About

John_Lowe
John Lowe
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Community Champion
Title:
Associate Director of Learning Systems
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Apr 15, 2015 7:42:42 AM
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236
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Bio:
As the Associate Director of Learning Systems at Baylor University, I am a civic-minded, lifelong learner with a deep expertise in managing enterprise academic systems and technology services in higher education. I lead a small team of highly-skilled professionals, providing staff development services and administering various enterprise academic systems, including Blackboard Learn, Canvas by Instructure, Respondus, Turnitin, Kaltura, WordPress, Blackboard Collaborate, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Cisco Webex. My technical skills encompass system administration, managing cloud applications, load balancing, performance monitoring, and hardware scaling. Through implementing efficient system administration protocols, I have significantly improved performance and scalability of Baylor’s learning management systems, leading to an enhanced learning experience for students and faculty. Passionate about driving digital transformation in education, I actively explore emerging fields in instructional technology and generative AI. Continual learning is central to my professional growth, allowing me to leverage new media tools and productivity applications to optimize learning experiences. As a servant leader, I foster effective working relationships and create a supportive environment for my team to thrive. I find effective solutions to complex problems and adapt readily to changing requirements, consistently surpassing expectations in my results. Outside of my professional commitments, I actively engage in community service, aligning my values with making a positive impact beyond the workplace.

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  This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas   Idea open for vote Wed. April 6, 2016 - Wed. July 6, 2016  Learn more about voting...In light of the new option to allow courses to have a forma...
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With this statement that just came out today from LeRoy Rooker, what will be Instructure’s take on this interpretation of FERPA?  What will your institution's take be on this interpretation?Ask th...
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  Idea will be open for vote May 5 - August 5 Learn more about voting... Firefox has a rapid release cycle - every 5 or 6 weeks.  Unfortunately, for people who support faculty desktop machines and stu...
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Who is doing something cool with branding on their sites? If you are, what are you doing that's cool and different, and how difficult has it been to keep updated as Canvas updates their own CSS?
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 @jared ​, I don't know why your post just disappeared, but I might make one more suggestion to yours.  Canvas could expand the "can interact with users in their section only" function...
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Most Recent Posts

We are looking for a Systems Administrator to join our Learning Systems team. If you have experience with academic technology systems and are passionate about supporting learning environments in highe...
Sep 19, 2024 4:48:28 PM
I know that Eric Silva at University of Texas in San Antonio has recently given a short presentation about this topic.  Is anyone else willing to share their personal experiences with creating some me...
May 10, 2024 11:22:07 AM
During InstructureCon this summer, the topic of messaging frequency emerged as a recurring theme in both presentations and casual conversations related to Impact. As new clients of Impact by Instru...
Sep 21, 2023 7:43:57 AM
I came here looking for a resolution to this as well.  Kaltura wants to add My Media to the Global Navigation in their LTI 1.3 configuration, and the global navigation menu is so crowded already -- pa...
Mar 9, 2023 8:23:10 AM
We are considering standardizing some of the job titles for members of our Learning Systems team. Right now, we have a Project Managers, Application Programmer Analysts, and Academic Consultants. Ye...
Dec 14, 2022 9:07:11 AM

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