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New Year, New Canvas Features to Try!

By April Pelt, Digital Learning Strategist If you’re looking to up your Canvas game during the new year, consider trying out these new features. New Gradebook Canvas recently introduced a New Gradebook interface. In addition to featuring a more streamlined look and more sorting options than its predecessor, the New Gradebook allows instructors to automatically apply late […]

NDEAM Events and Maximizing Video Accessibility

By Michelle Tuten, Accessibility Coordinator October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). In recognition of this, Clemson University is hosting one main event and a few smaller events throughout the month. This year, the events are as follows: Lunch-n-Learn: Maximizing Video Accessibility By Michelle Tuten and Diana Finkle [Completed Oct. 4] Lunch-n-Learn: Intro to […]

Three Quick Ways to Improve Your Canvas Course Site

For a recent post about using Canvas, see: The New Canvas Rich Content Editor. By April Pelt, Digital Learning Strategist Fall 2017 is the first time that many faculty are working in Canvas, Clemson’s new learning management system. To help everyone get in the swing of things, here are three quick ways to make your […]

Starting the Semester in Canvas

By April Pelt, Digital Learning Strategist New Academic Year, New LMS! 2017-18 is the first academic year in which Canvas is Clemson’s sole learning management system. The resources below will help you make the most of Canvas as you begin the new year. Start-of-Semester Checklist This handy Start-of-Semester Checklist walks you through the process of setting up your […]

Introducing the UDOIT Accessibility Checker for Canvas

By Michelle Tuten, Coor. of Accessibility and UDL While the migration from Blackboard to Canvas is picking up steam, I have some exciting news! In a previous post, I discussed how Canvas is an improvement in accessibility and how it is now our turn to step up our accessibility game when designing courses. Today, I’m […]

Accessibility in Canvas

By Michelle Tuten, Coordinator of Accessibility and UDL When it was announced that we would be moving from Blackboard to Canvas, I was very excited. With this move, we would be saying hello to a learning management system (LMS) that is cleaner and has a lot more technical support than Blackboard. Additionally, Canvas developers were […]