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Leave Engaging, Accessible Feedback for Students with Canvas Media Comments

Leave Engaging, Accessible Feedback for Students with Canvas Media Comments

by Thomas Keith | Oct 31, 2024 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos, Updates

The author wishes to thank ATS instructional designer Joe Olivier for helpful suggestions and advice in the writing of this article. He also wishes to thank Instructional Technology Assistant Kinley LaBerge for assistance with screenshots. Earlier this year, Canvas...
Make Your Canvas Course Sites More Accessible with PopeTech

Make Your Canvas Course Sites More Accessible with PopeTech

by Thomas Keith | Aug 26, 2024 | Accessibility, Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, Digital Accessibility, Services, Universal Design for Learning

As you prepare your Canvas sites for upcoming courses, it is important to keep digital accessibility in mind. The more accessible the materials you share in Canvas, the easier it will be for all students to use your course sites with success, which in turn can promote...
Five Simple Steps to Humanize Your Pedagogy

Five Simple Steps to Humanize Your Pedagogy

by Thomas Keith | Aug 1, 2024 | Instructional design, Pedagogy, Services, Universal Design for Learning

Successful pedagogy means more than just imparting information. For your course to achieve its aims, it’s vital that there be a meaningful human connection between you and your students. In this post, we’ll consider five steps that you can take to “humanize” your...
Make Your Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides More Accessible with Grackle Workspace

Make Your Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides More Accessible with Grackle Workspace

by Thomas Keith | Jul 29, 2024 | Accessibility, How-tos, Universal Design for Learning

As of July 24, 2024, Grackle Workspace (referred to henceforth simply as “Grackle”), a tool to enhance digital accessibility within Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, is available within the UChicago Google Workspace. Those with access to UChicago’s Google Workspace –...
What’s New in Canvas-Summer 2024

What’s New in Canvas-Summer 2024

by Thomas Keith | Jun 10, 2024 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos, Instructional design, Pedagogy, Services

The author wishes to thank his colleagues on the ATS Learning Design Team for their feedback, and Digital Pedagogy Fellow Kinley LaBerge for valuable assistance in the compilation of this post. Canvas has implemented features over the past months that can provide...
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