Faculty Success Story

Enhancing Online Courses with Panopto

Vince Petronio uses Panopto to enhance his online asynchronous course: The Art of Storytelling.

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Latest News

Brightspace Integrations: Pathway from LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3

ITS is excited to announce an updated process for Brightspace integrations to reduce the technical burden on faculty and save time. Starting August 2024, ITS will handle all LTI integrations and upgrade older ones to LTI 1.3. Submit integration requests by early August to ensure timely review and implementation.

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Ed Tech Mojo

AI Images: Adobe Firefly

URI faculty have free access to the Adobe Firefly AI image generator bot. Here is how to sign up.

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Tools We Support

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Professional Development

Brightspace Integrations

TLS manages the integration of 3rd party tools, plugins, LTIs and software integrations into Brightspace.
In order to protect students, faculty, and our institution and to ensure the integrity of the learning management system and compliance with federal regulations, URI thus performs a standard review of all third party tools prior to integration.

Create and submit a Brightspace integration application

Recent Ed Tech Blog Posts

Using Brightspace Learning Analytics to Enhance Course Engagement and Teaching Strategies

Brightspace’s learning analytics tools help instructors track student engagement and optimize course design. Tools like Class Progress, Content Reports, and Quiz Statistics provide insights into student interactions, enabling targeted support and course adjustments for improved learning outcomes.

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Brightspace Integrations: Pathway from LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3

ITS is excited to announce an updated process for Brightspace integrations to reduce the technical burden on faculty and save time. Starting August 2024, ITS will handle all LTI integrations and upgrade older ones to LTI 1.3. Submit integration requests by early August to ensure timely review and implementation.

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Expand your reach with Course Merchant for Brightspace Engage

URI is streamlining public access to courses with Course Merchant on the Brightspace Engage platform. This user-friendly tool allows easy class searches, payments, account creation, and enrollment.

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4th Annual Tech Day on August 22, Come Join Us…

Join us for Tech Day 2024, where faculty can explore and embrace EdTech for evaluating learning. This event offers something for everyone, from EdTech novices to seasoned users, and aims to enhance teaching strategies and learning environments.

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Enhance Your Summer: Discover Our EdTech Support, Professional Development, and Events

As we move from spring to summer 2024, we're excited to support your professional growth and technological advancement. The IT Teaching and Learning Services Team offers tailored training and support options for our faculty.

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TechSmith Camtasia and Snagit Access Extended

Notice to faculty, staff, TAs and GAs in instructional support roles at URI that access to the Camtasia and Snagit bundle is extended to 2024.

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Creating Your Own Content for Students

Options to create interactive and engaging digital content at URI are expanding…Sign up for pilots starting soon.

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Engage with the Public

Engage gives the URI community the ability to offer for-profit learning opportunities to learners outside the URI student body. Share your expertise, your research, and your knowledge with the world through URI’s public facing Learning Management System, Engage.

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To Merge or Not to Merge Course Sections in Brightspace

Merging two or more sections into a single Brightspace class centralizes your course management, increases content consistency, and eliminates the need to juggle multiple classes. Learn how to merge here.

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Essential Links

All IT Training Opportunities

See the full training calendar with upcoming dates/times.

IT PD calendar

Meet the TLS Team

Learn about your ed tech support team

About Us

Disability, Access and Inclusion

Learn about ADA tools and resources for students.

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Advancement of Teaching & Learning

ATL supports faculty with online course instructional design.

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All Support Requests Start as a Ticket

Submit Service Request as Ticket via ServiceNow Portal: Use URI Single Sign-on credentials to log on to Service Now Portal, and include as many details as possible – https://uriprod.service-now.com/sp.

ITS Service Desk
Walk-in support is available M-F 8-5 in the basement of the library