{"id":2288,"date":"2026-03-17T15:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:37:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:37:45","slug":"03-13-26-edtech-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/03-13-26-edtech-update\/","title":{"rendered":"03\/13\/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=\"alignleft wp-image-554 size-thumbnail\" 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><strong data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Canvas Pro Tip:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Use Scheduler for Advising Appointments<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Canvas Scheduler is one option faculty may consider for organizing advising appointments. It allows instructors to create available meeting times within Canvas so students can sign up for a slot that works for them. Check out this<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/techsupport.messiah.edu\/ETS\/kb\/canvas-how-to-use-scheduler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tutorial<\/a> <\/strong>for details.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/calendar-23684_640.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-876\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/calendar-23684_640-150x150.png\" alt=\"Calendar icon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/calendar-23684_640-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/calendar-23684_640-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/calendar-23684_640.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Upcoming Events!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t caught these workshops, check out the final offerings of the semester:<\/p>\n<h3>New Quizzes Workshop<\/h3>\n<p>(B222 or ID Office Hours Zoom, no registration needed)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday, March 18th, at 11:00 am<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, March 26th, at 3:00 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Digital Syllabus Template Training<\/h3>\n<p>(<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/messiah.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_6fkD5eg9SwLXq4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Requires Registration<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday, March 24th, at 9:00 am (B131)<\/li>\n<li>Friday, March 27th, at 10:30 am (Zoom)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/10\/xxl_HelioCampus_logo_1400x1000_2X.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2222\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/10\/xxl_HelioCampus_logo_1400x1000_2X-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">If you haven\u2019t done so yet . . .<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Link Your SP26 Assignments for HelioCampus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re teaching a course that is being assessed by your department\/program or as part of the General Education curriculum, please remember to\u00a0<strong>link your assignments\u00a0<\/strong>as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">We\u2019re Here to Help!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Asynchronous Support:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out the\u00a0<strong><a title=\"https:\/\/techsupport.messiah.edu\/kb\/heliocampus-user-guide\/\" href=\"https:\/\/techsupport.messiah.edu\/kb\/heliocampus-user-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" 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It allows instructors to create available meeting times within Canvas <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/03-13-26-edtech-update\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  03\/13\/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-2288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288","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=2288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2290,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions\/2290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}