Digital Learning Blog

Canvas Quicktip 6

December 10, 2025 / Digital Learning / Tags: Canvas, Canvas Quicktip, Digital Learning

Blueprints allow faculty to design a single, well-structured course template and sync it across all sections effortlessly. This saves time by eliminating repetitive setup tasks and ensuring consistency in content, assignments, and grading standards. With one blueprint, updates are applied everywhere, helping instructors maintain quality and focus on teaching rather than administrative work.

Edubites Recap: A Fall Full of AI-Inspired Strategies for Student Success

December 02, 2025 / Digital Learning / Tags: AI, Digital Learning, Edubites, Online Teaching

This fall, the Digital Learning department invited faculty to explore how AI can support student success, one bite-sized session at a time. Through our three-part Edubites Fall AI 2025 series, instructional designers shared quick, practical, and engaging ideas for using AI in ways that promote student success.

Supporting Faculty Through the Concierge Model

November 18, 2025 / Digital Learning / Tags: Digital Learning, ISSOTL

ISSOTL 2025 brought together educators and scholars from around the globe to explore innovative approaches to teaching and learning. Held in Christchurch, New Zealand, the conference was a vibrant space for sharing ideas, building connections, and reimagining how we support faculty and students in higher education.

Research-Supported Recommendations for Strategic AI Integration

October 07, 2025 / Digital Learning / Tags: AI, Quality Matters

By Quality Matters | Shared by FGCU Digital Learning Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to shape how we teach, learn, and design courses. To help higher education professionals navigate this evolving landscape, Quality Matters (QM) has developed a research-supported toolkit offering clear, evidence-based recommendations for thoughtful AI integration. At FGCU Digital Learning, we’re excited to share this valuable resource with our faculty and instructional design community as we continue exploring how AI can enhance teaching, learning, and course design.

Introducing aPlus+ Attendance: A Smarter Way to Support Student Success

July 29, 2025 / Digital Learning / Tags: Canvas, Digital Marketing

Student success begins with a simple yet powerful practice: tracking attendance. With the launch of the new aPlus+ Attendance tool integrated into Canvas, faculty now have access to an intuitive, and flexible system designed to make monitoring student participation easier than ever. Whether you are teaching in-person, hybrid, or Synchronous online, this tool helps you stay connected with your students and identify those who may need extra support—early and effectively.