Author: Jill Anderson

Dec 19, 2024

Conversations Anywhere with the New Mobile-Friendly Yellowdig App

Yellowdig, our enterprise social media-like platform for building course communities and hosting course discussions, is now available as a mobile app! Once you and your students have joined a community through Moodle, you can access and participate in the conversations in a new, user-friendly mobile environment. If you use Yellowdig in your courses, we encourage… 

Dec 19, 2024

Formatting vs. Data Tables – Do You Know the Difference?

Ensuring that tables in your course materials are accessible is essential for all students. Understanding the difference between data tables and layout tables is key. By distinguishing between data and layout tables and applying appropriate design practices, you can create content that is accessible and user-friendly for everyone. Data Tables display structured information where the… 

Sep 22, 2024

Captioning Your Lectures with Panopto

Captions are auto generated using AI for videos hosted in Panopto for your convenience. However, the transcripts should be checked for accuracy — especially if you use technical or specialized terminology in your lectures. 

Jul 24, 2024

Brickfield: Check Course Content for Accessibility on Your Moodle Site

Interested in making your course content accessible to all your students? Brickfield can help by checking your assignments that were created in Moodle and its wizards suggest solutions that are easy to implement. 

Jun 24, 2024

Is Online Material in Your Course Accessible?

DELTA can help you find areas of your course content that can be adapted to be more accessible by using the “Accessibility Checklist for Online Course Material.” You do not need to have accessibility expertise to use this checklist — it is designed to be user friendly! 

Jun 24, 2024

A Universal Design for Learning Approach to Supporting Neurodiverse Students

More than 1,100 NC State students identified as neurodivergent during the spring 2024 semester. DELTA can help you to connect with all students by offering guidance and best practices for student success. You can learn more about how to support your students with tips on planning, prioritizing, organizing and helping students to stay focused. 

May 28, 2024

Effective Use of Bulleted Lists

Bulleted lists are highly effective for conveying important course content. This tip offers best practices for using bulleted lists to create more concise and accessible content.points? This tip can provide best practices on creating more accessible and focused content. 

Apr 25, 2024

Moodle Faster with Bulk Editing!

Need to move or delete numerous assignments or activities from your course as you revise for next semester? Moodle can help expedite the process with the bulk editing feature that is available for 2024-2025 classes. 

Mar 27, 2024

Tips to Improve Your HTML

This month's DELTA Accessibility Tip provides three easy code swaps to make your Moodle pages more accessible without changing their appearance. 

Feb 29, 2024

Updated Moodle Quick Start Course Shell: Simplify Setups

The Quick Start Course Shell has been updated! The shell offers a course framework based on research-based best practices for course components and organization. You can view the new Quick Start Course Shell on the Preview Server and learn more about using this tool from the Quick Start Course Shell User Guide. If you’d like…