Ally and PDFs Instructors – can your students fully access the PDFs you share in Brightspace? Ally, a tool active in Brightspace, can help you check the accessibility of Portable Document Formats (PDFs). PDFs are a common and convenient way to share information with your students, but these files have…
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Ally and Alt Text Instructors – can all your students “see” the images in your course? For students using screen-readers, alt text is essential for viewing an image. Ally, a tool active in Brightspace to help you improve the accessibility of your content, provides coaching on how to add alt…
Leave a CommentIt’s hard teaching over Zoom— let’s start by acknowledging that inevitable truth. But it’s definitely possible to design and facilitate engaging virtual classes. I’ve experienced it personally, finding myself transformed in Zoom workshops despite the tangle of wires that both separate and connect us. Those experiences have helped me realize that Zoom teaching, despite its challenges, offers new ways of engaging meaningfully with material and connecting with each…
1 CommentLIT and WIT Online look forward to cross-disciplinary conversations and sharing in the workshops to start the fall 2020 term: Tues 9/8 at 11am Best Practices: Managing Your Online Course Tues 9/8 at 12pm Best Practices for Using Zoom for Remote Teaching Tues 9/8 at 4pm Boost Study Time through Anytime Anywhere…
Leave a CommentManage Course Materials and Delivery In the event of an interruption, you may need to provide an updated syllabus that modifies the planned course activities, assignments, content and due dates. Once you have established clear communication procedures and pathways, you may want to send updated course materials. Make sure students…
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