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7 Things Faculty Can Do to Prepare for Winter Session
Posted November 09, 2022
Teaching over Winter Session? Check out these tips for making the fast-paced semester go as smoothly as possible.
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Check Your Internet Access and Make a Backup Plan.
If you are traveling, call your destination ahead of time and ask about internet access. The best-case scenario: you'll have unlimited access to a wired connection; second best: unlimited access to a strong wireless connection (check travel sites for WiFi reviews), or your own reliable hotspot. While you're on the road,...
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Increasing the Accessibility of a PDF
Posted November 09, 2022
by IDLT
In the past few ITSpotlight articles, we’ve highlighted how you can run a course accessibility report and where to get started. Typically, you would start with images missing alternative text, but we’re going to start with one of the more laborious files to enhance...the PDF. These files are not difficult to increase accessibility, it’s just that most people are not as familiar with Adobe Acrobat as they are with Microsoft Word. Here are some t...
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The Migration is Over. Time to Clean Up!
Posted November 09, 2022
by IDLT
Now that YuJa has finished the migration of videos from TechSmith Knowmia to YuJa, your media collection could probably use a clean out. When you enter YuJa and land on the My Media page, you will most likely find 2 folders with your email address. This happened because the first migration was not a complete export of everyone’s libraries. So, one folder contains all your videos and the other one is only a partia...
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Trouble with YuJa? - Report It!
Posted November 09, 2022
by IDLT
As with all new technologies, there will be glitches along the way. Thank you for those who have reported any issues you’ve been having with YuJa. There were some problems with link replacements, and we had a few reported incidents of grades not reporting correctly to Blackboard. We think these have all been resolved, but the only way we will truly know is if we hear from you, the faculty or your students. If things are not acting as expected, please send ...
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