The educational applied sciences that we use on the College of Sussex see a gradual stream of updates as they reply to the wants of their customers. We thought it will be helpful to drag collectively the entire current updates throughout the important thing studying applied sciences in use at Sussex so as to offer you a abstract of newly added options.

Canvas

Canvas rolls out updates fortnightly. These may be something from small tweaks to how content material is exhibited to the launching of latest options or instruments. One change coming quickly is an replace to the Equation Editor, which is used so as to add maths and science formulation, utilizing LaTeX, to your module content material. It sits throughout the Wealthy Content material Editor, which is the editor you see every time you’re updating your Pages, Bulletins, Discussions and Assignments in Canvas. The replace goals to boost the person expertise and likewise makes certain that the Equation Editor will show effectively on a cellular gadget.

To entry the Equation Editor first create a brand new Web page, Announcement, Dialogue or Task, or edit your present content material. As soon as you’re within the Wealthy Content material Editor you may open the Equation Editor by choosing Insert, then choosing Equation, or by clicking the Insert Math Equation icon.

This can immediate the Equation Editor to open. As you utilize the buttons to create your equation it would seem within the textbox under the buttons.

To be taught extra in regards to the Equation Editor go to How do I exploit the Math Editor within the Wealthy Content material Editor as an teacher? The brand new editor will likely be out there to make use of from nineteenth March 2022.

Panopto

Not too long ago Panopto launched a brand new means of copying your recordings to completely different folders. This can be helpful for instance when employees need to reuse any recordings in a brand new module website or share a recording throughout a number of modules. When creating a duplicate of a recording you’ll now be requested whether or not you want to create a reference copy or a full copy. A reference copy is linked to the unique recording’s streams, desk of contents, captions, quizzes and any edits made to the timeline, so everytime you make a change within the authentic recording these updates will likely be mirrored in any reference copies. If you select to create a full copy a brand new, separate Panopto recording is created that permits you to modify any settings on the copied recording with out affecting the unique recording.

We advise making a reference copy of a recording first, you may then convert a reference copy to a full copy afterward if that is wanted. You’ll be able to learn extra about reference and full copies beneath the heading ‘What’s the distinction between a reference copy and a full copy?’ on our Managing Panopto Recordings web page in addition to on this Panopto assist information – Be taught About Video Reference Copies.

Padlet

Padlet has lately redesigned the best way wherein tweets are displayed in Padlet posts. Because of this Padlet now shows a preview of the tweet instantly within the submit, exhibiting you the textual content of the tweet, any photographs which have been included or hyperlink previews and the username of the Twitter account. This implies it’s now a lot faster for customers to view these posts as they not should click on by way of to entry them. You’ll find out extra about this replace in Padlet’s current weblog submit Higher tweet previews.

You’ll be able to preserve updated with Padlet’s updates by utilizing the brand new ‘What’s New’ characteristic that seems in your Padlet Dashboard. To search out out extra about this see Padlet’s weblog submit “What’s new” feed. If you want to be taught extra about Padlet please go to our Padlet assist pages. Any employees who’re new to utilizing Padlet, or employees who would really like a refresher, can enrol themselves on our Padlet for workers Canvas self-study module.