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The TEL team are continually looking to improve the teaching and learning experience for all staff and students. Our recent exploration into consistency across multiple courses found that some students are finding it difficult to locate some resources on their…

The new icon maker allows you to create simple and reusable Icons directly inside Canvas. You could use them on your homepage to help signpost information or help improve the visual interest of your course. Create Accessible Icons Alt Text Adding…

This blog is about the recent connection between Panopto and Mircosoft Teams. It contains details and guidance for LJMU academic tutors.  Panopto is the institutional video capture and storage system. Teams is the institutional video conferencing tool used for meetings…

In the coming weeks, we will be auditing Canvas courses to see how well they adhere to accessibility standards and guidelines. The term accessibility refers to enabling access to the web and other systems for people with disabilities. The Teaching…

Microsoft Teams has all the tools you need for live, online teaching sessions.  As we switch online teaching from Zoom to Microsoft Teams, this blog highlights that Teams has many of the features that are associated with Zoom.  As with…

This blog tells you about digital accessibility and the resources and events we have to help you. It also highlights Global Accessibility Awareness Day on the 19th of May. This is an important event to help promote good accessible design…

The default time in a new Canvas Assignment will be 1PM (13:00)  Why is this change happening?   Previously the default for a Canvas assignment was 23:59. Completing and submitting assignments are probably the most anxious times for students. Although there…

Enhanced Gradebook Filters is a new feature available in the Canvas grades area. You can create new filters in the grades area to filter assignments or students by: Assignment Group Modules Student Group – show only students in a selected group…

What is fair dealing? This week is the UK Fair Dealing Week. This blog will help you understand what fair dealing means and why it’s important for you to know about it. Copyright is an intellectual property right that automatically…

This blog highlights a TLA inspire story that discusses Will Jackson & Anne Hayes from the School of Justice Studies who have been using the feedback dashboard to support tutees.