February 2024 January 3rd Professional Learning Recap! CCIT would like to thank everyone who joined us for our professional learning day on January 3rd. We know that the first week back from winter break is often filled with many tasks. Thank you for making the time in your day to join one, or all of [...]

January 2024 Techniques for In-Person and Online Courses Dr. Celeste Mozeik, faculty member here at Delaware Technical Community College, shares strategies that she uses to engage students in-person and through Zoom. She also shares a timesaving tip for integrating technology into face-to-face classroom settings.   Dr. Celeste Mozeik: It is wonderful to be back in [...]

December 2023 Pre-Semester Checklist As we are wrapping up 2023 (where did the year go?), it may be challenging to think ahead to January 2024. At CCIT, we have a Pre-Semester Checklist that can help you get your Spring courses ready before Winter Break!  The Pre-Semester Checklist offers you a step-by-step list of tasks to [...]

November 2023 Time-Saving Way to Set up ADA Accommodations in D2L Each semester we want to ensure that our course is accessible to ALL students. In addition, there are times when we need to satisfy reasonable accommodations as requested through the Office of Disabilities. In this video, Jesse Johnson, Department Chair for Social Sciences at [...]

October 2023 D2L Quizzes and the Higher Education Faculty Community! Synchronous Quizzes D2L Quizzes rolled out their final phase of quiz improvements. There is now the option of synchronous quizzes! This new feature could be used during a class session where the quiz is launched live and completed in D2L during the class. Interested in [...]

September 2023 Using D2L's Accessibility Checker Many of us are diving into the HTML editor to personalize our Instructor Information pages and adding graphics to our Announcements. Just a reminder to run the Accessibility Checker before you finalize your work!  The Accessibility Checker is easy to use and something to run on any page where [...]

Welcome Back 2023 Welcome Back! We hope you had an incredible vacation! We've missed you all and we are excited to Welcome you back! Our goal is to support you with all the new technology such as ChatGPT. So, watch this video to learn just how CCIT can help you. Binge watch the CCIT Sound [...]

Summer 2023 Using Microsoft Accessibility Checker Did you know that Microsoft PowerPoint offers an Accessibility Checker and a variety of other tools that can support you and your students?    We often use Microsoft PowerPoint to create presentations that we share with students, colleagues, and other stakeholders. To ensure that our messages are received in the [...]

May 2023 5 Tips for Making Existing Online Courses More Accessible Sometimes small changes can have big effects. In this blog from D2L, 5 Tips for Making Existing Online Courses More Accessible, suggestions for revisions are given to improve the accessibility of current courses.   Use Accessibility Checker D2L is equipped with an accessibility checker [...]

April 2023 Text-based Alternatives for Audio and Visual Content  When you intentionally provide a variety of content in your course, it shows students you value their unique learning needs. If you want to include audio, visual, and/or video content that is accessible to the widest audience, make sure you are adding text-based alternatives.  Check out [...]