News

Want to hear the latest news from the LT Hub? The posts below share high-level updates on learning technology that impact UBC broadly.

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Nov 18, 2020 at 10:30 am

New Quizzes in Canvas now fixed

Canvas has resolved issues that were impacting grades with New Quizzes, and New Quizzes can be used again without problems.

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Posted in Canvas News


Oct 30, 2020 at 3:35 pm

Chat filter bug in Collaborate Ultra

The LT Hub has been made aware of a bug in Blackboard's Collaborate Ultra, relating to the Profanity Filter in chat.

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Posted in Collaborate Ultra News


Sep 11, 2020 at 9:00 am

New service to help students in China connect to courses

Students connecting to their UBC online courses from China now have access to the Alibaba Global Accelerator service, which may help improve their access to online learning resources.

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Posted in Other Tool News


Sep 02, 2020 at 9:00 am

iClicker Cloud ready for polling in UBC courses

UBC has launched iClicker Cloud, an online student response system for synchronous and asynchronous gradable polling.

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Posted in iClicker Cloud News


Aug 23, 2020 at 9:00 am

Zoom cloud recording and Canvas integration available

UBC Zoom data has moved to Canadian data hosting, allowing us to enable cloud recording for Zoom sessions and to integrate Zoom and Canvas.

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Posted in Canvas News, Zoom News