In the spring, ITG asked students their views about educational technology at Emerson. As with the 2013 faculty survey, we were eagerly awaiting answers to the question “What do you think of Canvas so far? What is easy? What is confusing?” The results are in, […]
Category: WordPress
WordPress Habits of Mind
Photo: WordPress Stickers Everywhere / teamstickergiant / http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ We are big fans of WordPress here at ITG. It’s highly customizable with thousands of free themes and plugins. However, such flexibility can sometimes result in confusion, especially when you are dealing with an open-source product like […]
Best Practices in WordPress Accessibility Design
Web accessibility word cloud / itjil / CC BY 2.0 Why Designing for accessibility means that you end up with a site that is clear and helpful to everyone. More information on Universal Design in higher education Colors Background images or colors should be subtle. […]
Emerson on WordPress, Part 3
3 problems, one solution. Elizabeth Parfitt wanted to get first year writing students to be engaged, motivated and to feel like their classroom work was important and relevant. The WERS News team wanted a professional-looking website – but WERS is run entirely by students […]
Emerson on WordPress, Part 2
3 problems, one solution. Elizabeth Parfitt wanted to get first year writing students to be engaged, motivated and to feel like their classroom work was important and relevant. The WERS News team wanted a professional looking website – but WERS is run entirely by […]
Emerson on WordPress, Part 1
3 problems, one solution. Elizabeth Parfitt wanted to get first year writing students to be engaged, motivated and to feel like their classroom work was important and relevant. The WERS News team wanted a professional-looking website – but WERS is run entirely by students […]