Vol 4.6: #3ThingsWorthSharing: Analog Inspirations, UDOIT POWER HOUR, & Canvas Discussion Tools

Get simple ideas to rethink teaching with or without AI and make fast accessibility fixes to your course. Learn how new Canvas discussion checkpoints help students stay on track, especially on their phones.

Analog Inspiration in an AI Age

Variety, a2x4" activity card for discussing AI innovations

Our team recently purchased eight decks of Analog Inspiration cards. The 48 cards provide a low-tech starting place to explore, resist, reinforce, and enhance your teaching with or without AI; explore cards as an individual or create activities with colleagues.

Engage with this activity:

UDOIT POWER HOUR!

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The Office of Digital Accessibility is offering a UDOIT Power Hour, a relaxed drop-in session to make quick improvements to your course.  The sessions will focus on employing SpeedFixIT and UFIXIT modules which can quickly handle issues with alt-text, color contrast, and links.  The sessions are every Friday from 11-12, March 6 through May 1. Sign-up is required.

Canvas discussion checkpoints

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Canvas Discussion Checkpoints allow instructors to set multiple due dates and checkpoints to graded discussions.  Additionally, an update to Canvas ensures that all checkpoint due dates now appear correctly on the mobile To-Do List.  A significant number of students interact with Canvas via their phones!

Want to learn more? Review this video of Canvas: How to setup checkpoints