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November 19, 2025

Create, Style, and Scale Your ELMS Course content: Build Your Own DesignPLUS Templates

Join us for this webinar and learn how to use the advanced features of the CidiLabs DesignPLUS sidebar.This session was previously titled "Upgrade Your ELMS Course with DesignPLUS (Advanced)."By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

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November 12, 2025

Create, Style, and Scale Your ELMS Course content: Learn to Use DesignPLUS and Templates

Take your course to the next level with DesignPLUS! Join this webinar to learn how DesignPLUS, an ELMS-Canvas plug-in, can help you build and design high-quality courses to enhance engagement and accessibility.

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Multi-Factor Authentication--What is it, really?

As our article last week mentioned, it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month! To celebrate, we will talk about various cybersecurity awareness topics during the month of October. This week is all about multi-factor authentication (MFA)--What is it? Why does it matter? Do I seriously need to use it? Let's get right into it.

November 5, 2025

Maximize Student Engagement: Tools for Every Interaction in ELMS-Canvas

Join us for this webinar and learn how to engage your students in ELMS-Canvas. Tools and features we will cover in this session are: New Quizzes, Discussions Redesign, Panopto, and Lucid.

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October 29, 2025

Take Control of Your Grades: Mastering the ELMS-Canvas Gradebook

Join us for this webinar and learn about the ELMS-Canvas Gradebook and everything that goes into the management and creation of your course.

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October 22, 2025

Master the Basics: Essential Skills for a Smooth Course Launch | Getting Started with ELMS-Canvas Series

Learn the essentials of preparing and publishing your ELMS-Canvas course. We will cover the basics of uploading files, creating announcements, managing your course menu, and more.

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October 15, 2025

Organize, Merge, and Manage Your Courses: Your Guide to EMT

Do you teach multiple sections and need to split or combine your ELMS-Canvas course space? Join us for this webinar and learn about the ELMS Management Tool (EMT).

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It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Y’all!

What a good month: pumpkin spice everything, morning runs that finally let you breathe without 98% humidity, and, of course, Cybersecurity Awareness Month!Every October, for the past 20 years, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has spotlighted simple ways people can protect themselves online. The goal is to show how small, everyday actions reduce risks when we’re online or using connected devices.

TikTok Ban - Update

It is officially fall - that means the color of the leaves are changing, the air is getting more crisp, the sun is setting sooner, and, oh… TikTok isn't getting banned? On September 25, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order that permits TikTok to continue operating in the United States. While this is a step in the right direction (if you like TikTok, and consider this to be the “right” move), it does not completely diminish the possibility of the app facing a nationwide ban.

New UMD Workday Features Released

A Workday update went live Saturday, September 20.

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