Health Sciences Edition Newsletter

Health Sciences Edition: May 2024

Zoom AI Companion Webinar

Seeking assistance in condensing meeting minutes for extensive Zoom sessions? Aspire to establish customized chapters within Zoom recordings? Whether arriving late to a meeting or requiring swift summaries, the Zoom AI Companion offers a solution. During this webinar, you'll be guided through enabling and maximizing the functionality of AI Companion. A panel of moderators will be available to answer questions throughout the session.

Thursday, June 6th, 2:00-2:30pm CT

Zoom's AI Companion: The Next Frontier in AI-Assisted Work

As faculty closely monitoring the Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) landscape, you may be interested in learning about a new tool in your toolbelt, Zoom AI Companion. While Generative AI may rightfully be seen as a new hurdle to overcome in some contexts, such as assessment design and academic integrity, it’s important to also look for ways in which generative AI can make our work easier, more efficient, or more engaging. To that end, Zoom AI Companion is now available. Read the full article.

Earn Your Sakai Digital Badge in an Accelerated Format

This interactive professional development series provides tips and effective practices for facilitating communication in online and technology-enhanced courses. We will explore the Announcements, Calendar, Email, Messages, Chat, Discussions, and Conversations tools to help devise a comprehensive student communication strategy. Please note, this is a single 3-hour session with a 15-minute break at the halfway mark. At the conclusion, you will have met all the requirements to earn a Sakai Communication Tools digital badge. This is the quickest way to build your credentials library! For session descriptions and general information on our digital badging program, visit ITRS Pathways.

Wednesday, June 5th, 9:00am CT

Get Ready for the New VoiceThread

Starting on Friday, May 10th, the new VoiceThread will be available to all Loyola users. This update includes an accessible, user-friendly design as well as enhanced navigation and commenting workflows. Learn all about these new features and functionality by attending an upcoming webinar. You can also find additional information about this new experience by visiting VoiceThread.

Wednesday, June 12th, 11:00am-12:00pm CT

Important Information Regarding Your Sakai Courses

Loyola has a regular practice in place of deleting Sakai course sites that are older than two years at the conclusion of each spring semester. This clean-up process helps to keep the Sakai system running at optimal performance and avoids incremental costs for content that is no longer used. A permanent record of final grades is maintained in LOCUS. The next course deletion cycle will occur early morning on Friday, July 26, 2024. It will include the following academic terms:

Spring 2021 [1212]
Summer 2021 [1214]
Fall 2021 [1216]
Winter 2021-2022 [1218]
J-Term 2022 [1221]

Please take time to review your older courses and keep what may have future value. There are several methods you can use to download and save a local copy of course content. For step-by-step instructions, visit Sakai Retention Policies.

If you have any questions or need assistance with the instructions provided, please don't hesitate to contact the ITS Service Desk at ITSServiceDesk@luc.edu or 773-508-4ITS, or schedule an appointment using the ITRS Consultations booking page.

Faculty Walk-in Support

Walk-in support for educational technologies, course building, and instructional design is available on the Health Sciences Campus in SSOM Suite 180 on a first-come, first-served basis. No advanced appointment is necessary. Hours are Wednesdays from 11:00am-2:00pm and Thursdays from 9:00am-12:00pm. If the door is closed, please knock or ring the doorbell. You may continue to book online appointments by visiting ITRS Consultations.

Planning ahead: Fall 2024 [1246] course sites are now available in Sakai. Don't delay, start building today!