Spring 2018 Updates

PRODUCT RELEASE AND SCREENCAST

·         A new Canvas product update is scheduled for this Saturday, January 6th. This update includes enhancements to the Gradebook, Speedgrader, Rubrics, Accessibility, and more. Note that much of this release focuses on the new Canvas Gradebook. Hence, we’ve enabled a setting in Canvas that allows faculty to opt in/out of the new Gradebook. (Settings > Feature Options > New Gradebook (on)). You can revert to the old Gradebook at any time provided you’ve not enabled late policies.

GENERAL ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES

·         This document from Instructure provides some helpful General Accessibility Design Guidelines. Note that both UDOIT and the new Canvas Accessibility Checker will identify and even provide corrective assistance for many accessibility issues. However, documents created in Word, PowerPoint, Acrobat, etc. may require additional accessibility formatting. Refer to Learning Technologies Accessibility for more information.

TIPS/TRICKS: VANITY ZOOM URL

·         You can create a vanity Zoom URL by logging into Zoom > locate My Profile > locate Personal Link > Customize. You can use your name, for example, but it will need to be contiguous. When you want to schedule a Zoom meeting, you can then simply use your Zoom vanity URL rather than the Personal ID number.

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