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Connections with CTLD #11
Welcome back!
Welcome back to a new year and a new Spring semester! Connections with CTLD returns to share changes to the Canvas Blueprint, and ways you can update your course for a new term. Plus, learn about Spring Faculty/Staff Learning Communities you can join in our Teaching and Learning Corner, and also how you can leverage gAI to help you create alternative text for images. Thank you for joining us for Connections with CTLD #11! We’re wishing you all the best for this semester!
Executive Director's Corner
Canvas Blueprint - Spring 2026 Changes
The 海角社区 Canvas Blueprint is getting its first structured update since we adopted Canvas in 2020! This piece outlines why the Blueprint exists, how the new Oversight Committee is approaching its work, and what specific changes you鈥檒l see in the University Policies and Resources module this term.
Instructional Design Corner
Update Your Course for the New Term
Preparing a course for a new term involves more than copying content. This Canvas Spotlight highlights best practices for updating due dates, reviewing course materials, and setting up Microsoft Teams for the semester ahead. Learn how to use sandboxes, adjust assignments efficiently, and keep your course current for a new group of students, saving time while ensuring a smooth start to the term.
Teaching and Learning Corner
New FLCs This Spring
Interested in exploring strategies that not only support, but聽embrace and celebrate聽first-generation students at 海角社区? Or is this the semester to gain fundraising skills and pitch your own funding project? These are just two of the topics explored in Faculty/Staff Learning Communities (FLCs) this spring. Connect and work with colleagues across campus as you investigate timely topics together.
Instructional Accessibility Corner
Use gAI聽to Assist with Image Description
Feeling stuck when trying to write image descriptions? Pair your expert knowledge with generative AI such as Microsoft Copilot to create both shorter alt-text as well as longer text descriptions for informational images. Refine your gAI queries by guiding character count, instruct it to ignore irrelevant elements, and more to build clear and concise image descriptions. This page also includes some examples of some queries to show how different restrictions build varying descriptions.聽
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