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Take a look at previous happenings, current developments, and future opportunities involving our Division. On the first Tuesday of each month, the Digital Learning team releases a newsletter containing tech tips, technology updates, and information/links about the workshops that will be running that month.

2023

January 2023 

Newsletter Topics: Tips for prepping for the semester (importing content, merging courses, changing assignment dates in bulk, managing Canvas dashboard, tips for course accessibility, Canvas accessibility checker); how to replace VidGrid videos with YuJa Videos

  • view January 2023 Newsletter

2022

December 2022 

Newsletter topics: Adding the academic calendar to Canvas, tips for prepping for spring, importing grades to mavlink, extending sections for incompletes.
  • view December 2022 Newsletter

November 2022 

Newsletter Topics: Updates to Zoom, updated Canvas navigation, copy an entire Canvas course, copy individual items in a Canvas course, merging courses together, change assignment due dates in bulk

  • view November 2022 Newsletter

October 2022 

Newsletter Topics: Canvas Help Menu Layout, Moderating Quizzes – adding additional attempts and extending time on a quiz

  • view October 2022 Newsletter

Special Edition: YuJa 

Newsletter Topics: You asked and now you shall receive! This newsletter is all about YuJa! Check out information below on what YuJa is, where you can find it, what to expect regarding transitioning and migration to YuJa, list of workshops on YuJa Basics and where you can get help!

  • view the Special Edition: YuJa Newsletter

September 2022 

Newsletter Topics: Akindi test importer, setting a default due date time, formatting change to edit assignment due dates function, message students who

  • view September 2022 Newsletter

August 2022 

Newsletter Topics: Beginning of the semester checklist, how to merge courses, importing previous courses, scheduling zoom meetings via Canvas, student technology resource module

  • view August 2022 Newsletter

July 2022 

Newsletter Topics: Resources available to help prepare for the fall semester including links to past tech tips and Canvas Design Studio

  • view July 2022 Newsletter

June 2022 

Newsletter Topics: How to make a good quality PDF accessible, how to use the screen reader in Adobe, enabling feature items in Canvas, Canvas Icon Maker, Emoji Submission Comments, and Enhanced Gradebook Filters

  • view June 2022 Newsletter

May 2022 

Newsletter Topics: 6 tips to making an accessible course, canvas accessibility checker, canvas immersive reader

  • view May 2022 Newsletter

April 2022 

Newsletter Topics: How to add groups to assignments and discussions in Canvas

  • view April 2022 Newsletter

March 2022 

Newsletter Topics: Assigning discussions, quizzes, and assignments to specific students/sections and setting up and assigning students to groups in Canvas

  • view March 2022 Newsletter

February 2022 

Newsletter Topics: Managing your Canvas Dashboard, Customizing Canvas Notifications by Course, Separating First & Last Name into Two Columns in the Gradebook, Automatic Missing Status Removal in Canvas

  • view February 2022 Newsletter

January 2022 

Newsletter Topics: Adding announcements to your course homepage, changing the grade posting policy for the gradebook and individual assignments, setting up an automatic grade for missing submissions, setting up automatic deductions for late work

  • view January 2022 Newsletter

2021

December 2021 

Newsletter Topics: Importing Canvas grades into MavLINK, Changing Assignment Dates in Bulk, Canvas Utilities - Merging Courses & Extending Course Dates

  • view December 2021 Newsletter

November 2021 

Newsletter Topics: How to import previous course content in Canvas, sticky navigation, and text entry word count in speed grader

  • view November 2021 Newsletter

October 2021 

Newsletter Topics: Setting a default grade in canvas, editing submission labels in SpeedGrader, and searching for assignments by title in the Gradebook

  • view October 2021 Newsletter

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