D2L experienced an issue from approximately 12:45-2:15 p.m. today that prevented clients from accessing the University’s learning management system LEARN.
After assessing information collected through a review of current and potential future use cases, cost/benefit analysis and market research, a decision has been made to begin a planned sunsetting and discontinuation of the platform.
Vevox (polling tool) renewed
Instructional Technologies and Media Services (ITMS), in partnership with the EdTech Sandbox is inviting University of Waterloo instructors to participate in a pilot of Createspace, a new course authoring and collaboration environment from D2L.
TheGenerative AI Enablement Governance committee is pleased to announce the launch of the Generative AI website, a new institutional resource for the use and integration of GenAI across the University’s teaching and learning, research, and administrative environments.
EdTech Sandbox is a physical and virtual space for collaboration, safe testing, and experimentation of different educational technologies and software for use in courses and for innovation in education.
The University will proceed with the purchase of a temporary (one-year) site licence for iClicker that will make the tool available to students at no cost for the period from September 1, 2025, to August 31, 2026
The guidelines align with the supported direction to address EdTech duplication while recognizing that there are unique situations that a non-centrally supported tool will not satisfy.
IST will be discontinuing the existing SPSS license with Orion, due to the significant cost, and relatively low usage of SPSS.
Learn about the changes coming to the Vevox platform, currently scheduled for June 9.