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Nov 2, 2026

No Mouse November Challenge to Raise Awareness About Accessible Web Design

November is here, which means that it’s time for the #NoMouse Challenge! This worldwide initiative raises awareness of the different ways people navigate and create digital content without a mouse, using a keyboard. In a previous Accessibility Quick Tip, we discussed how using headings and hyperlinks supports keyboard navigation. Now, we invite you to experience…
AccessFest Express

Oct 21, 2026

Bring Your Course Accessibility Questions to AccessFest Express

A PDF reading triggers an accessibility warning. A lecture video needs captions. A slide deck includes charts you’re unsure how to describe. You know which course materials need attention, but you’re not sure what to do next. DELTA’s AccessFest Express gives NC State faculty, instructors and teaching assistants a place to work through those problems…
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Oct 12, 2026

Fall 2026 DELTA Express Grants Recipients Announced

DELTA has awarded NC State faculty 14 Express Grants for spring 2026, including four Instructional Tools grants, six Course Mapping grants and four Course Accessibility grants.
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Oct 12, 2026

What Can I Move From My Moodle Course to Canvas?

Moodle and Canvas organize and display course content differently. Instructors with Canvas experience report that it can be better to start from a blank Canvas course and import content as needed from Moodle.  Start With the Big Picture If you are wondering what might import into Canvas and what won’t, start by reviewing the Moodle…
Course Quality Program. Aspire Higher.

Oct 12, 2026

NC State Celebrates 100 Quality Matters-Certified Courses

DELTA (Digital Education and Learning Technology Applications) recently celebrated NC State’s 100th Quality Matters-certified course, recognizing the faculty and staff whose work has strengthened online and hybrid course design across the university. The milestone reflects a sustained commitment to helping students understand what they will learn, how they will demonstrate their knowledge and where to…
PopeTech

Oct 9, 2026

PopeTech for Canvas

New LMS, new accessibility tools! With Canvas project spaces now available, we have a new accessibility tool available for checking content as you create it, and for scanning courses for issues: PopeTech. This is the same tool that can be found powering the WAVE toolbar for reviewing websites, and it provides just-in-time support while you’re…
Digital rendering of The Corner on Centennial Campus

Oct 5, 2026

A Living Lab at The Corner Brings Digital Twins Into the Classroom

Through a DELTA Exploratory Grant, Nathan Williams and a team of campus and community partners created a live digital twin that helps students build skills for the future of parks, recreation, tourism and event management.
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Sep 11, 2026

AI Can Do the Assignment. Now What?

Generative AI is ever-changing, which means adapting assignments for AI isn’t a one-time task. Rather than trying to create an “AI-proof” assignment, look at the different kinds of work students are doing and ask the following questions.

Faculty members learn together at Hunt Library.

Aug 10, 2026

Meet the Groups Shaping NC State’s Move to Canvas

NC State’s transition from Moodle to Canvas is one of the largest teaching and learning changes the university has taken on in years. It touches every college, every instructor and, eventually, every student. Alongside DELTA, many groups are actively shaping how this transition unfolds. Some of these groups help move information between the campus community…
Makaylah Autry (left) and Gabrielle Dunlow work on physics homework at DH Hill, Jr. Library during the fall 2025 semester. Photo by Becky Kirkland.

Aug 10, 2026

Canvas This Fall: Early Access Begins, Support Site Launches, October Dates to Know

In this update: Early Access Teaching Begins Roughly 60 faculty members and 4,000 students are teaching and learning in Canvas this fall as part of the Early Access group. This is the first time NC State courses are running in Canvas, and what this group learns will shape the training, support and resources DELTA builds…