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Cross-Listing/Combining Sections in Canvas

You are teaching multiple sections of the same course this semester and would like to merge these sections under one course shell.  Canvas allows you to easily combine multiple sections into one course site. ********In Canvas, the term for combining sections  is referred to as cross-listing.******** 1. […]


Adobe CC Express–Quick Actions! Example: Remove Background from photo

Adobe Spark is now called Adobe Creative Cloud Express. (If you created projects in Spark,  you’ll see them when you log into Express.) Express makes it easy to create a stylish graphic, video, or website. Express also contains “Quick Action” tools: you can edit photos, […]


WordPress Blocks: What Are They and Why Are They Useful for Creating Websites

The Block Editor (AKA “Gutenberg Blocks”) is a library of pre-built containers which enable web authors to create complex content without having to know how to write any code. One simply inserts their content (text, images, links, etc.), tweaks some settings and their content is automatically wrapped in the well-formatted code, gaining extra context which makes it more easily and widely usable. Take a look at the basic controls and get ready to start building complex pages and posts with ease!


Easily distracted? Try Immersive Reader Option

Do you find yourself distracted by modern webpages’ complex layout? Microsoft’s new Immersive Reader tool may help you. It strips off most of the unnecessary items from your screen. Multiple columns – gone. Video – gone. Fancy background – gone. Try Microsoft’s Immersive Reader option, in […]


Using Zoom Reports for Class Attendance

Zoom Reports allows you to determine who was on a Zoom session after the fact. If you ensure your students use their real names by turning on the meeting setting Require authentication to join , you can dispense with taking roll and use the Zoom […]


PowerPoint in an Individual Window

Have you ever wanted to show your PowerPoint presentation in an individual, and sizable, application window instead of full screen? Well, you can. Watch the video below to find out how. Step by Step Start by opening your PowerPoint presentation. On the ribbon, click the […]


Using Acrobat Pro DC for OCR

Overview Most of us use PDF files all the time without giving them too much thought. Everybody can open and view the content and it gives us a [mostly] consistent view regardless of device or software. That was Adobe’s mission when they created the […]


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