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

We use pronouns to identify or refer to somebody when we are not using their name… “They”, “Them”, “She”, “Her”, “He”, “Him”, are some examples. You can change your personal pronouns in the account section in Canvas. Personal pronouns display…

Dr Miranda Melcher from City, University of London gave a recent presentation at the University of Kent’s Digitally Enhanced Education Webinar series. Here are her three key principles for support inclusivity and examples of implementation. You can listen to her full talk Teaching inclusively to…

New Quizzes is both a redesign and an improvement on the underlying system that replaces the current classic Canvas quizzes in July 2022. Canvas sees this change as providing a “new assessment engine that leverages modern technologies, enhanced features and workflow improvements“.  New functionality includes:  The TLA team will be creating guidance…

This blog post will concentrate on two new assessment functionalities, which are small in themselves but offer a creative opportunity to rethink how we connect students with their feedback.   Annotation assessment type  The first is a new assignment type that allows your students to analyse and…

There are lots of ways you can get help and support for Canvas. Whether you are looking for help accessing feedback, or whether you’re a staff member looking to mark assignments online. Canvas experts are available to answer your questions…

Canvas have recently made a change to their Accessibility Checker. The Rich Content Editor includes an accessibility tool that checks common accessibility errors within the editor. You can use the Accessibility Checker to design course content while considering accessibility attributes.…

Vevox Vevox, the institutional classroom voting system, is now available within MS Teams. This means, if you are running a Teams meeting you can add Vevox as an additional app and allow attendees to interact with questions and Q&A functions without ever leaving the Teams interface. The new Vevox Teams integration…

Annotation submission A new submission type is now available in Canvas Assignments. It allows you to upload a file for students to annotate on and submit this directly in Canvas. In the assignment creation page, tutors can select the option…