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Adams Center Blog

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Upcoming Events

February 16, 2026

Relationship Rich Education Reading Group
February 16, 2026 11:30 am - 12:45 pm
Faculty Senate Office Hours
February 16, 2026 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

February 17, 2026

Lunar New Year Celebration
February 17, 2026 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

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About the Adams Center

We believe that learning is a lifelong process.

The Adams Center exists to promote the lifelong learning of ACU’s faculty as they strive to integrate their faith and their discipline. Today, as in 1992, our purpose remains: to support faculty who understand and appreciate the limitless potential for life changing, value building, and mind expanding achievements in the learning experiences at Abilene Christian University.

Recent Blog Posts

Access Course Meetings Outside of Canvas

by Berlin Fang | Mar 26, 2021

Both students and instructors can import their Canvas Calendar into their Google calendar so that all daily events appear in the same place. This is especially helpful if you have Zoom sessions scheduled and Canvas happens to have a load issue during the time of a...

Transparent Assessment Example

by Cliff Barbarick | Mar 4, 2021

In the Adams Center, we have hosted multiple sessions extolling the virtues of "transparent assignments"; that is, assignments that make explicitly clear the purpose of an assignment along with the skills and tasks needed to successfully complete that assignment. This...

Enabling Closed Captioning on Zoom

by Berlin Fang | Feb 22, 2021

You could now enable closed captioning on Zoom. To do so, log in to Zoom, go to "settings", and under "In Meeting (Advanced)," turn on closed captioning and "enable live transcription service...". You could also enable "save captions" for participants, or not. Once it...