Web Accessibility Checkers Lightning Talks and Q&A

For the first 30 minutes, this webinar will present, in a lightning talk format, experts on browser extensions WAVE, Silktide and Axe DevTools, along with the desktop application Color Contrast Analyser. The last 30 minutes will be an opportunity for attendees to ask questions about these and other accessibility-related tools.

About the Presenters

Laura Carlson is a web developer and designer with a longstanding focus on web accessibility. She works in Information Technology and Services (ITSS) at the University of Minnesota Duluth, where she specializes in accessible web design and development. She is an Invited Expert in the W3C Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, helping shape the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), which serve as accessibility standards at the University and worldwide.

DM Lavoie is an academic technologist with a digital accessibility focus. They enjoy helping faculty and staff create accessible course content for all learners across campus. DM is able to help content creators create and remediate digital course content utilizing UDOIT, accessibility checkers in Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat, and video captioning services.

Neal Sorensen is a new addition to the Office of Digital Accessibility, coming to the University from a 16-year career in disability accommodations and digital accessibility work. As a dyslexic person, Neal practices what they teach and is a passionate advocate for reading disability literacy and public art.

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Presenters

  • Laura
    Calrson
    Information Technology and Services (ITSS), University of Minnesota Duluth,
  • DM
    Lavoie
    Office for Digital Accessibility, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  • Neal
    Sorensen
    Office for Digital Accessibility, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Registration Information

Registration for this session is required. Let us know if you are attending. UMN employees are able to earn 200 Wellbeing Points for attending. Please indicate your interest in receiving points during registration, and a voucher code will be emailed to you after the event.

By default, we enable auto-captioning in the webinar. Please let us know what additional accommodations we can provide. Two weeks’ notice (March 5) at z.umn.edu/a11y-zoom will help us to better fulfill requests. This session will be recorded, captioned, and shared with the Google Group.


 

Event Recording

Web Accessibility Checkers video recording (1:03 hours)

Event Sponsors

Accessibility Ambassadors