On May 13th, Copyleaks will update the AI Insights report to AI Phrases. The functionality of this part of Copyleaks will not be changes whatsoever. However, it does help make it easier for viewers of the report understand what, exactly, is being measured (i.e., the likelihood of a particular phrase appearing in AI generated text vs. human generated text).
For more information about AI Insights, see the Copyleaks Wiki Page.
Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI
The D2L Course Spaces associated with the following semesters will be deleted July 15th:
This is in line with our five-year retention policy. If needed, please Export a Backup of Your Course Content before July 15th as, after this date, course content will be permanently deleted and no longer retrievable.
Additionally, note that this will only export course content– it does not export a copy of your students’ grades nor any assignments that they may have submitted (D2L Dropboxes, Quizzes, Discussion posts, etc.). If you require a copy of these items, please make sure to follow the appropriate tutorial:
Additional tutorials are available on the D2L Self-Pace Training for Faculty and Staff Wiki Page.
Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI
Did you know that students can use Panopto for video discussion in D2L? This is also a great way for students to record and share video presentations as well. Here is how to set up a Panopto Assignment folder for video discussions:
Create a Panopto Assignment Folder for Discussions – Transcript
NOTE: If you wish to also use Panopto for Dropbox videos, you must close the Assignment folder you created for the Discussion. Then, create a new one for the Dropbox.
We have additional tips and examples for using Panopto for Discussions on the Tips and Examples for Panopto Video Discussions Wiki page.
We also have tutorials showing students how to us Panopto on the Panopto for Students Wiki page.
Additional tutorials on Panopto can be found here on the Panopto Wiki page.
Panopto will be doing scheduled maintenance this weekend, starting April 12 at 9:00 p.m. for approximately three hours. Panopto will be entirely off-line during this time. This means that you and your students will be unable to access Panopto, even to record/upload/view videos.
The full email is below:
Title: Panopto NA Cloud Scheduled Downtime Notification
Planned Start: April 13, 2025 2:00AM UTC
Expected End: April 13, 2025 5:00AM UTC
Affected Infrastructure
Components: Website, Video playback, Search, Recording / Uploading, Processing / Encoding, Integrations
Locations: North America (NA)
Details:
On Saturday, April 12th, 2025, Panopto will take the NA cloud offline at 19:00 PDT (22:00 EDT) to perform updates to the Panopto Database. During this time the site will be inaccessible. Maintenance is scheduled to take 3 hours. This action will help improve the overall stability and capacity of Panopto NA cloud infrastructure.
Please see the Cloud Upgrade FAQ article for more information.
For any questions please contact Panopto Support online at support.panopto.com, or via email at support@panopto.com.
Submitted by: Tyler Kron-Piatek, Instructional Designer, COLI
Correction: the new SIS course merge will be available for Summer courses as well.Faculty who want to merge courses taught by a colleague with their own courses will still need to contact Helpdesk for assistance.
Check out the video below for a quick overview:
For additional details, check out the D2L: SIS Course Merge Wiki Page.
