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Accessibility | Canvas

Accessibility Tools in Canvas

Hours April 9, 2024February 15, 2024

Did you know that Emerson’s Canvas has three tools that you can use to check and improve the accessibility of your content? They are the Ally course accessibility report, the Rich Content Editor checkers, the Ally gauges for files and images, and Ally alternative formats. Read on to learn about the power these tools hold! 

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Accessibility | Canvas | Digital Humanities

Watch this on how to make your next semester less stressful

Hours March 26, 2024April 11, 2024

Ever feel anxious about adapting your curriculum on the fly to accommodate students who learn differently? Do you experience burn out at the end of a semester after having to…

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Canvas

Student Annotation Assignments

Hours March 12, 2024February 15, 2024

Do you have an assignment where students need to mark up a document? Maybe you’ve been accomplishing this by printing out a document for students to write on and mark…

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Understanding Image Size: Image Dimensions Versus Image File Size

Hours February 27, 2024February 15, 2024

The size of an image can refer to more than one thing. Image file size refers to how big the image file is. Image dimensions refers to the height and…

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Advanced Google Docs Tips and Tricks to Make Your Life Easier

Hours February 13, 2024February 1, 2024

Google Docs is so commonly used these days that the time before collaborative document editing can seem like a distant memory. But I remember when a group project entailed a…

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Accessibility | Events | Virtual Events

Tips for Hosting Accessible Events on Campus

Hours January 30, 2024January 19, 2024

Organizing an event on campus can be complicated, but providing equitable access to it doesn’t have to be! Adding a few simple considerations to your to-do list will go a…

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New Yorker cover cartoon. 1st panel: a writer sits frustrated with his head in his hands, blank paper in front of him, and crumpled rejected drafts next to him. 2nd panel: a friendly robot comes to greet him. 3rd panel: the friendly robot gets to work quickly on the sheet of blank paper as the writer looks on. 4th panel: friendly robot shows off his completed work, which is a towering pile of rejected drafts.
Digital Humanities | Learning Sciences | Uncategorized

Does Emerson College Have Access to Plagiarism or AI Detection Software?

Hours January 16, 2024February 1, 2024

We get this question a lot, and the answer is no. For AI detection, the depressing thing is that there are lots of people who are eager to make money…

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Setting Up Extra Credit in Canvas
Canvas

Setting Up Extra Credit in Canvas

Hours December 12, 2023August 17, 2023

One of the most common questions we get each semester is about how to set up extra credit in Canvas. There are multiple ways to do so, but we’ll go over the two most common methods in this blog post.

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Accessibility

Help Students with ADHD Keep Up with Assigned Readings and Videos

Hours November 28, 2023April 11, 2024

For close to eight years, I’ve been part of this great team of instructional designers and technologists who preach Universal Design Principles at every turn. It is something that has…

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Canvas

Understanding Links in Canvas

Hours November 14, 2023November 15, 2023

Links (or hyperlinks) are such a ubiquitous, fundamental part of the internet that it’s easy not to give them a second thought. However, you can make your life easier by…

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