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We’re excited to announce the launch of Poll Everywhere’s new Course Management interface, designed to enhance the higher education experience. This updated workflow simplifies course setup and management, making it easier for instructors to integrate Poll Everywhere into their teaching.

Here’s everything you need to know about this update:

Why the Change?

Research, Teaching, and Learning (RTL) will be operating on modified schedules for campus curtailment during the winter break, Monday, December 23 through Wednesday, January 1. See details below. Emails and requests received during this time will be answered when the campus reopens on January 2, 2025.

Team Member Evaluation assignmentsin Peerceptiv allow students to provide anonymous feedback on the participation and contributions of their group members. Sync existing groups from bCourses, provide a rubric, and this assignment can be set up in <5 minutes.

In the latest issue, review resources for how you can navigate conversations about the current political climate with your students. Also review past issues on topics that may help throughout the academic year.

Review Research IT's Fall 2024 Update for news on upcoming trainings and events for the UC Berkeley research community.

Berkeley’s Classroom Technology team continues to successfully roll out our new Flex Classroom technology standard which will be implemented across campus over the next few years. When Fall instruction began, there were two standard Flex Classrooms and three Active Learning Flex Classrooms. Since then, three more Flex classrooms have been installed in the Social Sciences building, with a few newly refreshed rooms being completed each month throughout this semester.

Review our semester start issue packed with resources for hte Berkeley community.

Prepare for semester start with resources in the Research, Teaching, & Learning August Update

UPDATE -  AUGUST 29, 2024: Based on user feedback, the vendor has rolled back the “Assign To…” tray interface described below, reverting to the original design for assigning due dates and assignees. 

As of July 20, all users will see a new interface when interacting with Discussions or Announcements in bCourses. The updated interfaces include a modernized look and some added features. No functionality has been removed.

Between June 19 and June 27, 2024, did you do an import of bCourses content (e.g. from a previous course) that contained Kaltura media ? If so, the embeds may not function in the imported content due to a Canvas bug, if you used the “Select specific content” option (instead of the alternative "All content"):

Welcome to the special Research IT Spring Newsletter. We hope you learn about some of the many ways we support research across the UC Berkeley campus and beyond.

In this week’s Teaching newsletter, review shared teaching philosophies of the 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients. Also review past issues on topics that may help throughout the academic year.

Review RTL's latest news as we near the end of the spring semester.

Beginning in May of 2024, RTL will update our classrooms with microphones built into the ceiling, wireless display, interactive whiteboards with annotation features and easy remote connections over Zoom without the need to bring in your own device.  It will take about seven years for all 200+ classrooms to be upgraded. Instructors will be able to project without the fuss of cables and teach without having to put on a microphone.