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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Watch this on how to make your next semester less stressful
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 change gears multiple times? Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can help! You too can have […]
Understanding Links in Canvas
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 learning a few things about how links work in Canvas! First, it’s important to understand […]
13 More Things You Can do in Canvas to Make Your Life Easier
You loved our blog post on 13 Things You Can Do In Canvas To Make Your Life Easier, so we’ve rounded up 13 more things! Enjoy these additional Canvas tips and tricks and let us know if you have any others to share.
What’s New in ITG
ITG is gearing up for the start of a new school year, so here’s a roundup of new features in instructional technology at Emerson!
Spruce Up Your Course with HTML in Canvas
Have you ever stumbled upon the HTML editor in the Canvas Rich Content Editor and wondered what it was? HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language and is used to make webpages. Using HTML in Canvas allows you to organize your content and customize the look of your course. Read on for some HTML ideas you can easily incorporate into your course!
Congratulations to the Fall Graduates of Accessible Design: UDL for Your Emerson Course
Please join us in celebrating Daniela Kukrechtova (who worked on improving 2 courses!) and Richard Chetwynd, who completed Accessible Design in Fall 21. Some courses saw dramatic improvement in Ally scores (67% to 93%!), while in other courses the improvements were more organizational. The type […]
Fall 2021 Faculty Development Offerings from ITG
ITG is excited to announce our Fall Faculty Development series. We will continue to offer live Zoom workshops to faculty and have developed a new 4-week course on Universal Design for Learning. Read on for more details. Live Sessions Most weeks of the semester, we […]
Zoom New Feature Roundup
Wondering if you’re up to speed on all the latest Zoom features? Here’s our roundup of the best new features that have been added to Zoom since Spring 2020! If you need to, be sure to update your Zoom app to the most recent version before trying these out.
Making your videos useful for all your students
Nice Public Service Announcement from the University of Cincinnati: You can always add automatic speech recognition captions to your Panopto videos and then edit the captions for accuracy. The same process works for YouTube videos as well.