Mitigating AI-Based Assistance in Canvas Quizzes | | |
The availability of AI-powered tools that can be integrated directly into the browser, such as Google’s Homework Help for the Chrome browser, provide students with immediate access to real-time educational assistance.
While these tools can support learning, they can also be used during Canvas quizzes. These AI-powered browser tools allow students to highlight quiz questions and receive answers instantly in a sidebar or floating window without leaving the Canvas page.
To preserve academic integrity and ensure fair assessment conditions, the following actions are recommended:
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Enable Respondus LockDown Browser for all Canvas quizzes and exams.
- This browser prevents students from opening other tabs, applications, or browser-based education tools like Homework Help during assessments.
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Consider enabling Respondus Monitor if proctoring is desired.
- Respondus Monitor uses the student’s webcam to record video and can be set up to record screen activity during the online test.
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Ensure your first Canvas quiz using LockDown Browser runs smoothly.
- Have students take an ungraded practice quiz that requires the use of LockDown Browser, before the graded exam occurs. Leave the quiz available for the duration of the course, with unlimited attempts, so students can access it again if they use a different computer.
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Review Canvas Quiz Logs regularly.
- Canvas logs may indicate when students interact with external tools.
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Communicate expectations clearly to students.
If you need assistance setting up Respondus LockDown Browser or Monitor, contact the Digital Learning team (elearning@fgcu.edu, (239) 590-7024) or review the Respondus resources on the Digital Learning website.
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Canvas QuickTip, Our newest newsletter section, brought to you by the Digital Learning team, features routine tips to help you use Canvas more efficiently and effectively. Each edition delivers practical, bite-sized guidance to streamline your Canvas experience and enhance your teaching toolkit.
Click to view past tips:
Decluttering Day
How to add student accommodations in Canvas
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It is time to complete your annual compliance training. The training is mandatory, and faculty have the flexibility to complete the on-demand training between August 8 and October 7 through Workday Learning. The estimated time to complete all the courses is 3 hours.
The training consists of the following courses:
- Get Secure! Cybersecurity Awareness Training
- Active Assailant Annual Training
- Discrimination and Harassment Awareness and Prevention Training
- Reasonable Accommodations and Disability Discrimination
- General Ethics
- FGCU Code of Conduct
- Clery Act Training
- EH&S Annual Training: Slips, Trips, and Falls
Throughout the completion window, chairs and deans will be provided with detailed reports outlining employees’ noncompletion.
FGCU requires all employees to complete compliance training annually.
Questions? Contact the Workday Learning Team.
Becky Broome
Human Resources Generalist and Campus Learning Lead
Jana Sabo
Employee Relations & Employee Development
Nestor Del Valle
Workday Learning
Administrator
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Provost's Seminar Series - SAVE THE DATE
Friday, December 5, 2025
Location: Seidler Hall, Room 114.
| The series kicks off with Dr. Michael Osterholm, Director Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy Research and Innovation Office, University of Minnesota, discussing pandemic preparedness. | | Check out past editions of the Academic Affairs newsletter: Academic Affairs Events | | Have you seen a faculty member or academic team exhibiting academic excellence and going the extra mile for student success? Email us: academicaffairs@fgcu.edu. | | |
Career Advancement Assistance Program
The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce the Career Advancement Assistance Program. The purpose of the Career Advancement Assistance Program is to provide time for faculty members to engage meaningfully in activities that yield outputs and impacts enhancing FGCU’s scholarly impact and timely promotion of faculty members.
- Faculty categories included in this initiative are those on the professor and instructor tracks. The Career Advancement Assistance Program partially relieves teaching obligations to provide time for scholarly, research, or career development endeavors. During the Career Advancement Assistance Program, faculty teaching load and/or other assignments will be reduced, and no overload teaching will be permitted.
- The number of awards is contingent on the availability of funding through the Provost’s office.
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The deadline for the Spring 2026 Career Advancement semester is Tuesday, September 30, 2025. Please submit your application in its entirety to Julie Leyden (jleyden@fgcu.edu).
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The deadline for the Summer 2026 Career Advancement semester is Monday, November 17, 2025. Summer semester is now available for 12-month AND 9-month faculty. Please see the guidelines for details.
Access the application cover page and detailed information about the program here:
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Questions? Email rock@fgcu.edu
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Digital Learning Online Workshop
Integrating GEN AI In Your Course
Scan the QR Code to Enroll
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SAVE THE DATE!
Graduate & Professional School Fair
October 28, 2025
Academic Building 9, Room 138
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
The entire Eagle community is invited!
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This fair is open to all FGCU students interested in exploring graduate and professional school opportunities. Three easy ways you can help:
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Promote the event by adding it to your undergraduate course syllabi as an assignment, a class activity, extra credit, or an announcement.
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Encourage attendance by highlighting the value of early graduate and professional (law, medicine, etc.) school exploration.
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Showcase your graduate program by attending the fair and engaging with prospective students who are eager to learn more about FGCU’s graduate offerings.
Questions? Contact Dr. Dawn Kirby, Shannon Acosta, Jessica Rhea
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You are Invited!
The Global Engagement Office and the
Lucas Center for Faculty Development invites you to a
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) session
September 22, 2025
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STEM PERKS
Whitaker Institute for
STEM Education
September 18, 2025
Whitaker Hall 225
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FGCU OPEN MIC STORYTELLING
September 23, 2025
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Tamiami Tale Tellers
FGCU Wasmer Art Gallery
Arts Complex
September 24, 2025
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Compassionate Fort Myers initiative, led by community members, with the next meeting hosted by the ROCK Center
September 20, 2025
Sugden Resort and Hospitality, Room 114
RSPV: bill@petrarca.net
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Socrates Café
Dialogue 13
September 24, 2025
Edwards Hall, Room 210
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SAVE THE DATE!
How $1,000 Drones
Are Rewriting Superpower Warfare
Speaker:
November 4, 2025
The Water School, Room 106
Click to RSVP: fgcu.formstack.com/forms/imagine_solutions_drone_seminar
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SAVE THE DATE!
November 14, 2025
Faculty:
join us for food, fun, drinks, and friends!
EagleLink: getinvolved.fgcu.edu/event/11559895
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Global Engagement Office
SAVE THE DATE
28th Annual International Reception
November 17, 2025
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Lucas Center Symposium on Teaching & Learning
A Celebration of Passionate Teaching
The Lucas Center is excited to announce the return of the Lucas Center Symposium on Teaching and Learning, to be held in-person on February 17 and 18 in the Bradshaw Library.
Call for Proposals Opens on September 29!
Symposium Dates:
Day 1: Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Day 2: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Specific presentation dates, times and locations to be determined!
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American Sign Language Classes
Expand your communication skills and cultural understanding by joining our beginner American Sign Language (ASL) classes
FGCU GIDDI MOD 2
Wednesdays 1:30 PM- 2:30
PM
These sessions offer an introduction to ASL, focusing on practical conversational skills and foster a more welcoming environment at the FGCU campus. Participants are invited to attend as their schedules permits, these classes are open to all of the FGCU community (faculty, staff and students).
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PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Missed an announcement? We've got you covered.
| | FGCU's Office of the Ombuds is here to assist faculty, staff, and students! Employees who may be experiencing a university-related concern or conflict are encouraged to reach out to the Ombuds Office as an informal and confidential resource | Visit the Ombuds’ webpage for more information. | |
Global Engagement Office Launches ABEONA:
New International Travel Registry | Click here for the complete announcement. For any inquiries, please contact us at abeona@fgcu.edu.
| | New attendance tool in Canvas | Click here for the complete announcement. | |
FREE entrance into the Naples Botanical Garden: FGCU faculty and staff receive free entrance into the Garden | Clear here for the complete announcement. | | OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR STUDENTS | | |
FGCU Golisano Intellectual Developmental Disabilities Initiative (GIDDI)
Unique Abilities Day
September 16, 2025
Click to Register
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Graduate & Professional Students Fair
Tuesday, October 28
The Water School (AB9), Room 138
Students will:
- Discover on- and off-campus graduate and professional school programs
- Learn about admission requirements and processes
Encourage your students to attend! Eagle Link
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Service-Learning & Civic Engagement
Bring Service Learning to Your Classroom: Request a Custom Presentation Today
Looking to introduce your students to service-learning opportunities at FGCU? The Office of Service-Learning & Civic Engagement offers in-class presentations tailored to your course—making it easy to connect students with meaningful, community-based learning experiences.
Whether you're teaching a Foundations of Civic Engagement course, integrating service-learning into your curriculum, or simply want to spark student interest in community Engagement, our team is here to help.
Presentations can include:
- Overview of FGCU’s service-learning graduation requirement
- Guidance on finding approved service opportunities
- Information on hours tracking and reflection expectations
- Tips for connecting service to career
Requesting a presentation is easy—just fill out this quick form and save space in your syllabus: 👉 Request a Presentation.
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