Video Playlist of Recorded Sessions
Register for the April 8 Workshop, Make Your Canvas Courses Accessible
Workshop Description:
Canvas websites must be accessible for all students, but don't panic! This hands-on workshop will cover what to look for and several tools to help you find and fix issues.
In this training session, you'll learn how to:
By the end of this session, you'll have the confidence you need to create Canvas course sites that meet State and Federal accessibility standards
This hands-on workshop will help you integrate Audio Description (AD) into your workflow, making visual content accessible from the start rather than as a post-production fix. You'll learn to replace vague cues like "As you can see here" with rich, meaningful descriptions that enhance accessibility and reduce technical hurdles.
By the end of this workshop, attendees will be able to:
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Full Workshop Description
Audio Description (AD) is a practice of using words that are succinct, vivid, and imaginative to convey visuals; benefitting people who are blind or have low vision. The visual is made verbal. Producing descriptions after presentations are recorded, or after videos are finalized, incurs many technical hurdles and educational limitations. Conversely, if material is presented with AD included (a variation known as "integrated description"), several post-production and video dissemination steps are assuaged alongside additional benefits! In this workshop, we'll build skills in writing and integrating description into your existing workflows; turning your inadvertently inaccessible "As you can see here," into a description rich with context and significance.
Register for the April 29 Workshop, Checking Documents for Accessibility
Documents must be proactively accessible for all students. This hands-on workshop will cover what to look for and several tools to help you find and fix issues. You'll learn how to scan multiple document types for accessibility issues and remediate them.
Register for the May 6 Workshop, Make Your MS Word Documents Accessible
Get up to speed quickly on making your Microsoft Word documents accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we'll start with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in Word and then jump right into practice.
You'll learn how to:
By the end of this session, you'll be ready to create inclusive documents for all.
Register for the March 27 Workshop, Make Your MS PowerPoint Documents Accessible Register for the May 27 Workshop, Make Your MS PowerPoint Documents Accessible
Get up to speed quickly on making your PowerPoint presentations accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we'll begin with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in PowerPoint and then dive straight into practical solutions.
By the end of this workshop, you'll be crafting inclusive presentations that captivate your audience.
Register for the March 25 Workshop, Make Your Excel Spreadsheets Accessible Register for the June 3 Workshop, Make Your Excel Spreadsheets Accessible
Get up to speed quickly on making your Microsoft Excel spreadsheets accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, we'll start with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in Excel and then jump right into practice.
By the end of this session, you'll be on your way to creating inclusive spreadsheets that meet State and Federal accessibility standards.
Register for the April 15 Workshop, Using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Tool
Get up to speed on using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide to make Canvas pages more accessible for everyone! In this hands-on workshop, we'll start with an overview of the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide, how it functions, what the various errors, alerts, structural elements, and features mean, and how to fix these issues on a Canvas page. Then we'll jump into some hands-on practice using the Canvas Accessibility Guide to evaluate the accessibility of Canvas pages and remediate basic accessibility issues. We'll discuss the limitations of the tool and what still needs to be checked manually using basic digital accessibility principles.
By the end of this workshop, you'll understand how to fix Canvas pages using the Pope Tech Canvas Accessibility Guide tool and be well on the way to creating inclusive Canvas pages that meet State and Federal accessibility standards.
Register for the March 4 Workshop, Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 1 Register for the May 13 Workshop, Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 1
Get up to speed quickly on the basics of making your PDF documents accessible for everyone while meeting state and federal accessibility standards. In this hands-on workshop, we'll begin with a brief overview of common accessibility challenges in PDF and then dive straight into practical solutions.
By the end of this workshop, you'll be on your way to creating PDF documents that are more inclusive.
Important: To participate actively in this workshop, you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Pro installed (not Acrobat Reader). U of I, UIS, and UIC faculty and staff can obtain Acrobat Pro free from the U of I Webstore.
Register for the March 11 Workshop, Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 2 Register for the May 20 Workshop, Make Your PDF Documents Accessible, Part 2
Get up to speed quickly on making your PDF documents accessible for everyone on campus. We'll cover common accessibility challenges in PDF and use practical solutions. You'll learn how to:
You'll be on your way to creating inclusive and accessible PDF documents and meeting State and Federal accessibility standards.
Register for the April 17 Workshop, Make Your Moodle Courses Accessible
In this hands-on workshop, we will cover the key strategies for designing accessible course content in Moodle. Participants will learn how to create accessible headings, tables, lists, and hyperlinks, as well as how to write alt text for images, generate and edit video captions, and incorporate other elements that will help students navigate courses and access information more easily. We'll also discuss the advantages (and limitations) of using Moodle's accessibility checker and screen reader helper. Participants will leave this workshop with the knowledge and resources to create Moodle sites that meet state and federal accessibility standards.
Register for the April 1 Workshop, Introduction to Quality Matters @ Illinois
Looking to enhance your online course design? Join us for an engaging session where you'll discover how Quality Matters (QM) can help you transform your online and hybrid courses. QM provides a rich set of tools and resources to guide you through improving online course quality and optimizing students' learning experiences.
In this brief workshop, you'll learn about: