Accessibility Q&A: PowerPoint

Accessibility Q&A: PowerPoint

When creating a PowerPoint, it won’t matter how I format it, as long as it looks nice, right? No, and here’s why. When creating a PowerPoint presentation, you need to use the slide layout templates as opposed to just adding text boxes when formatting and adding...
Learning Outcomes Can Be Sexy AND Significant to Students

Learning Outcomes Can Be Sexy AND Significant to Students

…but usually learning outcomes are more like finding out you’re pregnant.  Either you are, or you aren’t.   The state of being pregnant is a significant outcome. The different reasons leading to getting pregnant were related to your objectives. “Just tell me how to...
VHS Tapes The Final Farewell: Oct 31

VHS Tapes The Final Farewell: Oct 31

This is your last call to pick up VHS tapes, before the goblins and ghouls arrive to take them to recycle. If you would like any of the VHS tapes we have left in our media library please make sure to check them out before they are removed.  They will be carried away...
Dreaming of a Virtual Office?

Dreaming of a Virtual Office?

As the fall air turns chilly and winter cold threatens to appear and chase us inside, do you find yourself dreaming of the ability to hold office hours or study sessions with students online? How about the ability for your students to virtually attend your class?...
Accessibility Q&A: Scanned Documents

Accessibility Q&A: Scanned Documents

  Can I scan a document (handwritten, typed, copyright material, etc.) and post it in my Moodle course as a PDF? No, and here’s why. Scanned documents are treated like image files and therefore cannot be read by assistive technologies, such as a screen reader,...