Accessibility Tips: Document Headings
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: Accessibility Overview The proper use of heading styles is an easy way to improve the accessibility of course content. Headings help readers …
Microsoft Immersive Reader in Canvas
Navigate this article : * Text Preferences * Grammar Options * Reading Preferences Microsoft Immersive Reader is an accessibility and reading experience tool integrated into Canvas. The tool can be used to help students read and understand course pages, assignment instructions, and the syllabus. It is not availab…
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…
Introducing New Quizzes
What is New Quizzes? New Quizzes is Canvas's new assessment engine, which will replace the current "Classic" Quizzes over the next few years. New Quizzes was built as a separate web tool to integrate into Canvas using the LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) standard that securely connects applications to Canvas a…
How to get Kaltura captions in a language other than English
Kaltura supports closed captioning and transcripts for many different languages, but will auto-caption everything in English by default first. At present, your videos can be captioned in Arabic, French, German, Italian, Russian, Hebrew, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish in addition to English. How to get captions fo…
Where can I find external apps in my Canvas course?
Can’t find the tool you need for your course? Please visit our support page on the External Apps Supported in FSU's Canvas for more information.
Using Canvas Integration: How to start your scheduled Zoom meeting
Before your students can join the Zoom meeting that you have scheduled, you will first have to start the meeting. You can do this by following these steps. Please Note: It is important that you always start your meetings as described below even if you have downloaded the Zoom software and are using the Zoom sof…
Check Contrast for Accessibility with Colour Contrast Analyser
Making sure your documents follow guidelines for optimum contrast is helpful for all students but especially for those with visual impairments like color blindness. Good contrast makes content easier to view when it’s projected in class or on low-quality monitors. It also makes viewing content easier on a mobile devi…
New Quizzes Transition Timeline
New Quizzes is Canvas's new assessment engine which will eventually replace "Classic" Quizzes. On October 26, 2022, Instructure, which is Canvas' parent company, decided to eliminate the June 2024 transition deadline . With this change, FSU faculty now have more flexibility to use and assess features according to th…
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. * …
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