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Explore the importance of measuring online content effectiveness through learner behavior tracking, using data insights to improve learning experiences.

Explore the intricacies of course articulation in college transfers, the challenges of manual processes, and the innovative solution automating this crucial task for accuracy and efficiency.

Explore effective AWS cost optimization strategies to manage cloud expenditures and enhance the efficiency of your cloud solutions.

Upgrade uPortal Versions and the changes you need to keep your uPortal service running on the latest versions

Data sources and systems outside your control can impact your warehouse and help you plan for and even prevent data discrepancies and outages. Ensure that all the right people are involved in the data design process.

Understanding the Attribute Registry, the Shibboleth Identity Provider (IdP) V4.x release introduced a new concept to the IdP, called the Attribute Registry.

This article addresses how information security leadership thinks about key pillars of an information security program and the types of controls that support them

Two important concepts; information security and information assurance impact the way we think about the pillars of an information security management program

React vs Angular, which extensible, easily customized UI framework is right for you, React vs Angular?

Defining “Serverless” and “Traditional” approaches. All major cloud providers offer services that replace traditional software operational models.

A project to build an Alexa skill that could utilize PDF files that instructors already have to generate quizzes.

Voice assistants, such as Amazon’s Alexa, make it feel like we’re already living in a future that was once only science fiction. Today, the most effective use of voice assistants is to answer questions that people ask regularly.

September, 2020 A comparison of creating a course template in Canvas by Instructure with 1) only the Rich Text Editor, 2) a combination of HTML Editor and Rich Text Editor, and 3) using custom CSS. Each approach has pros and cons.

August, 2020 This article highlights three approaches you can take to bring your content into an LMS. The Lift and Shift approach, the Common Cartridge approach, and using LTI.

May, 2020 As we pass from the initial COVID-19 scramble to get our teams up and running safely and securely from their homes, we all find ourselves moving into a new phase. Here are some of the ways we are taking care of each other and encouraging our people to take care of themselves.

March, 2020 Unicon has had remote employees and employee telecommuting policies in place for years, the onset of the COVID-19 virus and the associated social distancing recommendations have forced many of our clients into the sudden adoption of a remote workforce. We wanted to take this opportunity to share some of the lessons.

May, 2019 With the chatbot in the classroom, we have the opportunity to enhance the way the classroom works. There are many examples in academic settings and commercial offerings of providing technology-driven guidance or "personalized learning." If we can offload some of the personalization workload from teachers, they can devote even more time to understanding overall class progress and providing highly specialized interventions and individualized instruction.

March, 2019 Having a digital assistant in the classroom has the potential to provide significant value for both the teacher and the student. For example, rather than the teacher having to repeat answers continually, or identify resources for students individually, a digital assistant can fill this role quite effectively. The potential to provide significant value assumes that the system's developer understands the types of problems that automation can solve, and that the school has the resources to invest in its implementation. If some small timesavers can be identified, schools with technical resources can leverage a chatbot in their classrooms.

October, 2017 As we explored earlier in this article series, "Separate Evolution of Two Systems" and "The Impact of Data on Student Success," disconnects between the two sides of campus computing, academic and administrative, can impact efforts to monitor and improve student success. And institutions today face mounting pressure to choose from a variety of solutions that help to mitigate or minimize this disconnect (see, "Possible Solutions"). Short of undertaking massive efforts to consolidate and centralize data systems for institutions, what is the best way to bridge the gap between existing systems in order to minimize negative impact?

June, 2017 If academic (LMS) and administrative (SIS) systems can coexist, each serving their own unique purpose, what's wrong with having different systems at the end of the day? There is certainly a good reason to keep a separation of concerns - why, for example, should learning systems have to worry about keeping track of a student's financial record or incoming test scores? Conversely, why should a back-end student information system (SIS) invest in keeping tabs on the student's learning experience?

June, 2015 Unicon has published an article on ways of approaching decision-making about adopting cloud and/or managed services. The article is broken down into six segments. The segments will cover elements including: strategic, financial, architecture, security, process, and people.