We are reintroducing the Video and Audio Recorder on CLAS! The Recorder was previously discontinued after Adobe announced that they will no longer support Flash so we brought the Recorder back on HTML5 this time. What is new in this release: The Upload button has been replaced with the + Add New button Users can record their own […]
Since Adobe will be ending its support of Flash at the end of 2020, CLAS will be replacing its video recorder with an HTML5 version starting December 7, 2020. Currently, most websites are using technologies like HTML5 to provide improved security, reduced power consumption, and faster page load times. With the release of HTML5 in CLAS, users […]
Adding Users Similar to Canvas, the functionality to add students/users is connected to SIS to ensure that all students enrolled in a course are added to the corresponding CLAS course. Instructors will now notice that the option to manually add users individually and the option to invite users by sharing a link have been removed […]
CLAS has expanded to new faculties! More users now have access to CLAS for collaboratively annotating videos, images and PDFs. See the list below for facilities of which CLAS is available to: Faculty of Applied Science Faculty of Arts Faculty of Education Faculty of Forestry Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Land and Food Systems Faculty […]
A highly requested for feature is available on CLAS - instructors are now able to hide comments until they are ready to be released.
The video hosting service (Kaltura) used by CLAS will be undergoing an upgrade on Saturday, July 27, 2019 from noon – 10PM PST. The service will be unavailable and you will not be able to upload media to CLAS or access any media that were uploaded to CLAS during this time. If you have any […]
CLAS will be undergoing an update on April 28, 2019 from 1:00 – 2:00 PM to push out the new user interface and new features. To avoid the possibility of losing data, please refrain from uploading anything to CLAS during the update window. If you have any questions, please contact Arts Helpdesk at arts.helpdesk@ubc.ca.
PDF annotation is now available on CLAS. Users can upload PDFs to CLAS for collaborative annotations, including highlighting, drawing, commenting and more. To upload a PDF to CLAS: Go to Upload Select and upload location > Choose a PDF File > Title the post > Choose a Copyright setting > Upload Please do not hesitate […]