The advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology has brought forth many new and exciting uses, especially for education. CourseArc has been committed to staying at the forefront of this new technology, and has been exploring ways to utilize AI to help everyone achieve accessible content. We are proud to unveil our new AI tool designed to assist visually impaired users: Image Insight. The Image Insights tool is available free to anyone and everyone that has a ChatGPT account ..read more

Plain Language for Course Creators: Enhancing Clarity and Engagement Belo Miguel Cipriani, Ed.D is the Executive Director of Oleb Books. by Belo Miguel Cipriani, Ed.D., Executive Director, Oleb Books In the fast-paced world of online learning, clear communication is crucial for course creators. Learners often have limited time to spend on training, so when they engage with courses, the experience needs to be straightforward and easy to navigate. In this article, we explore how training materials can be revised using plain language to improve the learning experience. Prioritizing the Lea ..read more

One of our most exciting features within CourseArc is multi-branding, which allows you to set up multiple themes for the same content. This allows you to change the brand associated with courses for different audiences and also allows content to be rebranded/white-labeled for reuse or resale ..read more

Q&A: Low Country Virtual Low Country Virtual is a tuition-free, full-time, online public school program for students in elementary and middle school grades in South Carolina. We recently chatted with Meaghan Barber, Director of Low Country Virtual, about how the organization got started. Meaghan Barber, Director of Low Country Virtual Tell us how your organization got started. Low Country Virtual got its start from a group of school systems in the Charleston Metro Region who had been collaborating for several years. After year one of the pandemic, the district superintendents wante ..read more

Breaking Down Barriers How UDL Transforms the Learning Experience A Guest Post by Kelsey R. Ortiz Universal Design for Learning, or UDL, provides a framework for instructors–whether its higher education, K-12 or even corporate learning–that removes potential learning barriers for all learners, including those who experience learning differences and those with learning disabilities. In comparison to individualized accommodations, UDL anticipates what works best for a variety of students and intentionally integrates that throughout the course, reaching a larger portion of students. It also a ..read more

A Guest Post by ReadSpeaker The Internet of Voice has arrived, and it’s changing the way we interact with our devices. Siri points out your next turn in an unfamiliar town. Google Assistant scours the internet for directions on grilling salmon, and reads them to you while you work. The voicebot at the other end of the customer service line gets you results, without waiting or push-button menus. Call it the age of conver ..read more

It’s no secret that CourseArc is an accessibility-first content authoring management system. We are constantly working on ways to improve accessibility for our users and helping clients do the same. In fact, we have endless blogs and resources on the topic of accessibility, so anyone curious to learn more can access them at the click of a button. (And, coincidentally, if you are curious to learn more, join us for part II of our Actionable Accessibility Advice webinar series this Thursday, March 30, 2023. Register here.) Why Accessibility  Accessibility goes beyond ensuring that our buil ..read more

Q&A: Wellness for Educators This Nonprofit Works to Support the Mental, Physical, Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Educators  Stress, burnout, and mental health concerns are all issues that many educators across the U.S. have faced. COVID amplified these issues even more. As an educator, Kathryn Kennedy experienced them all firsthand. She knew she wasn’t the only one feeling it. Born out of a desire and immediate need for a solution to the rising stress levels in education, Wellness for Educators works to support educators through whole-school, research-based, trauma- and equity-inf ..read more

A Few of our Favorite CourseArc Features CourseArc’s curated features are devised by real content creators and are routinely expanded upon through collaboration and feedback from clients and experts in the field. We asked our Professional Services team (who are also avid users of the CourseArc platform) to narrow down some of their favorites and this is what we got! In no particular order, here are a few of our favorite CourseArc features: Content Authoring Content developers using CourseArc can create effective online courses with ease. Our authoring tools encompass many learning modal ..read more

Why Accessibility-First Will Always Be Our Focus CourseArc’s founding story centers on creating better lifelong learning opportunities for all and removing barriers so everyone can learn. We saw firsthand the limitations that many products on the market had—especially when it came to accessibility—and worked to build a course authoring tool that would address that. That drive to create accessible online course content has remained at the forefront of everything we do.  Developing accessible online content is fundamental to CourseArc’s overall diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclus ..read more