Zoom Rooms at Penn State are licensed conference room setups designed to make collaborative meetings as simple as possible. These rooms provide enhanced audio and video options for physical spaces, ensuring seamless communication during virtual meetings. The...
A long requested feature, Dark Mode, has made its way to Google Drive's web application. Users will be prompted to enable Dark Mode the first time the sign into Google Drive as of April 16, and can enable or disable the setting thereafter from Drive > Settings...
Microsoft Copilot, formerly Bing Chat, has been deployed site-wide as a generative AI accessible by all Penn State faculty, staff and students. With new advancements in AI happening faster than ever before, the Penn State community will strive to remain on the...
Earlier this year, Google rolled out encrypted 1:1 video calls between users within the same domain using the Meet mobile app. Starting in the beginning of April, Google will roll out the same encrypted calling mechanisms for calls originating from outside Penn...
Important Update: Kaltura Player Upgrade to V7 on March 5th We’re excited to announce that the Kaltura player is getting a major upgrade! On March 5th, we’ll be rolling out the new V7 Player, packed with enhancements to elevate your video experience. The upgrade...
Service packs are updates to Canvas released on a regular basis. The next Service Pack deployment will be on Tuesday, February 20, 2023, from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. ET. This update will not affect core Canvas functionality; however, Penn State customizations (items...
What’s changing? You can now pin messages to the top of the meeting chat. Pinned messages will appear for all users, even if they join the meeting after the message was initially sent. This makes it easy to ensure that important messages - like links to...
Reminder: Penn State will now support the creation of quizzes (built from scratch) using Canvas’s New Quizzes tool. New Quizzes is the updated Canvas quiz engine which may eventually replace the existing Classic Quiz engine. The use of New Quizzes is not required...
Service packs are updates to Canvas released on a regular basis. The next Service Pack deployment will be on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. ET. This update will not affect core Canvas functionality; however, Penn State customizations (items...
Kaltura will perform a planned maintenance window on Sunday, February 18th between 12 a.m. and 3 p.m. Potential slowness or service degradation may be observed. Any Questions, email ITservicedesk@psu.edu.