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Create Accessible Equations and Formulas with LaTeX, Canvas, and Overleaf

Create Accessible Equations and Formulas with LaTeX, Canvas, and Overleaf

by Thomas Keith | May 7, 2025 | Accessibility, Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, Digital Accessibility, How-tos, Services, Universal Design for Learning

The typesetting system LaTeX (pronounced “lah-tech”) is widely used in academia, especially (though not exclusively) in STEM fields, to represent content in an organized and visually appealing fashion. One of LaTeX’s great strengths is its ability to format...
Explore Accessibility at Global Accessibility Awareness Day Events

Explore Accessibility at Global Accessibility Awareness Day Events

by Thomas Keith | Apr 23, 2025 | Accessibility, Digital Accessibility, Events, GAAD, Services, Universal Design for Learning

Thursday, May 15, 2025, is the 14th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This is a day to reflect on the importance of accessibility and the need to lower barriers for the approximately one billion individuals worldwide living with disabilities. To mark this...
Promote Your Students’ Mental Health and Wellness with Digital Technologies

Promote Your Students’ Mental Health and Wellness with Digital Technologies

by Thomas Keith | Feb 20, 2025 | Canvas, Health and Wellness, Pedagogy

College can be an exciting and enjoyable time, but it can also bring with it various stresses. Heavy workloads, looming deadlines, worries over financial aid – these can be a great enough burden even without external stressors, such as family difficulties,new...
Hide Grade Distribution Graphs from Students in Canvas

Hide Grade Distribution Graphs from Students in Canvas

by Thomas Keith | Dec 13, 2024 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos

By default, students enrolled in a Canvas course are able to view a grade distribution graph (GDG) for an assignment once five or more students have submitted that assignment. The GDG, which shows mean, high, and low scores for the assignment, is displayed when the...
Technology and Equity: Understanding UChicago’s Diverse Community

Technology and Equity: Understanding UChicago’s Diverse Community

by Thomas Keith | Nov 26, 2024 | Pedagogy, Universal Design for Learning

The University of Chicago student community is diverse – racially, ethnically, religiously, socioeconomically – and the University’s efforts continue to increase its diversity. Yet there is always the risk that some students may lack access to the knowledge and...
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