I’d like to share the latest update on our IT initiatives via the IT Executive Dashboard and a few notable highlights with you.
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The UCLA Information Security Office would like to raise awareness and urge caution related to an external website impersonating the legitimate UCLA Single Sign On (SSO) Authentication page to carry out credential harvesting attacks.
Publisher Tools underwent scheduled enhancement on Monday, December 16, 2024. With this update, the Bruin Learn publisher integrations for Macmillan, Pearson, and VitalSource were upgraded from Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) version 1.1 to version 1.3.
Hypothesis underwent scheduled enhancement on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. With this update, the new Auto Grading feature in Hypothesis will give instructors the option to automatically calculate grades based on the number of notes students add to a Hypothesis assignment and, if desired, send those grades directly to the Bruin Learn gradebook.
BruinCast underwent scheduled enhancement on Wednesday, December 18, 2024. With this update, the BruinCast team transitioned their website from an external vendor to an in-house solution for storing and sharing media content with Bruin Learn.
Respondus underwent scheduled enhancement on Wednesday, December 18, 2024. With this update, the Respondus link on the course navigation menu was renamed from “Respondus LockDown Browser” to “LockDown Browser.”
iClicker underwent scheduled enhancement on Thursday, December 19, 2024. With this update, iClicker Events is now available as a new add-on service for universities with an iClicker Cloud institutional license. Designed for quick and flexible polling, iClicker Events allows instructors with an iClicker account to easily run polls without the need to set up a full iClicker course.
Design Plus underwent scheduled enhancement on Monday, December 16, 2024. With this update, the Cidi Labs Multi-Tool and Upload/Embed Image (UEI) tool was upgraded to version 1.3.
Cidiscape underwent scheduled enhancement on Monday, December 16, 2024. With this update, Cidiscape is now available as a free add-on tool that provides data analytics for enabled Cidilabs tools, such as the DesignPLUS sidebar.
Peerceptiv underwent scheduled enhancement in October 2024. With this update, Peerceptiv’s Group Formation feature enables instructors to create optimized student groups effortlessly using student survey responses.