As part of a larger initiative to create a cohesive digital experience at Ohio State, the Buckeye UX (BUX) theme will be applied to CarmenCanvas on May 1. Functionality for the learning management system will remain the same, but the look and feel will shift to the BUX style.
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Buckeye UX (BUX) Theme Coming to CarmenCanvas May 1
Randi Honkonen|April 10, 2025Summer 2025 Courses are now available
Learning Systems|March 14, 2025Course shells for Summer 2025 academic courses are now available!
Instructors can find their academic course shells on their Carmen Landing Page or by using the Aegis platform. Check under the "Manage Courses" card.Generate Academic Courses in Aegis
Learning Systems|March 11, 2025The ability for instructors to generate academic courses in CarmenCanvas has moved to Aegis. This is the last of the suite of instructor tools that have been moved to Aegis, our updated platform for managing Learning Systems tools.
Aegis Final Grades Transfer
Learning Systems|February 18, 2025Instructors will now be able to transfer their final grades through the Aegis platform. This feature can be found by navigating to aegis.osu.edu and clicking the "Final Grades" card.
The classic method found on the CarmenCanvas Landing Page will still be available for first session grades.CarmenCanvas Rubrics Improvements
Learning Systems|January 21, 2025Instructors now have the option to use a set of improvements for creating and using rubrics to assess assignments in CarmenCanvas.
These improvements make it easier to create, edit, and reorganize rubrics when they are created by clicking on Rubrics in the course navigation. The interface for creating rubrics within an assignment will remain the same.
When using rubrics to grade assignments in Speedgrader, instructors can switch between traditional, horizontal, and vertical layouts. Other functionality related to rubrics is unchanged.
Mediasite: All New Upload and Embed Experience From Your Carmen Course
Learning Systems|December 20, 2024Experience a cohesive and streamlined process for uploading and embedding videos within your CarmenCanvas course. No more jumping between mediasite.osu.edu and your course page to get things done. From within your course, simply click the Mediasite icon in the Rich Content Editor for:
CarmenZoom: Enable Interpretation Options in Meetings and Webinars
Learning Systems|December 18, 2024You will now see two new setting options when scheduling your meetings and webinars for CarmenZoom. There is now an Interpretation section where users can enable and assign interpreters.
Note that these features do not provide automatic translation, but allow for more seamless integration of third-party interpreters into meetings and webinars.Canvas: New AI-based tools for Instructors
Learning Systems|December 18, 2024Instructors have access to 2 new AI-based tools in their Carmen courses.
Once enabled as a feature option, the Discussion Summary option allows an instructor to request a summary of a particular discussion thread. Instructors may also ask specific questions about the thread's content. Currently, there is a limit of 25 summary generations per user per day. This feature is only visible to the instructor role.
Top Hat: Import Course Update
Learning Systems|November 25, 2024Top Hat has added a streamlined process for creating a new course and copying existing content into it.
On the instructor dashboard, you will see a "doubled page" icon to the right of a course title. Click the icon to bring up a menu allowing you to create a new course into which your existing content will be copied. Courses with a lot of content can take up to 60 minutes to fully import.
This feature is being rolled out beginning the week of November 25.
Spring 2025 Courses Available
Learning Systems|November 21, 2024Courses for the Spring 2025 Semester are now available on CarmenCanvas.