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Author Kalle Kataila in Tip of the week Posted on 31/01/202405/02/2024
AI-Powered Automatic Speech Recognition: Advancing video accessibility on Aalto Panopto

AI-Powered Automatic Speech Recognition: Advancing video accessibility on Aalto Panopto

Besides improved accessibility for people who are deaf or hard of hearing captions on videos increased engagement and watch time, as people tend to watch videos longer when they have captions

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Author Esa Salmio in Tip of the week, Uncategorized Posted on 29/01/202405/02/2024
Group members – a new tool in MyCourses

Group members – a new tool in MyCourses

A new tool Group members was added in to MyCourses during December update. With this activity teacher can show student groups they belong, other group members names and selected

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Author Kalle Kataila in Tip of the week Posted on 22/01/202416/01/2024
Get your lectures translated in real time!

Get your lectures translated in real time!

Are you aware of the PowerPoint Live feature that effortlessly transcribes your lectures as you present them? This real-time translation tool can even convert your spoken words into subtitles in a

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Author Kalle Kataila in Tip of the week Posted on 15/01/202416/01/2024
Did you know that unviewed Panopto videos will eventually enter into an archived state?

Did you know that unviewed Panopto videos will eventually enter into an archived state?

Any videos that remain unviewed for three years are automatically transferred into this mode. While these archived videos may not be immediately accessible for viewing, they can be regained and restored

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Author Esa Salmio in Tip of the week Posted on 08/01/202408/01/2024

Services and resources for teachers to start teaching in year 2024

There were some big changes last Autumn in teaching related systems. New systems, updates on old one and removal of dome systems. Most of the services used in teaching

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Author Kalle Kataila in Tip of the week Posted on 04/12/202319/12/2023
Changes in MyCourses text editor Panopto button behaviour

Changes in MyCourses text editor Panopto button behaviour

The text editor in MyCourses has undergone an update in relation to the Panopto button functionality. Users should note that the previously embedded video button has been removed from the editor

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Author Antti Huittinen in Tip of the week Posted on 27/11/202327/11/2023
“Where has it gone?” – Elements of the new MyCourses user interface

“Where has it gone?” – Elements of the new MyCourses user interface

As the summer of 2023 is fading further away from our minds, and we return to digital tools, like MyCourses, to continue our teaching tasks, you might feel distracted and confused this time. Has

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