Weekly Quercus Updates
This week: Upcoming BB Collaborate Update, Upcoming Canvas Update!
In this Weekly Update:
BB Collaborate Update
There will be an upcoming BB Collaborate update on September 10th. New features include:
Bulk Invite Attendees
In this Collaborate release, session owners can save time and invite more than one attendee to a session at once. From the Invitations panel, select Import Attendees to upload a CSV file with attendee information. Collaborate sends invite emails to the attendees with all the information they need to join.
Recording Reminder
Now Collaborate reminds moderators to start recording the session before they begin. As soon as moderators join the session, Collaborate presents a recording reminder. The reminder is visible until the moderator starts the recording or closes the reminder.
Canvas Update
There will be an upcoming Canvas update on September 19th. New features include:
Downloadable CSV files for New Analytics Reports
New Analytics provides downloadable CSV files for missing assignments, late assignments, excused assignments, the class roster, and course activity data. All report data is verified against user permissions. You can export the file by navigating to the Reports tab under the New Analytics page.
New Roster Tool
The new class roster displays a list of students enrolled in the course or section with student contact information. Based on user permissions, data may include Student Name, Student ID, and Email address.
Course Activity
This tool displays a list of daily user interactions in course resources, where each report entry captures a summary of user views and participations. The calendar filter only accommodates up to the past 27 days. Data includes User ID, User Name, Section ID, Section Name, Course ID, Course Name, Content ID, Content Type, Content Name, Times Viewed, Times Participated, First Viewed Date, and Last Viewed Date.
Have a Quercus (or EdTech) question? Please contact FASE's EdTech Office.
