This tech tip features an article put out by Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State. This article explains how to use short descriptive file names and document titles. This is part of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). In this article you will find information following: • Why is using...
This tech tip demonstrates how to make sure the color of your text is accessible for all who use D2L Brightspace including those have vision issues. This is a part of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). 1. Click the accessibility checker icon on the HTML toolbar: 2. You will see...
Once a student graduates they will lose access to their student accounts. This tech tip is designed to help faculty assist students is saving their data in the following accounts prior to graduation: Office 365 Zoom Kaltura Mediaspace Please feel free to share the following document with your students Preparing...
This tech tip focuses on how and why you should use the list tool when creating a list of items in D2L or Word. For users using screen readers, the screen reader will tell the user how many items are in the list. This gives the user the opportunity to...
QR codes may present a challenge for those who have coordination issues. This tech tip will focus on how to create a clickable QR Code so all the user needs to do is click on the QR Code or an alternative hyperlink next to the image. To make a QR...
The following link provides information on how to write descriptive links. Write descriptive links This link will provide the following information: Example of how to write links Why this is important to make your course accessible for all users How to write accessible links This link is provided from the...
This tech tip will highlight the following link by the Academic and Student Affairs at Minnesota State: ASA Newsletter This information focuses on providing captions for pre-recorded and live videos. This link has information about: • How to order captions in Kaltura Mediaspace • To enable automated captions in Zoom...
This tech tip is to showcase the new accessibility checker icon in D2L. The Accessibility Checker icon is now a human figure within a circle on the HTML editor. 1 .In this example, a table was created within the HTML editor. 2. Click the Accessibility Checker icon on...
This week’s tech tip will focus on how to link an announcement to any piece of material in your D2L class site. This includes assignments, checklists, content, etc. The advantage of this is you can direct students where to go in your course. This example will demonstrate how to link...
This tech tip is to demonstrate how to link an announcement to a content topic. This is a good way for your students to read the announcement and then they can click right where you would like them to go in the content area. 1. Create an announcement on...
