Category: Follow Up Friday

Two weeks ago was Canvas Accessibility Week, featuring numerous sessions dedicated to enhancing accessibility in Canvas course design. This Follow-up Friday post will cover two sessions from Accessibility Week: Multimedia & Accessibility and Creating Accessible Teaching Materials. Multimedia and Accessibility The first session covered in this post, Multimedia and Accessibility, was hosted by Digital Learning […]

November 3rd is E-Learning Preparedness Day, and it is approaching quickly! In preparation for E-Learning Day, Millie Tullis, Digital Learning Strategist, hosted a preparedness training workshop. This workshop was dedicated to preparing instructors for E-Learning Day by discussing resources, tips, and suggested activities to keep students engaged and learning through the digital landscape. Tullis began […]

Last week was Canvas Accessibility Week, which featured several sessions highlighting methods to increase accessibility in Canvas courses. This Follow up Friday post will showcase the first two of those sessions: Building and Designing Accessible Assessments in Canvas and Designing for All: Online Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning. Building and Designing Accessible Assessments in […]

Last Thursday, IT Services Specialist John Dickinson hosted a Quick Hit session titled Introduction to Academic Integrity Tools. This session covered Lockdown Browser, Respondus Monitor, and Turnitin for assessments. Dickinson began the session with Turnitin, a tool that helps detect plagiarism and AI-generated content in student submissions. Then the session pivoted to Lockdown Browser, a […]

Digital Learning Strategist Millie Tullis facilitated a workshop on Wednesday, September 24th: Increasing Instructor-Student Communication and Connection in the Online Classroom. The session focused on tips and strategies that increase communication and enhance the connection between instructors and students. The session began with a discussion about the Community of Inquiry framework, an online learning framework […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]