It might feel daunting to create an accessible document from scratch. Luckily with just a few good design principles you can create wonderfully accessible documents in just a few simple steps. Making documents accessible isn’t about making everything the same…
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Collaborative assessment: Group submissions in Canvas
Canvas features a range of useful tools that facilitate group and collaborative work between students. These tools include collaborative Pages, Collaborations – online shared Google Docs or Office 365 documents, and Canvas Groups. In this post we are going to…
Dates for your diary! Book now for these great TEL workshops.
We have a great line-up of new workshops for University of Sussex teaching staff this semester. Whether you want to explore next steps with Canvas, are looking to make the most of Panopto, our new online media platform, or are…
Tagged with: AR, augmented reality, Canvas, Collaboration, Flipgrid, flipped learning, Gamification, Panopto, Podcasting, Quizzes, Surveys, Twine, Video
Posted in Professional Development
Posted in Professional Development
Smarter study – 5 great apps for students
As the new academic year is now well underway, we thought that it would be worthwhile updating our ‘Smarter study – 5 essential apps for students’ post. With a new online learning platform and a host of new educational and…
Three Tools for Learning Analytics
As teachers it would be great to be able to predict as early as possible, which students are going to require more support, to get accurate feedback on what a cohort has grasped and to adapt teaching to better meet…
Canvas: New Commons Favourites button in Rich Content Editor
What is Canvas Commons? Canvas Commons is a repository or resources and activities that you can draw upon to use in your Canvas module sites. Commons contains learning objects that other Canvas users, both at the University of Sussex and…
Making your Canvas modules accessible
If you’ve attended any TEL training recently, you’ll have heard us mention digital accessibility. This means making sure online teaching materials are usable for students with disabilities or specific learning needs. This year sees the introduction of new legislation governing…
Getting ready for September with TEL
Summer is here, but before we know it students will be arriving to begin the 2019-20 academic year. Before then, teaching staff will want to prepare their Canvas modules and related materials. To support staff during this process Technology Enhanced…
Tagged with: Accessibility, Accessible technology, Canvas, digital accessiblity, rollover
Posted in Accessibility, Canvas
Posted in Accessibility, Canvas
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