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  • Mediasite: Now, Better Than Ever

    Kathryn Dove and Lisa Rice, Learning Systems | October 8, 2026
    Modern teaching requires a rock-solid media platform — a service that reliably records and delivers instructional videos to your students. And that's what Mediasite has become in the last three years, says Christy McLeod, an instructional designer in the College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. "The improvements to Mediasite since its early days at Ohio State have been tremendous...

  • Ally at Ohio State: A Practical Path to Accessible Course Materials

    Lauren Millard | September 23, 2026
    Associate Professor William MacDonald used to manually check each slide, document, image, and page in his CarmenCanvas courses for compliance with digital accessibility standards. MacDonald, associate professor of Sociology and former dean and director of The Ohio State University at Newark, had to rely on Adobe Express’s color-blindness stimulator and PowerPoint’s alt-text feature, as well as...
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  • CarmenCanvas Landing Page Has a New Look

    Annie Furia | July 27, 2026
    On the afternoon of July 28, Ohio State students and instructors will start to see the redesigned CarmenCanvas landing page. The updated site was created to provide a better user experience with a modern design and improved accessibility.
    The new CarmenCanvas landing page with a clean, simple design.

  • What to Know Before You Go

    Learning Systems | May 7, 2026
    Learn about upcoming or current teaching and learning technology projects to make sure you know what to expect in the fall.

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