by Yue Deng | Jul 2, 2024 | Accessibility, Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, Digital Accessibility, How-tos
Introduction The academic accommodations students can receive from Student Disability Services include course flexibility, exam accommodations, note-taking assistance, alternative format conversions, and interpreting and captioning services. Thankfully, Canvas offers...
by Kinley LaBerge | Jun 13, 2024 | Accessibility, Digital Accessibility, Student
The academic life is filled with reading. Whether you are a student with copious amounts of coursework, or a professional academic balancing teaching, research, and keeping up with current literature, reading is central to success. While reading can be enjoyable,...
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...
by Thomas Keith | Jun 4, 2024 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos, Instructional design, Pedagogy, Services
The author wishes to thank ATS instructional designers Michael Hernandez, Joe Olivier, and Cheryl Walker, whose suggestions improved this post. Canvas Discussions and Announcements have recently been redesigned. The new designs offer improved functionality and more...
by Michael Hernandez | May 17, 2024 | Instructional design
While much of the discourse on generative AI in higher education has concerned student use to circumvent learning goals, particularly for writing assignments like essays and reading responses, learning activities and concerns from disciplines involving other artifacts...
by Mohammad Ahmed | May 14, 2024 | Accessibility, How-tos, Instructional design, Services, Universal Design for Learning
This post is the second installment in a series on Universal Design for Learning. For more information, please see previous installments in this series. When you are designing assignments to help your class practice new concepts, you can set up your students for...