{"id":713,"date":"2021-01-13T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/etc\/?p=713"},"modified":"2021-11-03T10:15:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:15:33","slug":"01-13-21-wednesday-edtech-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/01-13-21-wednesday-edtech-update\/","title":{"rendered":"01\/13\/21 Wednesday EdTech Update!"},"content":{"rendered":"<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=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/blue-1294461_1280-1-300x205.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Beginning of the Semester Resources<\/h2>\n<p>Need to update your Canvas dashboard? Consult the newest academic planning calendar documents? Publish your course? Open your course early? Find answers to these questions and more in our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/its\/archives\/7854\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Beginning of the Semester Resources&#8221; blog article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/VT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/VT-Logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>VoiceThread Update: New Assignment Builder<\/h2>\n<p>The new updates for the VoiceThread Assignment Builder are officially live! It&#8217;s now easier than ever to <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/its\/creating-a-voice-thread-assignment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">build a VoiceThread assignment<\/a> in Canvas.<\/p>\n<p>Note: If you want to use a comment-based assignment from a previous semester, you\u2019ll need to first <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/its\/archives\/13544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">create a clean master copy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Update-Icon-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Canvas Update: New Rich Content Editor<\/h2>\n<p>The changes to the rich content editor that were announced in December are officially live! Please note that this impacts <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/its\/archives\/13524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how you access Ensemble<\/a> (to upload a video) as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-create-hyperlinks-to-course-group-and-user-files-in-the\/ta-p\/959\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to link to a document<\/a> (e.g. syllabus).<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Basics-Guide\/What-is-the-Rich-Content-Editor\/ta-p\/12\" 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\"> Overview of the New Rich Content Editor<\/span><\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/Student-View.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/02\/Student-View-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Canvas Update: Student View Button<\/h2>\n<p>You might have noticed that &#8220;Student View&#8221; is no longer one of the links on the right-side menu from your homepage &#8212; that&#8217;s because it&#8217;s now available on EVERY page in Canvas!<\/p>\n<p>Wherever you are in your Canvas course, you can click on the icon of a pair of glasses in the upper right corner of your screen to see the page from a student&#8217;s perspective.<\/p>\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\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/12\/Canvas-Pro-Tip-Icon-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Canvas Pro Tip: Adding People to Canvas Courses<\/h2>\n<p>If you need to add a TA or colleague to a course in Canvas, please complete the request form below and ETS will process it as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/messiah.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_eu066f8OEzLHv9j\" 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\"> Add People to Canvas Request Form<\/span><\/a>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/07\/DD-Logo-Square-full-size.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-239 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/07\/DD-Logo-Square-full-size-150x150.png\" alt=\"Instructional Design Dynamic Duo logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/07\/DD-Logo-Square-full-size-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/07\/DD-Logo-Square-full-size-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/07\/DD-Logo-Square-full-size.png 502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>This message is brought to you by the Instructional Design Dynamic Duo:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Rocky Allinger &amp; 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