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Category: Educational Technology News

Artificial Intelligence Workshops in Fall 2025

Posted August 4, 2025

Join a workshop to explore the complex and ever-changing world of artificial intelligence (AI). Open to all faculty, students, and staff, our AI workshops are offered with support from JMU IT. Choose one or more of these workshops, held in […]

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New Accessibility Checker Tool in Canvas: Anthology Ally

Posted August 4, 2025

JMU Libraries has added a new tool to Canvas to help you check the digital accessibility of your course materials. Anthology Ally scans course materials for accessibility issues, offers tips for improvement, and generates an accessibility report for each JMU […]

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Teaching with JMU’s Digital Tools: New Workshops for JMU Instructors

Posted July 28, 2025

Join our new workshop, Teaching with JMU’s Digital Tools, to get an introduction to using: Whether you’re enhancing course delivery, streamlining grading, or exploring AI-powered productivity, you’ll learn something useful in this session led by Ivan Guadarrama. Location: You can attend this hybrid workshop on Zoom or in Rose Library room 3311. If you attend in […]

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New Workshops for Instructors on Canvas and Related Tools

Posted July 28, 2025

Join our new hands-on workshop, Canvas Essentials, to gain the skills and resources you need to create engaging courses in Canvas.  Led by Ivan Guadarrama and Anthony Miles, this session will help you get the most out of Canvas by […]

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New Tool for Technical and Scientific Writing: Overleaf

Posted July 22, 2025

Great news for LaTeX users at JMU! Faculty, staff, and students now have access to Overleaf, a tool for creating and editing LaTeX documents in a web browser. What is LaTeX? LaTeX (pronounced either “LAY-tek” or “LAH-tek”) is a document […]

Gradescope & Bubble Sheet Info Sessions for JMU Faculty

Posted July 18, 2025

Join one of our new info sessions for a comprehensive introduction to using Gradescope and Bubble Sheet at JMU. Gradescope is a powerful assessment platform available to JMU instructors, and Bubble Sheet is one aspect of this platform. Gradescope can improve feedback quality and […]

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18 Ways We Can Help Advance Faculty Research

Posted July 9, 2025

JMU faculty, if you’re working on scholarship or research projects this summer, take a moment to explore the ways we can help propel your work forward!  More Free Tools to Help with Your Research  We Also Support Your Teaching!   If […]

Classroom Technology Tip: Flip Up Your Document Camera

Posted July 7, 2025

Did you know the Hovercam document camera in almost every JMU classroom can be flipped to show the presenters? If you are leading a hybrid meeting, teaching a hybrid class, or recording a presentation in a classroom equipped with a […]

Gradescope: A Grading Game-Changer

Posted July 2, 2025

JMU has a streamlined grading tool that integrates with Canvas, and Professor Klebert Feitosa knows first-hand what a difference it can make, since he has been using Gradescope to grade both homework and exams for about seven years! Gradescope can help you grade […]

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JMU’s Course Evaluation System Successfully Upgraded

Posted June 17, 2025

JMU’s online course evaluation system, Blue, has been upgraded. For information on using the upgraded version, visit our Blue 9 Instructor User Guide (PDF). Questions? Please contact Donna Davis, the Libraries’ Course Evaluation Administrator, at LIDDesk@jmu.edu.