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Small changes can make big differences for all users. Myself and other members of the Teaching and Learning and Academy recently attended an event run by AbilityNet to understand and apply inclusive and accessible digital practices. The following text summarises…

Canvas have developed some really useful assessment features which will be introduced this Saturday on the 20th March update. Webcam Submissions For Assignments with the ‘File Upload‘ submission type, students now have the option to use their webcam to submit…

Both Canvas and Zoom have recently been updated to include some really useful Accessibility features. Canvas – Immersive Reader Microsofts Immersive Reader is now incorporated into Canvas. The immersive reader enables students with learning differences such as Dyslexia using text…

The Zoom Dashboard is the next stage in the ongoing Canvas and Technology Enhanced Learning Analytics offering from the Teaching and Learning Academy It is intended to support teaching and learning by providing insights in to how students engage and…

Vevox is the institutional classroom voting system which provides a whole range of ways to engage your students. We want to make it as easy as possible to access this tool. We have now added a link to all Canvas course menus for staff…

We have released our training and network dates for the next semester. We want to help you by providing training on the wide range of technologies and help you understand how to get the most from them. We also have…

Vevox staff accounts must use the Microsoft login username@ljmu.ac.uk and LJMU password to log in to Vevox, from now on; this includes login to the PowerPoint add in.  This change removes the original Vevox login option to use a LJMU email address…

On the 19th December, both Panopto and Canvas will be updated. This weekend sees the introduction of a new course Student preview tool in Canvas and Panopto have a number of updates including the ability to tag videos, new Smart…

The Teaching and Learning Academy have worked with Academic Staff and JMSU to create a system within Canvas that aggregates an individual student’s electronic feedback into a single Feedback Dashboard. This has now been released as a beta version for staff to use with…

Originally published 15/03/2020. Updated 16/11/2020 to include most recent technologies and practice. Keep Learning with Canvas This post focuses on core Canvas functionality that is available to help you with your learning. Each course is different, if you can’t find…