December 1, 2025
Digital Accessibilty In an online space, accessibility is “designing better user experiences for everyone by first improving the user experience of persons with disabilities.” Instructors must be “proactively creating content, products, and environments that people with a diverse range of hearing, sight, movement, and cognitive abilities can use, understand, (in some cases) contribute to, and […]
November 24, 2025
AI has become intertwined with both teaching and learning. So, it is necessary to consider how to design assignments that can withstand AI, and when appropriate, leverage AI. Research indicates that 75% of students are familiar with AI use, whereas only 45% of educators are. By closing this gap, educators can push students to use […]
November 17, 2025
Utilizing the community of inquiry framework is essential when creating online courses. This model creates powerful learning experiences through three distinct elements: cognitive presence, social presence, and teaching presence. This blog will help instructors utilize this framework to enhance student engagement by providing tips to build learning communities in online courses. Building the Community Learners […]
November 10, 2025
The Quality Matters (QM) Course Review process is not just a certification, but an opportunity for instructors to refine and improve their Canvas courses for accessibility, clarity, and student engagement. Jennifer Newton, Principal Lecturer, completed her internal course review of MATH 2070: Business Calculus II in March 2024. To learn more about the impact the […]
October 31, 2025
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 […]
October 27, 2025
A peer review assignment enables students to provide feedback on another student’s submission. Peer review assignments promote communication among learners, helping them master concepts and learn from one another. You can customize the settings to best fit your assignment. Students can only view others’ submissions after they have submitted their own assignment. Additionally, peer review […]
