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We’re committed to making digital content accessible to as many people as possible at Liverpool John Moores University. This article is one in a series of accessibility tips to help you improve the digital environment for everyone. We would like you to…

Canvas supports a variety of font types that can be previewed in Canvas, it also supports previews for documents up to 100 MB and 999 pages. When documents are viewed in Canvas, fonts are often converted from their original type…

This guide advises on best practice for accessible PowerPoints. It makes suggestions you can implement when designing slides, sharing files, or during live presentations. The information is gathered from several agencies that promote good accessibility and good practice drawn from…

This is a list of guiding principles for the use and development of the VLE.  These principles need to highlight particular fundamentals about the use of the VLE and protect it from a diversification and proliferation of roles. It also…

Occasionally staff and students who are using the Panopto recorder may find it difficult to log in on an LJMU laptop or computer. This is usually caused by the Panopto record not being used on that particular PC.

Canvas Technical Support If you are experiencing a Canvas technical issue or require user guidance, please raise this with Canvas 24/7 Support, in the first instance. If Canvas Support are unable to resolve your issue, they will automatically assign your…

Canvas have removed the plugin to import images directly from Unsplash into your Canvas course. For more information regarding this change please read Unsplash images changes. There are lots of other ways to add images to your content, you should…

We’re changing the way that recordings are stored in Panopto.

If a recording is not viewed by anyone it will go into archive mode. 

Archived recordings can be restored by any Panopto user with the link to the recording, or from the search page. Restored recordings will automatically be made available for viewing again within 48 hours. 

The TEL team are currently in consultation with Academic Registry services about the replacement of the existing pseudo-course framework with the Canvas Blueprinting tool. Unlike SIS modules, pseudo-courses are manually created in Canvas and used to group several module cohorts…