Enhanced Education Technology

Annual Review 2019-2020

Video tutorials with LinkedIn Learning

You can stay connected even when you’re remote with thousands of free video tutorials from LinkedIn Learning. Rutgers students, faculty, and staff can explore online courses in time management, leadership, Microsoft Excel, and more.

28,405 logins

535,717 videos viewed

28,750 hours of video viewed

Transition to Canvas update

During the 2019-2020 academic year, Canvas usage across Rutgers increased by nearly 90%. 55% of all courses were taught on Canvas during the Spring 2020 semester, making it the leading LMS at Rutgers. Other updates include:

Successfully migrated 2,000+ Moodle courses, completing the RBHS transition to Canvas
Automated migration process implemented for all Sakai and Blackboard courses
Over 3,500 Blackboard and Sakai course migrations completed, including entire course inventories for the School of Communication & Information and Rutgers Law School–Newark
Launched new GradeSync feature,allowing instructors to directly submit final grades in Canvas

An inside look into the Office of IT Accessibility

What does a more effective digital landscape at Rutgers look like? Web page designs that are scannable by all members of the university, online courses that allow equal access to information, and videos that are appropriately captioned and feature audio descriptions. The Office of IT Accessibility (OITA) is aiming to create that world. Over the last fiscal year, OITA:

Conducted more than 25 IT accessibility workshops
Saw 500 percent increase in workshop attendance
Provided accessibility expertise on dozens of projects including 2020 virtual commencements.

Exploring the Rutgers software portal

From Adobe products to Microsoft Office to antivirus software, the University software portal provides the community with tons of technology programs that are available for personal devices.

Software orders processed

Software licenses issued

Application downloads

Virtual computer labs

Just weeks after the pandemic forced the closure of its physical computer labs, OIT opened “virtual computer labs” that allowed faculty, students, and staff the ability to access computer-lab PCs — and nearly all the vital software they contain — from any place, at any time. By fall semester, thousands of Rutgers community members relied on virtual computer labs to help them solve problems, conduct research, and more.

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