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Content Communities Part II: The Unizin Solution
Like we mentioned in the previous blog, universities are and will continue to be places where instructional content is created. Lately, we’ve seen a change in how instructional content and courses are created...
Content Communities Part I: Challenges to Workflows
Content initiatives at Unizin Member universities have made headlines this year. Indiana University announced this September that its eText initiative has saved students at least $15 million since the program...
Introducing IU’s Unizin Liaison
IU's Unizin-Dedicated Liaison Streamlines Coordination Between Campus, Unizin Staff As Unizin releases more solutions for content, analytics and the learning environment, more and more people from our Member...
Migration Collaboration
Unizin Institutions Share Tools, Best Practices for Switching LMSs “We’re tired,” Annette Beck, Director of Enterprise Instructional Technology and Evaluation & Exam Service, says with a laugh. She is...
University of Michigan Furthers On-Campus Analytics with Help from Unizin Partnership
When Chris Brooks attended the Unizin Innovation Summit last October, he was hoping to walk away with more knowledge about Unizin. He found more than he expected. Brooks, a Research Assistant Professor in the...
Little Tools for “Big” Data
Big Data has been a hot topic in technology circles for several years now. Thanks to hardware and software advances and improved purchasing and deployment processes, we are able to employ more systems to...
Diving into Canvas Data at the University of Iowa
Diving into data is not for the faint of heart. Just ask Sam Van Horne. Working for the University of Iowa Office of Assessment and liaison to Unizin, Van Horne is surrounded by data all day–tables and lists,...
A Balanced Approach to Content Strategy
Two Approaches to Content As Unizin becomes immersed in the processes and practices of instructors and instructional designers, we are finding that our content strategy must take into consideration the...
Lessons Learned During Unizin’s First Early Adopter Program
Reading Between the Lines Institutions are changing the way they think about content creation and how content is used within a course. To that end, course design is becoming a...
Unizin Consortium Members See Faster Migration to New LMS
An essential aspect of Unizin’s mission as a consortium of higher education institutions is to foster collaboration between our Members to encourage the sharing of ideas, models,...
Engage Saves Students $12 million at Indiana University
In 2013, Indiana University began using an eReader called Courseload Engage to provide students with affordable textbooks and improve digital teaching and learning on their campus. Engage is designed...
Ohio State Builds Better Books with Book Launch
In July 2014, The Ohio State University Office of Distance Education and eLearning (ODEE) created Book Launch, a program that allows students, faculty, and staff at Ohio State to write...