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Canvas Spotlight

How to Help Struggling Students

…(UDL) principles and building support into your course, such as using the Canvas features, Message Students Who, and New Analytics, as well as office hours and flexible deadlines. Each of these features can be customized to meet your needs, and when used correctly, will absolutely improve student outcomes. Let’s now…

Canvas Spotlight

Welcome to the Canvas Spotlight section of the CTLD Ready website! This is the place where we shine a light on the most effective tools and practices to enhance your teaching experience. Below you will find a list of articles that have been featured in the MSU-Denver Early Bird newsletter….

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Generative AI

Consider Academic Integrity with AI

…and society as a whole. What ethical considerations should accountants consider when dealing with such situations, and how can they ensure that their work is transparent and “accountable”? How can individuals and businesses make use of accounting principles to make informed decisions about their own finances and investments, and what…

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Canvas Spotlight Course Showcase

Course Showcase – GWS 1001- Support for Beginning Students

…(Universal Design for Learning) principles take a whole-brain approach to course design, emphasizing the “why,” “what,” and “how” of learning. Instructors who use this approach provide multiple means of student engagement and representation, as well as action and expression. The process aims to remove barriers to learning in the course-planning…

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Canvas Spotlight

Find Open Educational Resources and Use Them in Canvas

…openly accessible to anyone. Much like the previous resource, Libretext hosts all content on their website, and provides licensing information for each resource. In addition to textbooks, Libretext also hosts complete open courses that you may use or adapt sections of. Galileo – Produced by the University of Georgia system,…

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Canvas Spotlight Course Showcase

Course Showcase – ACC 3750- International Accounting

…of the course development, Dr. Holt revised and developed both accounting textbooks to OER. Equal access to content provides students with a more equitable learning experience. The instructional designers spent extensive time remediating the content to be fully accessible with varied pictorial and verbal presentation of essential information. The instructional…

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Canvas Spotlight Course Showcase

Course Showcase – SOC 1300 – Asia in Global Perspective

…Examples Video https://msudenver.yuja.com/V/Video?v=8393308&node=35615999&a=158807054&autoplay=1 Building Knowledge of All Asian Regions and Countries One of Dr. Jiang’s priorities for the course was to ensure that it equally represented the East, South, and Southeast regions of Asia. We used several tactics to accomplish this, including embedding an accessible and interactive Thinglink map to…

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Canvas Spotlight

Create A Dynamic Home Page

…Week at a Glance Schedule Accessible Highlight the Cells in the left column. Click on the Table Icon from the drop-down menu that appears.  Hover over the Cell Option in the drop-down menu that appears.  Click Cell Properties. Click in the Text Box for “Cell Type.” Click the Header Cell…

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FAQ

How do I Enable Captions in YuJa?

All multimedia resources available in your Canvas course should have closed captions to comply with federal law and accessibility guidelines. It is important to create videos that are accessible for all users regardless of ability. Luckily, there is an auto-caption feature built into YuJa that you can enable to have…

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Canvas Spotlight

Common Mistakes to Avoid in Canvas

…item or module is unpublished. Regularly use the “Student View” feature in Canvas to verify that all published content is visible and accessible to students.  If you would like to create prerequisites or requirements for students to open an item or module, review the CTLD tutorial on Prerequisites, Requirements, and…