About

fosterl
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I have been an LMS Admin at OSU since 2011, starting with Blackboard; we completed our transition to Canvas 1/1/2016.

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Student enrollments which have been set to the "inactive" status currently show up on the People page tagged with the "inactive" label. We are now using the inactive status for students who have enrol...
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While or for-credit courses are not eligible for self-enrollment, we also have some Human Resources training courses, and other types of non-credit courses which would benefit from self-enrollment. On...
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Hi Admins! I just noticed a disconcerting change, which I think first appeared after the Jan. 9 update.We do not allow anyone in Canvas to use the +People button, except for a very specific role, and ...
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Thanks for this update! As one of the many Kaltura schools, Oregon State would definitely like to see the ability to hide the native media tool (as we currently do with some custom CSS). The favoritin...
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If any of you are first-timers, and/or coming from low altitudes ( @straussi ‌), check out stefaniesanders‌' article instcon2017-prep-calling-all-flatlanders. Some really useful tips there, and year t...
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Most Recent Posts

kldixon‌ Thanks for this clear and concise description. We (Oregon State University) are in this same position, and look forward to a workaround.
Apr 30, 2020 10:26:36 AM
Thanks for this update! As one of the many Kaltura schools, Oregon State would definitely like to see the ability to hide the native media tool (as we currently do with some custom CSS). The favoritin...
Mar 6, 2020 11:59:28 AM
I'm sure this is a really dumb question, but I'm hoping someone here knows for sure! We have multiple payment gateways set up, including one at our root Catalog. I want to let a potential new unit try...
Feb 25, 2020 11:32:54 AM
This was discussed in the 2/14/20 Catalog User Group meeting, just putting notes here for those who did not attend. It was suggested that, since our institution already downloads and uses Canvas Data,...
Feb 25, 2020 9:57:00 AM
Thanks  @kjerome ‌! I can't tell you how great it is to have a known schedule for Beta refreshes for Catalog!
Feb 14, 2020 8:52:19 AM

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