February 3, 2021
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Dear Colleagues,
Short updates from the IS team this week:
Nectir Integration with GauchoSpace
Nectir can now be added to GauchoSpace course sites directly from the Activity Chooser. The new GauchoSpace integration will allow you to auto-create your course channel and auto-add all students who click on the activity link. Current courses with Nectir channels should not attempt to use this integration until Spring as it will create a duplicate channel. For step-by-step instructions on how to set up your Nectir channel, visit Nectir's help guide here. For questions and inquiries, please email support@nectir.io
New Zoom Features
Breakout Rooms - Host can admit participants from Waiting Room within a Breakout Room: A new meeting feature, the Host is notified of participants in the Waiting Room, even while currently in a Breakout Room. The Host can admit these participants either one at a time or all at once. Participants will be asked to join pre-assigned Breakout Rooms if pre-assigned are active; otherwise, the Host can assign participants directly to the Breakout Room of their choosing.
Block or warning of unencrypted traffic - All unencrypted Zoom traffic will be blocked from connecting to meetings or webinars. Other external unencrypted traffic will be allowed but will warn all participants that the meeting is not entirely encrypted. (This is a 5-5change to an existing feature available in Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.)
We’ll be back with more next week!
The Instructional Support Team