Division of Academic Innovation
November 28, 2022
Video and Audio Accessibility Procedures Recently questions have been asked regarding HSC captioning procedures. Below you will find abbreviated information regarding HSC captioning procedures. For detailed information regarding these procedures, please read the complete document, Video and Audio/Podcasts Accessibility Procedures. Videos in Face to Face Courses Class lectures recorded during a live class session are…
November 14, 2022
Course Development Toolkit Spring is coming! Many of you are already busy preparing your course for the spring semester. Division of Academic Innovation would like to help with the Course Development Toolkit! You can access the toolkit through the orange Faculty Course Prep button in the right navigation of any Canvas course. The Course Development…
October 31, 2022
Voice Over PowerPoints Recently the option to record audio on PowerPoint slides has become quite popular. However, when using this PowerPoint option a few things should be considered before using it. After using the audio directly on the PowerPoint slide, the user has the ability to save the file as an mp4 video file. This…
October 14, 2022
Mediasite Videos and Captioning Mediasite provides cloud-based video storage within the Canvas LMS. Many of these videos include captioning. With the advent of a new school year, here are a few reminders regarding captioning and Mediasite: All videos should be titled following this naming process: [Course Abbreviation, Course Number, Video Title] Example: PHAR 555 Introduction…
October 3, 2022
New Accessibility Tool – UDOIT! Have you noticed something new in your Canvas course navigation? UNTHSC Canvas now utilizes the UDOIT Cloud accessibility tool! Here are a few quick tips to start using UDOIT: The tool (not visible to students) scans your course once you click on UDOIT Cloud in the course navigation (a one-time…
September 19, 2022
Canvas Files With the new school year underway, this week’s Canvas Tips and Tricks provides Canvas users with a few guidelines regarding files within a Canvas course. Organizing files: Did you know that you can create folders to organize your files? It’s easy! Click on Files in the Course Navigation then click the “+Folder” in…
September 6, 2022
Navigating the Canvas Dashboard With the new school year underway, this week’s Canvas Tips and Tricks provides faculty and staff with a few guidelines on navigating the Canvas Dashboard. Students: Only published courses will show on your dashboard. Unpublished courses will be listed under Future Enrollments under the Courses icon in the Global Navigation. Once…
August 23, 2022
Welcome to the first 2022-2023 Canvas Tips! Canvas Tips will appear 2 times per month in the Canvas announcements. They will provide helpful tips regarding Canvas and related tech tools for faculty, staff, and students! Are you new to UNTHSC? Have you reviewed your Canvas settings? Below are the most common settings edited by users:…
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