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Blackboard Ally: Downloading Alternative Formats
Updated onArticleAlly, in addition to providing Accessibility Scores to course materials for instructors to improve their course accessibility, also provides instructors and students with the option to download course materials in alternative formats. Alternative formats provide users with the ability to access the content in otherwise unavailable accessibly formats such as Braille.
There are numerous options for users to download the available alternative formats of a file upload in a Canvas course. Below are the details for each option, as seen from a student's perspective.
Accessibility & Inclusion Accessibility Canvas @ Yale Accessibility
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Merging Canvas Course Sections into One Course Site (Section-Merge Umbrella Site)
Updated onArticleMerging Canvas course sections allows you to move section enrollments from individual courses and combine them into one course. This feature is helpful for instructors who teach several sections of the same course and only want to manage course data in one location.
Instructors can allow students to view users in other sections or limit them to only view users in the same section. Section names do not change when they are merged, the section is just moved to another course.
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management Course Administration Settings
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Ed Discussion: Creating and Managing Threads
Updated onArticleEd Discussion supports multiple functions and tools to create and manage discussion threads that address posting, commenting, organizing, and searching threads. Utilizing these functions and tools can improve your efficiency in navigating and facilitating your discussions with students.
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Using Course Reserves in a Canvas Course
Updated onArticleCourse Reserves is available to you through your Canvas site and allows you to connect specific readings and course materials from the library's catalogs in your Canvas course. Although it is shown in Canvas, Course Reserves is the Ares system, which is developed and maintained by the library.
If you are having difficulty with your readings appearing within Canvas, please contact the library at [email protected] or call (203) 432-1775
Instructor & Teaching Fellow Course Management Managing Course Materials
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Why am I unable to access my Course Blog (WordPress for Canvas)?
Updated onArticleWordPress for Canvas is a discussion / blogging solution that allows instructors and students to post original content and comments in an asynchronous discussion format. Course Blogs can be used in many ways—check with your instructor on how the Course Blog will be used in their course.
Student Student FAQ Frequently Asked Student Questions
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Why am I not getting copies of my notifications in my Yale email account?
Updated onArticleEach user has control over what notifications they will receive, though there may be multiple reasons why you did or did not receive a notification you were expecting. Review the following potential solutions to troubleshoot why you may not have received a copy of a notification to your email.
Student Student FAQ Frequently Asked Student Questions
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Why are the courses I registered for not showing up in Canvas?
Updated onArticleOfficial academic course sites are created in Canvas automatically and enrollments in the sites are managed by the official enrollment data in the registration system (Banner).
Student Student FAQ Frequently Asked Student Questions
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Enable Cross-Website Tracking to View Media Library (Panopto) Content in the iOS Canvas App
Updated onArticleThe iOS Canvas app requires certain settings to be enabled on your device to allow your Canvas credentials to be automatically used to view Media Library (Panopto) content. This article shows the setting that needs to be changed to allow for easier access to Media Library (Panopto) content.
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Authorizing Embedded Media Library (Panopto) Videos to View in Canvas (Student Guide)
Updated onArticleMany instructors elect to include a "Welcome" or "Course Trailer" style video in their Canvas course syllabus or front page. Depending on how the video is embedded and shared on the Canvas page, you may need to authenticate into the Media Library (also known as Panopto) to view the video.
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