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Tagged: Learning Systems Update
Mediasite: Now, Better Than Ever
CarmenZoom: The New Zoom Web Experience is Now Live
Zoom has rolled out a new web experience that provides a unified, intuitive interface, making it easier to access key features and manage your account settings.Ally at Ohio State: A Practical Path to Accessible Course Materials
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 online advice to make his materials usable for students with visual impairments.
Teaching and Learning Technology Updates for Autumn 2026
Ohio State is gearing up for a new academic year, and many learning tools have new updates to be aware of as classes begin.CarmenCanvas: Personal Access Tokens
In May, Learning Systems disabled the ability for users to create personal access tokens. Since then, Instructure (the vendor for Canvas) has expired all existing personal tokens and implemented some additional security controls.
CarmenCanvas Landing Page Has a New Look
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.Mediasite: Updated Retention Policy
In an effort to manage storage costs and more easily identify media content that must be made accessible per federal Title II regulations, OTDI will soon be enforcing an updated retention policy in Mediasite. Once implemented, content that has not been viewed in five years will be archived for one year before being permanently deleted.CarmenCanvas: Personal Access Tokens Disabled
The ability to create personal access tokens in CarmenCanvas has been disabled to align with best security practices.What to Know Before You Go
Learn about upcoming or current teaching and learning technology projects to make sure you know what to expect in the fall.Simple Syllabus Now Available
Simple Syllabus, Ohio State’s new centralized platform for creating and publishing course syllabi, became available to faculty on April 23. The platform allows instructors to create syllabi using a university-wide‑ template and enables the university to meet the requirements of Senate Bill 1 (SB 1).