Interested 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’ written responses to grade their … Continued

Finishing 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 Office now offers … Continued

In 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 Cloud recordings are automatically sent … Continued

Similar 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). As you enter content into … Continued

Continuing 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 your content for potential issues! … Continued

This month we are featuring a blog series on digital accessibility in your courses. All digital content must be accessible to all users, and proactively making accessibility integral to course delivery will contribute to more equitable student access. To kick … Continued

Welcome back to another fall semester! Here is a tech checklist for instructors to help you get tech ready for the beginning of classes. As always, please contact the ITS Service Desk if you need any assistance. We also offer … Continued

We are officially entering the first semester at UNC that Canvas becomes available to any and all instructors who wish to use this learning management system. How exciting! We’re looking forward to seeing how many of you decide to take … Continued

We’re thrilled to announce that Canvas is now available at UNC! Canvas by Instructure is used by more institutions of higher education than any other learning management system (LMS), including other UNC System schools and UNC-CH’s peer institutions. In addition … Continued

We hope you all are enjoying your summer break! Instructors can get a head start on the fall semester by creating your Sakai course sites now because Fall 2022 rosters are in Sakai! We encourage you to continue checking Carolina … Continued