Entries by Gregory Odell

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ClearTouch Troubleshooting

A ClearTouch Technial Q & A Session was held at the ISC on Friday, October 4th.  Our friends at Nisewonger AV created and shared this excellent ClearTouch troubleshooting PowerPoint: Click the link below to download a copy of the presentation. NAVC-Cleartouch TST_TSA Presentation Thank you to Nisewonger AV for preparing these slides, and we hope […]

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Smart Search Now Available in Canvas

Canvas Smart Search The Smart Search feature is now available for teachers to enable in their Canvas courses. Below is how Instructure defines the Smart Search functionality: “Our Smart Search feature relies on an AI-adjacent technology called ’embeddings.’ This technology “reads” the course content and creates a complex mathematical representation of each piece of content. […]

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Using Book Creator with Canvas

Did you know Book Creator revamped their Canvas integration early in 2024? Prior to 2024 the Book Creator / Canvas integration was primarily just single-sign-on.  The features below are now included in the new integration: Create Book Creator assignments in Canvas: Let students turn in Book Creator books directly from Canvas: Read and grade student […]

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Canva Glow-Up for 2024/2025

Canva Glow Up – Refreshed Look for Canva Homepage and Editor The Canva glow up includes a fresh homepage and editor designed for focused work. Canva made these changes to improve the way you create in Canva, and to make it easier to organize all of your designs, content, and documentation. Click here to get […]

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Jamboard is going away; Are you ready?

Jamboard is going away and Lucidspark is here to help. Import all of your Jamboard files into Lucidspark before October 1st, 2024 to ensure that your Jams remain editable.   Read how to here. Step 1: Login to Lucid via LaunchPoint Step 2:  Click the blue + New button Step 3:  Select Import from the […]