{"id":1621,"date":"2023-03-17T14:13:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T18:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2023-03-17T14:13:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T18:13:31","slug":"03-15-23-wednesday-edtech-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/03-15-23-wednesday-edtech-update\/","title":{"rendered":"03\/15\/23 Wednesday EdTech Update!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Pro-Tip-Icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-554\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Pro-Tip-Icon-150x150.png\" alt=\"Canvas Pro Tip icon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Pro-Tip-Icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Pro-Tip-Icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Pro-Tip-Icon-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Pro-Tip-Icon-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Pro-Tip-Icon-816x816.png 816w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Pro-Tip-Icon.png 1119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Canvas Pro Tip:<br \/>\nUse Scheduler for Advising Appointments<\/h2>\n<p>Canvas scheduler is a great way to set up advising appointments that students can sign up for.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/its\/how-to-use-canvas-scheduler\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#1f4b74;border-color:#193c5d;border-radius:5px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#63819e;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> Learn How to Use Scheduler <\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/AccessibiltyIcon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1397\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/AccessibiltyIcon-150x150.png\" alt=\"international disability symbol\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/AccessibiltyIcon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/09\/AccessibiltyIcon.png 166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Accessibility Alley:<br \/>\nCanvas&#8217;s Accessibility Checker<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Did you know that Canvas has a built-in tool to help you keep your Canvas content accessible to diverse learners?<\/p>\n<p>At the bottom of any text editor (announcement, page, assignment, etc.), you can see the accessibility icon with an alert if you have potential issues. Canvas will walk you through making corrections.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/AccessibilityScreenShot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1625 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/AccessibilityScreenShot-300x133.png\" alt=\"shows location of accessibility icon\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/AccessibilityScreenShot-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2023\/03\/AccessibilityScreenShot.png 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-use-the-Accessibility-Checker-in-the-Rich-Content\/ta-p\/820\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#1f4b74;border-color:#193c5d;border-radius:5px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 16px;font-size:13px;line-height:26px;border-color:#63819e;border-radius:5px;text-shadow:none\"> Learn More about the Accessibility Checker<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/wider-logo-with-rounded-corner-text-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-583\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/wider-logo-with-rounded-corner-text-box-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"logo for instructional design dynamic duo\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/wider-logo-with-rounded-corner-text-box-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/wider-logo-with-rounded-corner-text-box-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/wider-logo-with-rounded-corner-text-box-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/wider-logo-with-rounded-corner-text-box.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>This message is brought to you by the Instructional Design Dynamic Duo<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Rocky Allinger &amp; Cindi Kerns<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:callinger@messiah.edu\">callinger@messiah.edu<\/a> | <a href=\"mailto:ckerns@messiah.edu\">ckerns@messiah.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/its\/instructional-design-office-hours\">Instructional Design Office Hours<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/its\/\">Tech Support Knowledge Base<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canvas Pro Tip: Use Scheduler for Advising Appointments Canvas scheduler is a great way to set up advising appointments that students can sign up for. &nbsp; Accessibility Alley: Canvas&#8217;s Accessibility <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/03-15-23-wednesday-edtech-update\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  03\/15\/23 Wednesday EdTech Update!<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1621"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1629,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1621\/revisions\/1629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}