by Heather Mariger | May 3, 2024 | Accessibility, Featured Updates - Academic, Technology Updates
Celebrate Chemeketa’s Achievements with Pizza and Swag! Thursday May 16th is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This celebration marks the 13th year of raising awareness and promoting the importance of Digital Accessibility across the world. Why the...
by Bill Hamlin | Mar 16, 2026 | Academic Updates, Accessibility, Canvas, Featured Updates - Academic, Technology Updates
We’re excited to offer drop-in digital accessibility support hours for faculty who want hands-on help improving the accessibility of their course materials. Whether you’re just getting started or refining existing content, our team is here to partner with you in...
by Heather Mariger | Mar 10, 2026 | Accessibility, Blog, Technology Updates
Update: HTMLg is now HTML6 Do you have a document or other text that is not working the way you want? If you are copying and pasting text across documents or sources, it may be bringing unwanted code or formatting with it. Luckily, we have a solution! The HTML6...
by Sage Freeman | Feb 20, 2026 | Technology Updates
Join the Oregon Community College Distance Learning Association (OCCDLA) AI Literacy Workgroup’s Faculty AI Community and Exchange (FACE). As Generative AI becomes a standard tool in the academic toolkit, faculty across Oregon are asking a fundamental question: If AI...
by Sage Freeman | Feb 18, 2026 | Canvas, Technology Updates
The Center for Academic Innovation (CAI) is leading a college-wide effort to improve how third-party learning tools are added, managed, and maintained in Canvas. These tools, often referred to as Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI) tools, connect Canvas with external...
by Sage Freeman | Dec 29, 2025 | Technology Updates
Starting winter term, employees will access resources directly through the Employee Apps dashboard rather than through My Chemeketa. Note: Only “My Student Apps” are available when accessed from the My Chemeketa website. How to Access your My Employee Apps Access your...
by Sage Freeman | Nov 10, 2025 | Canvas, Technology Updates
Starting winter term faculty and students will have access to new Canvas Portfolio tool. Canvas will offer two types of portfolios to support both learner-driven and instructor-guided use cases. Showcase Portfolios help learners tell their own stories and highlight...
by Sage Freeman | Nov 9, 2025 | Canvas, Technology Updates
Attention Faculty, Below are important updates regarding the use of Respondus LockDown Browser (LDB) with Canvas New Quizzes. Instructors must access the Lockdown Browser Dashboard after they complete the course copy process or copy individual quizzes into their...
by Sage Freeman | Oct 2, 2025 | GenAI, Technology Updates, Zoom
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are rapidly transforming the way we work and learn. Among these are AI Notetaker services like Fireflies.ai and tl;dv, which promise to save time by automatically transcribing, summarizing, and even sharing highlights from your Zoom...
by Bill Hamlin | Sep 24, 2025 | Canvas Announcements
Starting last Spring term, we began the migration process from Classic Quizzes to New Quizzes to ensure a smooth transition before Classic Quizzes are phased out. New Quizzes offer enhanced question types, improved analytics, and greater flexibility in assessment...
by Sage Freeman | Jun 13, 2025 | Canvas, Canvas Announcements, Featured Updates - Technology
Dear Faculty, Since we first migrated to Canvas as our Learning Management System, we have been using the free version of Canvas Badges/Credentials, which allows instructors to recognize learner accomplishments by awarding digital badges. On June 13, 2025, Canvas...
