{"id":2241,"date":"2026-01-21T07:51:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2026-01-21T07:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:51:03","slug":"01-07-26-edtech-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/01-07-26-edtech-update\/","title":{"rendered":"01\/07\/26 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=\"wp-image-554 size-thumbnail alignleft\" 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 \/>\nEdit All Due Dates from One Screen<\/h2>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">You can use the \u201cbulk update\u201d function on the assignments index page to edit all availability and due dates at one time. Check out this\u00a0<strong><a title=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-bulk-update-due-dates-and-availability-dates-as-an\/ta-p\/1195\" href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-bulk-update-due-dates-and-availability-dates-as-an\/ta-p\/1195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">Canvas tutorial<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>for details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Note: Once you hit save, please wait for the save process to complete before navigating away from the page.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<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 \/>\nAdding Student TAs to Canvas Courses<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019ve been authorized to have a TA in one of your courses, please complete the \u201c<strong>Onboarding a TA<\/strong>\u201d form (available in Falconlink). This new form ensures that the TA is oriented to privacy issues, is approved by your department chair, and is added to your Canvas course in the appropriate way.<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-22-at-9.45.23\u202fAM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2068 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-22-at-9.45.23\u202fAM-300x83.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-22-at-9.45.23\u202fAM-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-22-at-9.45.23\u202fAM.png 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/blue-1294461_1280-1-e1614026100959.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-716 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/blue-1294461_1280-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"folder icon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBeginning of the Semester Resources<\/h2>\n<p>Need to update your Canvas dashboard? Publish your course? Find answers to these questions and more in our \u201c<strong><a title=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/ETS\/kb\/begin-a-new-semester\/\" href=\"https:\/\/techsupport.messiah.edu\/ETS\/kb\/begin-a-new-semester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">Canvas: Beginning of the Semester Resources<\/a><\/strong>\u201d Tech Support Knowledge Base article.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/11\/IDHours.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1191\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/11\/IDHours-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"chalkboard that says the Instructional Designers are in\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Instructional Design Office Hours Spring 2025<\/h2>\n<p>For the Spring 2025 semester, walk-in assistance is available<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mondays at Winding Hill Caf\u00e9, 12 &#8211; 4 pm<\/li>\n<li>Tuesdays in Zoom, 2 &#8211; 4 pm<\/li>\n<li>Thursdays at Caf\u00e9 Diem (library), 9 &#8211; 11 am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No appointments are necessary! Just come with your questions and\/or brainstorm ideas.<\/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:\/\/techsupport.messiah.edu\/its\/instructional-design-office-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instructional Design Office Hours<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/techsupport.messiah.edu\/its\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ITS Helpdesk Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canvas Pro Tip: Edit All Due Dates from One Screen You can use the \u201cbulk update\u201d function on the assignments index page to edit all availability and due dates at <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/01-07-26-edtech-update\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  01\/07\/26 EdTech Update!<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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-2241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241","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=2241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2243,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241\/revisions\/2243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}