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April 2019
Innovations in Learning
 
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D2L Sunset - What You Need to Know
As the UW System migrates from D2L to Canvas, we will be sunsetting D2L. This means that as of June 2019, we will no longer offer any courses through D2L.

Here is a timeline of important milestones:
  • June 2019: All courses will be taught in Canvas. There will no longer be any courses taught through D2L.
  • January 2020: All D2L content will need to be exported and saved by January 2020.
  • June 2020: All access to D2L will be removed. Faculty, staff, students, and LMS administrators will permanently lose all access to D2L.

Helpful reminders:
  • Export content from D2L locker. If you use the D2L locker, make sure that you are downloading all of that content and storing it on your computer or OneDrive.
  • Remember to save your content.
  • Double check everything. Make sure you have all of your content stored on your computer and/or OneDrive.

Please note, we will be sending additional communication about the sunset as we near the end of the semester. We are just sending this initial communication now to make you aware that D2L is going away soon. Look for more communication in April and May.
App of the Month: Loop Habit Tracker
Loop - Habit Tracker is a productivity app for Android users. Loop can help you create positive habits or break negative ones, ranging anywhere from increasing the hours you sleep at night to using your cell phone less (which sounds ironic for a cell phone app).

Use the app to keep track of your goals. Track your progress to see how you can better-achieve positive habits throughout your day.

Loop has a 4.7 rating from over 23,000 reviews on the Google Play Store. The productivity app is free, so download it today and start reinforcing positive habits in your life!

If you aren't an Android user, check out Productive - Habit Tracker which is a similar product for Apple Users.

Smoothie-making robot arrives on the USF campus
A startup company called Blendid launched a smoothie-making robot on the University of San Francisco's campus this past week.

Supposedly, the robot, nicknamed Chef B, can make between 35 and 45 smoothies per hour. The robot is capable of dispensing ingredients, washing the blenders, and pouring smoothies into cups which it is then able to serve.

Company CEO Vipin Jain argues that artificial intelligence creates higher quality, higher paying jobs by eliminating mundane tasks but requiring programmers/engineers to develop the AI.

Others, however, felt that Blendid's AI was unreliable and simply took jobs away from those that needed them.


Reminder: Canvas Tier 1 Support available
Canvas offers Tier 1 Support for all faculty and students 24/7, 365 days a year. If you have a question about Canvas or need help finding something, please contact Tier 1 Support first as they are able to impersonate accounts and troubleshoot directly, something our admin team is unable to do.

You can access Tier 1 Support by logging in to Canvas and clicking on the Help button located at the bottom of the gray left hand navigation bar. You can search the Canvas Guides , chat online, email, or call. The phone number for student support is: 1 (833) 820-4070
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