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Hiding Grades in Canvas

Hiding Grades in “Classic” Quiz Make sure the quiz is published Find the grade in the grade book Click on the 3 button menu in the upper left of the quiz Choose Grade Posting Policy Change the policy from Automatically to Manual ***Please note that […]


PowerPoint Slides as a Virtual Background

Zoom now allows us to choose a special virtual background when sharing our screen. This new feature allows the instructor more control over their video and what the students are seeing. It also simplifies the sharing process for PowerPoint by directly sharing slides as a […]


A Simple Path to Better Document Accessibility

You’ve probably already heard that accessibility is an important consideration when creating digital content. Content which is created in an adaptable, accessible way is available to a larger audience without the need for special tools or processes to make it available to those with specific […]


Tech Tip: Changing Your WFU Photo

The photo that you see in WIN is being pulled from what the Deacon OneCard office has on file.  You can update that photo by following these steps: Go to Faculty/Staff Services on the Deacon OneCard site and sign into the portal.  It will authenticate […]


Document via Cell Phone

Regardless of what you choose as your selected scanner, having these apps in you and your student’s toolkits will enable on-the-go documentation!


Tips on keeping the WordPress posts flowing

Many of us either have a blog or website to which we post recent news, events and other timely bits of information. It’s often easy when we start such an effort to write several of these articles covering topics we know at the outset need […]


Canvas: VoiceThread Graded Assignments

Updated 8/8/21    VoiceThread is integrated with Canvas! As of June 30, 2021, welcome to the “New Assignments” VoiceThread interface. A few improvements: —The Canvas assignment will control all VoiceThread content associated with it. Once you use a VoiceThread for an assignment, it will no […]


Manipulating Pages in Adobe Acrobat

One of the great benefits that the full version of Adobe Acrobat Pro DC offers is the ability to manipulate pages within a PDF file.  Using the Organize Pages tool, you can Rearrange, Extract, Insert, Replace and Split PDF pages.  To begin, open the file […]


Getting Started with the Gutenberg (Block) Editor

In December 2018,WordPress released the upgrade to version 5.0 and with it, a new editor for pages and posts called the Gutenberg editor (or just “the block editor”). This replaced the familiar page and post editor, called TinyMCE (that toolbar with buttons for formatting content […]


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