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Adding the Honor Pledge in Canvas
November 29, 2022Hopefully you all are feeling refreshed from the Thanksgiving break and are ready to finish this semester strong! Classes end this week, which means final exams are about to begin. We have 23% of our… Adding the Honor Pledge in Canvas Continued
Canvas Training Oct. 27-28, Nov. 15-16
October 24, 2022Welcome back from Fall Break! In case you missed the pre-break announcement, we have several updates now available in Canvas. All University Registrar Spring 2023 courses are now available to instructors listed in ConnectCarolina and… Canvas Training Oct. 27-28, Nov. 15-16 Continued
Canvas Updates for Spring 2023
October 13, 2022As you all have likely heard and as we announced back in July, Canvas became available to all instructors starting in Fall 2022. We’re happy to share that all Spring 2023 Registrar courses are now… Canvas Updates for Spring 2023 Continued
Spring 2023 Rosters are in Sakai
October 13, 2022Believe it or not, but we are already past the halfway point of this fall semester. Spring will be here before you know it, so there’s no time to hang around! Get a head start… Spring 2023 Rosters are in Sakai Continued
Gradescope Training Oct 3-4
September 30, 2022Interested in learning about Gradescope? Gradescope allows instructors to administer and grade online or digitized paper-based homework, quizzes, and exams with open-ended or multiple-choice questions. This means instructors no longer have to read their students’… Gradescope Training Oct 3-4 Continued
Digital Accessibility in Course Design Training
September 28, 2022Finishing up our blog series on digital accessibility in courses is an invitation to you. We invite all instructors and support staff to take the DAO’s training on Digital Accessibility in Course Design! The University’s… Digital Accessibility in Course Design Training Continued
Add Captions to Panopto Videos
September 23, 2022In our last blog post on digital accessibility, we talked about making Zoom sessions accessible. This includes adding live captions in your Zoom meetings and cleaning up the auto-generated transcript in your recordings. All Zoom… Add Captions to Panopto Videos Continued
Accessibility in Zoom
September 21, 2022So many of us now meet through Zoom. It’s a convenient way to have class meetings, hold review sessions, and gather people who need to chat. With so many opportunities to meet online in Zoom,… Accessibility in Zoom Continued
Use the Canvas Accessibility Checker
September 15, 2022Similar to the Sakai Accessibility Checker, we recommend using the Accessibility Checker in Canvas, which is also built right into the Rich Content Editor! As always, look for the accessibility icon (person in a circle)…. Use the Canvas Accessibility Checker Continued
Use the Sakai Accessibility Checker
September 13, 2022Continuing our EdTech Blog series on digital accessibility, let’s look at how we can make our content accessible in Sakai. There is an Accessibility Checker built right into the text editor that will quickly scan… Use the Sakai Accessibility Checker Continued