<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Updated Communication Articles</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/</link><description>Updated Communication articles!</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Moodle: Blocks: Sending Moodle Mail (Faculty)</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20288</link><description> Moodle Mail allows users to send email and other types of notifications through a Moodle course. These messages are not sent through an external email server, but through the Moodle site. 
  

 Composing a New Message using Moodle Mail 

 
	 In your Moodle course, turn  Editing  on, open the </description><guid>20288 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:31:54 GMT</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:31:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle: Blocks: Moodle Mail Block (Students)</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20297</link><description> The  Moodle Mail block  allows course users to email the instructor, TA, or other students in the course. Messages sent from this system are sent from students' LSU email address. Replies are also sent to the LSU email address (NOT inside the course). 

  NOTE:  Instructors have the option to res</description><guid>20297 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:15:23 GMT</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:15:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle: Blocks: Moodle Mail Block (Faculty)</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20287</link><description> The  Moodle Mail block  allows users to email one or more participants of a course. In this block, instructors can compose immediate and scheduled emails, set up email signatures, view drafts and history, set alternate emails, and configure settings. The block is located in the   blocks drawer insi</description><guid>20287 Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:27:12 GMT</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:27:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zoom: LSU Overview</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=19968</link><description>  Important Announcement regarding Zoom - New changes starting Thursday, March 24, 2022  

 • Each user’s Zoom configuration will be updated to only record a single view. 
 
• For faculty and staff, all recorded content older than a year will be deleted from the Zoom Cloud Recording storage. Goi</description><guid>19968 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:22:26 GMT</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:22:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zoom: Viewing Transcript Files as Text</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20347</link><description> Whenever automatic captions are generated in Zoom, they are captured as a .VTT file. Your VTT file can be readily downloaded and viewed as text by following the directions below. 
  

 Opening Your Zoom Transcript (.VTT) File as Text 

 
	 Login to  lsu.zoom.us   
	 Click on the  Recordings </description><guid>20347 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:11:27 GMT</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:11:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Moodle: Adding a Feedback Activity</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20296</link><description> The  Feedback  activity allows instructors to create a customized survey for collecting feedback through a variety of question types. Instructors can write their own customized questions, and any question can be non-graded, which makes this activity useful for evaluations. For help with submissions</description><guid>20296 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:52:07 GMT</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:52:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Panopto: Accessing Your Recordings via the Panopto Web Portal</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=17484</link><description> All Panopto recordings are managed within the LSU Panopto Web Portal. Please see the instructions below to learn how to manage your Panopto video recordings. 

 To Access Your Panopto Recordings with Panopto Web Portal: 

 
	 Go to    lsu.hosted.panopto.com   , in either Firefox or Chrome.  
</description><guid>17484 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:21:00 GMT</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:21:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Panopto: Stats</title><link>https://grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=20235</link><description> Panopto offers user statistics which are readily viewable by following the directions below. 

  
Panopto: How to Access Video Stats  

 
	 Login to Moodle, select a course, then click  Course Tools . 
 

   
 
  

 
	 Locate the Panopto block and select  Course settings .  
 

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