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Canvas Opt-In for Summer 2026 Courses
Feb 17, 2026

Academic and Emerging Technologies is accepting course opt-in elections from faculty who wish to teach their summer courses in Canvas, our new Learnin...

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Canvas Development Courses Available to Faculty
Feb 16, 2026

App State faculty who taught during the Spring 2025 semester now have access to a Development (Dev) course in the university’s new learning manageme...

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LMS transition to Canvas: Timeline and What’s Next
Feb 2, 2026

Following the University of North Carolina System’s selection of Canvas by Instructure as the standard LMS for all institutions in July 2025, Academ...

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Reminder: Access Academy Workshops Resuming for Spring 2026
Jan 6, 2026

Access Academy workshop series is continuing to provide the resources and support needed to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, ...

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AI Week with Academic Technologies
Sep 3, 2025

AI Week will consist of five days of workshops and conversations surrounding AI and its emerging influence in higher education. Join live for som...

The UNC System logo is a blue outline of the state of N.C. with the text, The UNC System over it. The University of North Carolina System Board of Governors unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday, July 24, 2025, to standardize the use of a single, unified Learning Management System (LMS), Canvas by Instructure, across all constituent institutions in the UNC System.

Important Update: UNC System Learning Management System Consolidation
Aug 1, 2025

Dear Campus Colleagues,The University of North Carolina System Board of Governors unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday, July 24, 2025, to&nbs...

Apple Intelligence, a new suite of AI-powered features for the latest iPhone, iPad and Mac models is launching for university-managed devices at App State.

Apple Intelligence Launched for University-Managed Apple Devices
Jun 20, 2025

Apple Intelligence is the new suite of AI-powered features for the latest iPhone, iPad and Mac models. Apple Intelligence uses generative models ...

App State announces the Google Gemini web application, an AI assistant, for free, campus use.

Announcing Campuswide Access to Google Gemini App
May 30, 2025

The Google Gemini web application is an AI assistant that offers multimodal capabilities, meaning it can understand and generate text, image...

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Campuswide AI tools: Privacy, use and responsibility
Feb 25, 2025

Information Technology Services (ITS) announces the launch of three Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools available for campus-wide use that are designed...

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Campus Enterprise Gen AI: Microsoft Copilot
Jan 9, 2025

Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered conversational interface developed by Microsoft that is available to all faculty, staff and students.  In...

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