Monday, August 11, 2025

Welcome to a new semester! We’re kicking things off with workshops, classroom refreshers, and some exciting tech tools—including a chance to pilot CampusKnot, a new AI-powered teaching assistant.

 

Be sure to check out Blaine Fisher’s piece on staying curious—it’s a great reminder as we head into a busy term. And if you need help with Canvas, classroom tech, or anything in between, drop by our Teach Anywhere Office Hours.

 

Here’s to a great start!

Mike Griffith, PhD 

Executive Director -  Strategic Digital Innovation  | Information Technology 

Director - Innovative Learning Center 

Question of the Month

 

What’s one small change you’re making in your teaching this term—and what inspired it?

** If you're not yet using LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams, check out one of these comprehensive webinars to get a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor even more effective and easy to use. 

YuJa Refresher: Record, Edit, and Share with Confidence

• Tuesday, August 12 | 11am to 12pm | Hybrid | Register 

Hypothesis August Starter Series: Introducing Image Annotation: A New Feature from Hypothesis

• Tuesday, August 12 | 1pm to 2pm | Online via Zoom | Register

Introduction to Cypress: High Performance Computing

• Thursday, August 14 | 10am to 12pm | Downtown and Hybrid | Register
• Friday, August 15 | 12pm to 2pm | Uptown and Hybrid | Register

Getting to Know Your Tulane Classroom Technology

• Thursday, August 14 | 11am to 12:30pm | Uptown In-Person | Register

Activating Annotation in Your LMS - Hypothesis August Starter Series

• Thursday, August 14 | 12:30pm to 1pm | Webinar | Register

Tulane Drop-In Edition: Quick Start to Social Annotation - Hypothesis August Starter Series

• Friday, August 15 | 11:30am to 12:30pm | Online via Zoom

Get your courses Canvas-ready for the semester ahead using this quick checklist. 

By Blaine Fisher, Ph.D., MS, MA, NRP, PG-Cert

Did You Remember Your Phone?

 

You walk out the door and feel a strange emptiness, like a phantom limb. You pat your pockets. Your stomach sinks. You forgot your phone.

 

Why does that feel like forgetting a part of yourself?

 

We live in a world where the extraordinary has become so ordinary, it hardly registers anymore. A supercomputer in your pocket? Normal. Video calls across the world? Whatever. Streaming any movie ever made on a whim? Standard.

 

Technological revolutions used to be front-page news for weeks, triggering debate, inspiration, fear. Now, they trend for a few hours and vanish into the algorithm.

 

And that’s the problem. When change becomes invisible, it also becomes unchallenged. We adapt, we absorb, we normalize, and we stop asking questions. We stop being curious.

 

But if we want to thrive in an age of accelerating innovation, especially one driven by artificial intelligence, we must resist that apathy. We must recover our sense of awe. We must stay curious.

 

“We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.” — Anaïs Nin

Pilot Opportunity: Help Shape the Future of Teaching Tech

Be among the first to explore CampusKnot, a new AI-powered teaching assistant that helps faculty and their teams incentivize and track real-time participation while automating content creation, navigating grading, and the upkeep of day-to-day class interactions. We’re looking for faculty partners to pilot this innovative platform and share feedback on how it fits into your classroom workflows. Your input will directly influence and shape the future adoption of this and other teaching tools. Join the pilot and help us test-drive the future!

Fall Teach Anywhere
Office Hours

 

Mondays | 12pm to 1pm

 

No appointments necessary, both online via zoom and in the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Suite 300 for all pedagogy and academic technology needs.

 

Mondays and Thursdays 12pm to 1pm

It's a Wrap: ILC hosted the Pre-flight to Canvas LMS Training on Monday and Tuesday, August 4.

 

Session recordings are now available on-demand. Prepare your canvas courses before the semester begins.

Chronicle Festival: 3 Days, Big Ideas

You are invited to join The Chronicle Festival, a three-day virtual event exploring the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing higher education today. From the evolving needs of Generation Z to the future of college leadership and workforce alignment, this year’s agenda offers timely insights from leading voices in the field.

 

Day 1: The Gen-Z Puzzle – September 16 

Today’s students are reshaping higher education. Explore how institutions can adapt to changes in enrollment, AI-driven learning, and campus culture.

Featuring Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University

 

Day 2: Innovating Leadership – September 17 

What does leadership look like in a time of disruption? Hear how college leaders are rethinking strategy, technology, and institutional resilience.

Featuring Nancy Gonzalez, Executive Vice President and University Provost, Arizona State University

 

Day 3: A Catalyst for the Workforce – September 18

As the economy and workplace evolve, how can colleges ensure long-term career success for graduates?

Featuring Kim Hunter Reed, Commissioner of Higher Education for the State of Louisiana; former Deputy Undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Education

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