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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.…

Update: Downtime No Longer Requried. Panopto will be available on the 14th August On Saturday, August 14, Panopto will be making a number of updates to the Panopto Cloud infrastructure to improve performance and scalability.

Canvas is updated every month, these normally include background changes or minor amendments to ensure the system works as effectively as possible. But this month the good people over at Canvas have developed some interesting new features: Feedback Library A…

We are excited to share information about new Panopto features, upcoming beta features, details on the June 26 downtime window, and other key dates this summer. June 26 downtime Headline features include:

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…

INSPIRE Case Studies Ever wondered how other people use Canvas, or other Learning Technology Tools such as Panopto or Vevox? Our selection of Case Studies do just that. Each account is submitted by LJMU academic members of staff and may…

Training events This blog will provide you with a brief update on how the Teaching and Learning Academy plans to support you and your colleagues with training events over the next 12 months:

Get involved with the HE Technology Enhanced Learning Community, these two events are running over the next few weeks: Warwick TEALfest – 10th May Join the University of Warwick for TEALfest (technology enhanced active learning), a week long festival of…

Dr Lindsey Gaston Senior Lecturer at the LJMU Business School started using Vevox back in 2017 as a way to create more discussion and a more inclusive environment in his lectures at the Liverpool Business School.  Liverpool John Moores University decided…