Summer Bucket List: Refresh Your Course (Site)

Summer Bucket List: Refresh Your Course (Site)

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Cheers to another successful academic term! The semester is over, final grades have been submitted, and the long-anticipated summer is here. Now with some time removed from day-to-day teaching, here is an online course refresh checklist you can use to cross off your summer bucket list long before the fall term comes back around.   This summer course refresh list starts with more holistic course components, such as learning objectives and assessments, then moves onto more granular and quick …

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A New LMS Isn’t Just a Tech Change – It’s a Teaching Opportunity

A New LMS Isn’t Just a Tech Change – It’s a Teaching Opportunity

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Loyola’s forthcoming transition to the D2L Brightspace learning management system (LMS) isn’t only about technical change. It may arrive with a mix of curiosity and worries, along with an expanding list inside your head: new screens, steps, and uncertainties piling up. When institutions make changes, tech moves forward, or teaching goals evolve, the move might spark energy even while it drains focus. Yet understanding the …

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Linen Bindings and Lost Thesis Statements: Wes Anderson and the Pedagogy of the Prop Book

Linen Bindings and Lost Thesis Statements: Wes Anderson and the Pedagogy of the Prop Book

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In the meticulously curated dioramas that constitute a Wes Anderson film, every object in the frame is a character. Perhaps no objects are more vital to his visual vocabulary than the prop books. These aren’t just background fillers; they are tactile, linen-bound artifacts with bespoke typography and weathered dust jackets that signal a deep, albeit …

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Revisiting Labster: A Recap of our Spring 2026 Webinar

Revisiting Labster: A Recap of our Spring 2026 Webinar

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Learning Technologies & Innovation recently welcomed Aimee Burke, senior customer success manager at Labster, to reintroduce Labster to Loyola faculty and staff. Labster is a virtual science lab simulation tool, when integrated with Sakai, that can enhance STEM teaching and improve student readiness for hands‑on lab work. Initially adopted during the height of the COVID-19 …

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Research Technologies for Teaching and Learning

Research Technologies for Teaching and Learning

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As we begin a new semester, it’s a good time to remind you of the academic research technologies available to faculty, students, and staff in the Loyola community. The Learning Technologies and Innovation group supports a suite of applications to enhance teaching, learning, and research. These tools can be used for quantitative data analysis, qualitative …

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Your Digital Classroom Just Got an Upgrade: Welcome to Sakai 25

Your Digital Classroom Just Got an Upgrade: Welcome to Sakai 25

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Loyola’s digital classroom just got smarter, smoother, and more connected. We’re excited to introduce Sakai 25, the newest version of our learning management system, designed to make teaching and learning more intuitive for everyone. This is more than an update; it is a thoughtful redesign that places accessibility, collaboration, and efficiency at the center of …

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The 2025 Information & Technology Showcase: Event Highlights and Our ITS Road Ahead

The 2025 Information & Technology Showcase: Event Highlights and Our ITS Road Ahead

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On Tuesday, October 7th, representatives from 35 technology vendors came to Damen Student Center to spotlight their services at the 2025 Information & Technology Showcase. Despite it being fall break and an overcast rainy day, the Showcase drew in attendees across the Loyola user community of faculty, staff, and students, including Provost Doug Woods to …

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Time Saving Tips with Sakai Project Sites 

Time Saving Tips with Sakai Project Sites 

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Like many cloud-based systems we use daily, Sakai has a finite amount of storage space. This restriction led Loyola to adopt an administrative schedule outlining when courses are created, go online, and are made unavailable to site members.    Much of the information in Sakai course sites can be retained if it has future value, …

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Mozart in a Go Kart: Shifting Minds into Gear with the Power of Classical Music

Mozart in a Go Kart: Shifting Minds into Gear with the Power of Classical Music

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I. Dictionarium Vulgare: Dictionary of the common people Mozart in a Go Kart (noun): An outrageously smart person operating in a setting way beneath their talent level. Picture Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, literal musical genius, stuck zooming around in a go kart — still outclassing everyone, but in the weirdest way possible. Used when: – Someone …

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Ctrl + Alt + Declutter: Spring Tech Clean-Up

Ctrl + Alt + Declutter: Spring Tech Clean-Up

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Spring is finally in the air!  The windows are open at home, and fresh breezes are chasing out that lingering winter funk. Just as this season inspires us to deep clean our living spaces, it’s also the perfect time to give our tech a little refresh.  Here are a few simple spring-cleaning tips to help …

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