In a move to further position UCLA at the forefront of artificial intelligence advancements and to bring focused innovative technology to UCLA and the University of California system, 

Chris Mattmann has been named UCLA’s inaugural chief data and artificial intelligence officer. The position is the first of its kind at any University of California campus and one of just a few at universities in the U.S.

Bruin Learn / Canvas underwent scheduled enhancement on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. With this update, SpeedGrader offers Rich Content Editor (RCE) features when commenting, including options for Heading, Bold, Italic, Underline, Font color, Insert Hyperlink, and Bullets. 

I would like to share the latest update on our IT initiatives via the IT Executive Dashboard, with highlights provided below.

Bruin Learn / Canvas will undergo scheduled enhancement in 2025 (TBD). With this update, product discovery will be conducted to evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of creating a dedicated landing page for https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu, aiming to better understand customer needs and the business context. 

Bruin Learn / Canvas underwent scheduled enhancement on Monday, September 16, 2024. With this update, Admin Analytics will be enabled, allowing individuals with Account Admin, Academic Support Admin, Sub-Account Admin, and Instructional Designer (Root) Admin roles in Bruin Learn to view analytics across courses within their account or department. 

Bruin Learn / Canvas underwent scheduled enhancement on Monday, September 9, 2024. With this update, an Instructor Hub LTI for Bruin Learn is being developed. Now, TAs, the instructor of record, and sub-account admins can create a companion TA site directly from the main curricular course site on demand.

Bruin Learn / Canvas underwent scheduled enhancement on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. With this update, the UCLA Media Lab (located in the Library) will transition to a new Wowza streaming media server, the Bruin Learn CoE team will update the server hostname in the Student Products on-premise WebSphere API. 

Bruin Learn / Canvas underwent scheduled enhancement on Friday, August 30, 2024. With this update, the UCLA Media Lab in the Library is responsible for managing the Video Reserves assets and infrastructure that Bruin Learn users access through the "UCLA Media Reserves" LTI tool.

Starting Sept. 3, 2024: YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DISABLED; you will be unable to log in to your Google account, including mail, and will need to contact the Help Desk for further assistance