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  • Introducing Ally: Support for Digital Accessibility in CarmenCanvas 

    Beth Varcho | November 7, 2025
    A new accessibility tool, Ally in CarmenCanvas, is now available to help faculty and instructors make steady, verifiable progress toward meeting upcoming federal ADA Title II requirements. This tool identifies accessibility barriers, provides clear guidance for improvements, and offers alternative formats for many materials—supporting both instructors and students.
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  • Update: CarmenCanvas Restored

    Learning Systems | October 20, 2025
    As of Monday, October 20, at 7:10 p.m., access to CarmenCanvas has been restored. The system was unavailable due to the global Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage.
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  • Ally selected in LMS Accessibility Scanner RFP

    Learning Systems | October 13, 2025
    Following an evaluation during summer 2025 , the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) awarded the bid to Anthology for an accessibility scanning tool to be integrated with within the CarmenCanvas learning management system (LMS) and other Canvas instances. A committee of Ohio State instructional designers, faculty, staff, and students recommending adoption of Anthology’s tool Ally...

  • CarmenCanvas Archived Course Labeling

    Learning Systems | October 3, 2025
    OTDI will begin adding an “archived” label to CarmenCanvas courses from previous semesters to help instructors more easily identify current courses that must be made accessible. The “archived” label will be added during autumn break starting the evening of Oct. 15, 2025. All past courses should appear with the “archived” label by Oct. 17. Adding the "archived" label to past courses will not change...

  • CarmenCanvas: Gradebook Updates

    Learning Systems | September 26, 2025
    CarmenCanvas has had several new features added to the grading experience. In Gradebook Settings, a View Hidden Grades indicator option is now available. When enabled, instructors will see an icon marking any grades that have not yet been posted to students. In SpeedGrader, checkboxes are now available to allow instructors to filter submissions by one or more sections. This can be done by...

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