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UNM begins full course migration to Canvas By Annya Loya @annyaloya The University of New Mexico will be receiving a potentially controversial but possibly longoverdue upgrade to its online infrastructure, as Canvas by Instructure was selected as the new academic learning management system starting summer 2022. UNM began a vendor engagement with Instructure in early 2021 but didn’t start a trial integration until spring 2022, according to the Canvas implementation page. Now, all courses for the summer semester will be available through Canvas, and UNM will finalize the migration of all available courses by the start of fall 2022. Until recently, UNM maintained a self-hosted version of Blackboard Learn which is no longer supported by its vendor, Blackboard. The University had the option to move to Blackboard’s new cloud-only environment but decided to go another route partially due to ease of maintenance for non cloud-based software, according to director of online strategies and academic technologies Elisha Allen.
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A UNM student studies for finals with Blackboard Learn open on their laptop at the Collaborative Teaching and Learning building.
UNM Libraries turn sights toward turnstiles
By Madeline Pukite @maddogpukite
As new and returning students walk into any of the libraries on the University of New Mexico’s main campus this fall, they will be greeted by newly construct-
ed turnstiles. Construction on the turnstiles began May 11 and is anticipated to be completed during the summer months, according to Lea Briggs, department administrator for the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences. The University is implementing these turnstiles in an effort to increase safety at the libraries on
campus. UNM’s libraries are currently accessible to the public, with only select online resources being reserved for the UNM community, according to the University Libraries help page. UNM Libraries will continue to allow community members not affiliated with UNM to use the libraries, but they must show a photo ID to enter, according to
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Jason Shoup, senior operations manager at Zimmerman Library. “The overwhelming concern is that the library must support an environment that feels welcoming and safe to our UNM community as well as other library visitors. The University Libraries (is) committed to providing welcoming facilities that support intellectual inquiry and student success and that function as part of a broader campus landscape where UNM consistently demonstrates its dedication to public safety,” Briggs wrote to the Daily Lobo. The addition of the turnstiles has raised questions regarding the accessibility of campus libraries; over 65% of public libraries reported that they were the only place within their community with free access to computers and Wi-Fi, according to the Huffington Post. The turnstiles echo similar
moves across other parts of the country to make public libraries less accessible to unhoused individuals. A library located in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco proposed adding railings to walls and “undulating rock formations,” moves that mirror efforts in other cities, according to an article from the Guardian. One member of the unhoused community in Albuquerque, Dawn Doring, said that she already struggles with daily harassment and being forced to move when she isn't harming anyone. “(Public officials) will absolutely harass me if they see me ... I'm not allowed to sit there … I don't know. I guess I look like a criminal misfit. I do not know why,” Doring said. Obtaining a photo ID in the state of New Mexico requires one
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