New Zoom Web Portal Experience
If you are logging into the Zoom web portal, you may notice significant changes. Zoom’s new web experience is intended to help you navigate the web portal more efficiently. The homepage was designed to reflect the simplicity of the home screen of the Workplace desktop app, with quick access to meeting options and a universal header. The universal header provides access to the product waffle menu and your personal profile menu. In the product waffle menu: Meetings Clips Note
Aug 231 min read


My Courses Widget Changes August 17th
Starting August 17th, there will be fewer tabs available in the My Courses widget for semesters and categories.
Aug 61 min read


Course Purge in Brightspace
CATS will begin a “soft purge” of courses older than the last 3 academic years starting December 2026.
Aug 62 min read


Yuja Panorama Added to Brightspace
To help get your course materials in Brightspace compliant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA guidelines , the new standard for compliance with ADA Title II regulations , we have integrated a platform called Yuja Panorama with Brightspace. Panorama scans courses in Brightspace and helps in two ways: Provides instructors with tools to remediate accessibility issues in your courses. Provides students with alternative formats of documents in your courses. Once a course is scanned, Panorama
Nov 14, 20252 min read


July Updates to Quizzes in Brightspace
New features and updates are coming in July for the Quiz tool in Brightspace. Read on to see the updates and exciting new features to improve instructor workflow.
Jul 11, 20252 min read


New Quiz Evaluation Experience
A new quiz tool experience is coming to Brightspace. Read on to see what this update brings and when to expect it.
Apr 10, 20252 min read


Zoom Webinar: Using AI [in Higher Ed]
CATS recommends faculty attend Zoom's webinar on February 25, 2025 at 1PM ET on using AI in Higher Education. The webinar will focus on...
Feb 21, 20251 min read






