Academic Technology Services

The number of classes being conducted via Blackbaord Collaborate continues to grow, it is important that you know how to prevent intruders and disruptions. In this blog you will learn how to keep intruders out, deal with disruptions, and how to removed unwanted guest.

Keeping intruders out of web conferences

Zoom rolled out an update that is very helpful for people using interpreters or needing to ensure they can see a specific speaker. I wanted to ensure that you all were aware.

Zoom Updates for Sept 1

Host and co-host can now re-order the gallery view to suit their needs, and choose whether to deploy this view to participants, or allow participants to create their own custom views. Simply click and drag videos to the position you want them in gallery view, and this layout will remain in...Read more

Turning Technologies is now integrated with your NetID for both the Web and Desktop app. This will make it easier for you as you no longer need a separate username and password for Turning Technologies. It will also reduce issues for students who may have previously created accounts and paid for a license with a different email address than what they are using for Blackboard....Read more

Qwickly’s Attendance Tool has been updated and renamed to “Attendance -Qwickly Tool” to make it easier to locate. You’ve got all of the same great functionality with minor changes such as it now opens into a new windowand you will be prompted to authorize the tool the first time you use it in a course. New functionality includes integration with groups and merged sections. Contact us at atshelp@newark.rutgers.edu or 973-353-1713 to learn more!

Please note, if you’ve done a course copy, you may inadvertently activate the old tool. Please be sure to use the new one named “Attendance...Read more

Cisco Webex is a real-time video, voice, and chat communications software platform available to Rutgers faculty, staff, and students. It enables users to host and participate in virtual meetings with two or more people securely from anywhere with a reliable internet connection. Webex offers high-definition video, screen sharing, in-meeting chat, voice calling, and document sharing. Webex can be used in conjunction with Cisco codecs (camera systems for meeting and classroom spaces) as well as through a web browser, desktop app, or mobile device app.

Learn more about free Cisco Webex...Read more