Author: Juli Haugen
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January Workshop – Preparing or Reviewing your Spring Course Content in Canvas with Accessibility in Mind
Take this opportunity to review your existing Canvas course for accessibility before the semester starts! You already use Canvas as a central and digital location for course information and materials, so now let’s apply some foundational accessibility principles with the goal of removing barriers at the start that your students may be experiencing. This workshop…
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Lunch Conversation on October 19 on Student Disability in Higher Education – Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Global Accessibility Awareness Week (GAAD) – October 16-19 This is the second year that faculty and staff will have opportunities to take part in a variety of activities (synchronous and asynchronous) focused on digital accessibility and we highlight one below. GAAD Activity Highlight Student Disability in Higher Education Academic Impressions Lunch Debrief Thursday, October 19,…
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The Accessibility Task Force Welcomes Nominations for “Champions for Accessibility and Inclusivity”
Do you know someone in the Bowdoin community (faculty, staff or student) who has demonstrated or advocated for accessibility within the College or in their department? If so, consider submitting a nomination for the 2023 Champions for Accessibility and Inclusivity. The Accessibility Task Force is recognizing Bowdoin community members (faculty, staff, and students) as “Champions for Accessibility and…
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Two Approaches for Identifying Accessibility Issues Using Ally in Canvas
The new Ally course accessibility report provides an overview of all the content in a course collected in one place. It also offers two approaches towards fixing things in your course that may have accessibility issues. Easiest to fix or low scoring content? One approach is “Content with the easiest issues to fix” that displays…
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Elevating Course Accessibility with Ally in Canvas
What is Ally? Ally is a tool that assists with improving accessibility in courses especially for course materials. Ally is turned on in all Spring courses and allows your students to download alternative formats of any course documents (e.g. searchable .pdf, mp3, electronic braille, HTML, ePub, etc.). Additionally, Ally provides feedback for each file in…