Category: Clemson Online

Monday’s blog covered how to create accessible, aesthetically pleasing course materials. Canva can be a great place to get ideas for design, design graphics for presentations, or create graphics for class. However, it is recommended that you turn your creations into accessible designs by recreating them in a more accessible software. Implementing QR Codes Into […]

Design tools such as Canva and Adobe Express are very popular for designing visually appealing materials, from including well-designed graphics in presentations, to assigning students the task of creating their own. However, did you know that most “drag and drop” document, infographic, and worksheet design tools are actually inaccessible? This is true for both the […]

Last week, Digital Learning Strategist Leslie Fuller hosted Workshop Wednesday. Her session was titled Effective Canvas Organization and Course Design. This session focused on providing viewers with important tips to help make their Canvas course design more efficient. Fuller began the session by showcasing an effective course Home Page. First impressions with students matter! After […]

The Modules area in Canvas is the best place to store all course content and assessments to make it easy to organize and lead students to the resources they need. Whether you are teaching fully online or using Canvas to supplement your face-to-face class, Modules provide a predictable structure for students to locate items and […]

Gray Jackson, Sr. Learning Tech Specialist for Clemson Online, led a Quit Hit session on Thursday, September 4th. This training served as an introduction and overview to the New Quizzes functionality available in Canvas. Jackson began by showing how to enable New Quizzes for your Canvas course and get started creating one. He then provided […]

What are New Quizzes? New Quizzes is a new quiz engine that integrates directly with Canvas as an alternative to the classic quizzes functionality that is already available. This new engine offers many ways for instructors to create engaging quizzes for your courses, from features you are already familiar with to new and improved ones […]

On August 27th, Hansen Wetsel, the Quality Matters Coordinator for Clemson Online, hosted Workshop Wednesday. His session was titled Ensuring Alignment in Your Canvas Course. In this workshop, Hansen focused on how to align your learning objectives with important course components. Wetsel opened the workshop by introducing Quality Matters, its partnership with Clemson Online, and […]

Canvas’s Announcement tool is an excellent way for instructors to increase their presence in an online course. Unlike material incorporated into modules, announcements are timely notifications that can be used in a variety of ways. As the semester begins, think about how you might incorporate regular announcements to connect with students. Announcements can let learners […]

Thanks to all instructors who have prioritized publishing their syllabi using our new tool Simple Syllabus this semester! As of today, Clemson has published 3,644 syllabi to our institutional repository! With more than 297,000 views, we are off to a great start with this new tool. The average word count for a syllabus is 3,984. […]

Preview upcoming training topics from our Fall 25 Online Instructional Development Calendar! Our fall training sessions will cover a variety of topics, including effective Canvas course design, utilizing New Quizzes in Canvas, increasing communication, community, and active learning in online courses, designing assessments with AI, and preparing for Clemson’s e-learning day. Presentations and Workshops  Our […]