Avenue to Learn Support Hours

• To better support the busy Fall 2024 semester, Avenue to Learn has expanded its support hours.
  
  Effective immediately, support will be available Monday to Friday, from 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM, until further notice.

2024 Fall/2025 Winter Course Request Form

• The Avenue to Learn course request form (for instructors) is available for the 2024 Fall and 2025 Winter Semesters.
  
  Please note, course requests made between August 19th to August 23rd: There may be a delay in the processing of some course requests during this period. If there is a delay, they will be processed on August 26th-27th. We apologize for any inconvenience.
  
  Please make your requests here: http://avenue.mcmaster.ca/course/course_request_check.php.
  
  If you have any questions about copyright and Fair Dealing, please visit http://copyright.mcmaster.ca

Office 365 Widget

• The Office 365 Widget is now available to add to your course homepage. We will add the Office 365 Widget to the Avenue to Learn system homepage in early May 2024.
  
  For more information, refer to the April 2024 Update, in our support site.

SMS Notifications

• SMS (Short Message Service) notifications will no longer be supported or available starting in the July 2024/20.24.7 release.
  
  This change is in response to the deprecation of this service by mobile providers. Users can receive mobile push notifications in Brightspace Pulse, and can subscribe to email notifications in place of SMS notifications.
  
  For more information, refer to Intent to EOL SMS Notifications

Notice: New provisional guidelines on the use of generative AI in teaching and learning are now available. Unless otherwise directed, students should assume its use is prohibited. For further information and support, please visit the MacPherson Institute's website.