Blackboard Ally accessibility reporting is now available in all Canvas courses. You may have noticed the small icons 
that look like fuel gauges next to files that you have uploaded into your course.
To learn what those icons mean and how you can use the accessibility reports to improve your course, watch the short video below.
Embedded below is a calendar with the workshops available for Dec, 2017 and January, 2018. Click on the session for a full description and an RSVP link. If you would like to see them in a list format, click the AGENDA button at the top right of the calendar.(click here if calendar does not load)
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Are you looking for a way to prevent students taking an online Canvas quiz from accessing any outside websites, printing, copying or accessing other applications during the quiz ? If yes, then consider requiring students to use the Respondus LockDown Browser, which is now available within Endicott’s Canvas platform.
Learn More about how to require students to use the LockDown Browser with a Canvas quiz with these resources:
Check out the updated interface and new student engagement features in Canvas Conferences which integrates with the Big Blue Button (BBB) web conferencing platform. Key changes include:
Watch the 5 minute BigBlueButton 2.0 Overview to see new features.
In an effort to continually improve Canvas, Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, releases Canvas upgrades every three weeks along with Production Release Notes. Key features in the July 15 production release are listed below. For more details, view the full Canvas Production Release Notes for July 15, 2017 and its accompanying screencast. The next release is July 31, 2017.
1. Assignments and pages can now be duplicated in Canvas courses! Duplicating discussions and quizzes are planned for a future release.
2. Modules replaces Recent Activity Stream as the default Course Home page for new courses. Instructors can still choose a different course home page option.
3. A Course Setup Tutorial is now available and replaces the Course Setup Checklist. In Account Settings, faculty can enable the tutorial to display for all courses. Learn more about the Course Setup Tutorial here.
4. The default font size has increased from 14px to 16 px and new icons are used throughout Canvas.
5. The new Calendar Scheduler feature is turned on for Endicott. Use the links below to learn about the new Scheduler feature:
Annotation Feature now in the Canvas Mobile App – Students have the ability to annotate PDF files within the Canvas app, and submit them within assignments. This is a tremendous addition to the Canvas app. For more info – please check out this video overview of the process or read this.