom Security

    Zoom is continuing to add features and make setting changes to improve the security of their platform. In this post, we look at the new Security button, password protected meetings, data centre location settings, and keeping Zoom up to date on your device.

  • Four Ways You Can Prevent  “Zoom Bombing”

    Four Ways You Can Prevent “Zoom Bombing”

    Zoom is a great way to stay connected in this time of physical distancing. However, with the recent massive increase in the use of Zoom around the world, we have also seen reports of “Zoom Bombing” – where participants in a meeting share explicit, racist, or otherwise inappropriate messages, videos, or other content with all…

  • VIULearn Quiz Tool: What can it do?

    This week I ran two sessions to introduce the VIULearn Quiz tool to those who may never have used it, or may be wondering what else they can use it for. This session walked through the key settings and fields in the tool from creating a question to grading a quiz. There were lots of…