Accessibility Overview
In this article: * Getting Started * Next Steps Check out our collection of articles on accessibility best practices. These are designed to be low-effort, high-impact strategies to improve your courses' Ally scores while making your content more accessible for your students, regardless of accessibility needs an…
Instructors: Add a Guest to your Course
Flipgrid can be an effective way to foster communication among your students using a multimedia approach. You can also facilitate guest speaker engagements within the Flipgrid environment, or allow students from other courses/programs to participate in discussions with your students. This article details your options…
Instructors: Course Settings Options
Canvas offers many different options for course settings and enabling optional course features. To navigate to your Canvas course settings: * Navigate to the course you would like to modify using either the Courses or Dashboard option on the garnet global navigation menu on the left-hand side of the screen. * …
Accessibility Tips: Image Descriptions
In this article: * How to Add Image Descriptions * Make it Meaningful * New to Ally? Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Digital Learning has a collection of tips for making course content more accessible. See the full collection of accessibility guides . This tip describes ho…
Accessibility Tips: Descriptive Document Titles
In this article: * How to Add a Missing Title Adding Titles in Microsoft Word Adding Titles in PDFs * New to Ally? Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Digital Learning has a collection of tips for making course content more accessible. See the full collection of access…
Do I have the ability to adjust events/due dates when I course copy?
Yes, you do have the ability to shift events/dates in a course copy. Further resources * How do I adjust events and dates in a course import?
How do I create a new feature idea for Canvas?
Canvas's developers like hearing from you! If you have an idea for functionality that Canvas does not currently offer, create a feature idea that the entire Canvas community can vote on. Both FSU users and users at other institutions can give your idea an "upvote." The ideas that garner enough "upvotes" catch Canvas …
Instructors: I want my students to meet together easily without me - can they do this with Zoom?
Zoom is a great tool for facilitating synchronous communication with your students, especially for online courses. Though Zoom does not feature an "always on" course room, your students can still utilize their own FSU Zoom accounts to meet with one another to collaborate on group projects, form study groups, and more…
How do I set a new time zone for my account in Canvas?
Are you a Distance Learning student at Florida State University or outside of the U.S. Eastern time zone while taking classes? If so, we strongly recommend that you adjust your personal Canvas time zone settings to match your region. FSU's Canvas courses are automatically set to Eastern Time for all date and …
Accessibility Tips: Document Headings
In this article: * How to Add Headings in Documents * Heading Best Practices Follow a logical hierarchy Don't overuse headings Never apply text styles in place of a heading style * New to Ally? Need some simple fixes to improve accessibility? The Office of Digital Learning has a collection of tips f…
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