Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2022

The University of Minnesota held a Global Accessibility Awareness Day event to engage in conversation, thinking, and learning about access and inclusion on May 19, 2022.

Program: Video Recordings

Welcome and Panel Discussion

UMN systemwide perspectives on accessibility (1:01:04)

Conference Presentations Session 1

Accessible Course and Syllabus Design (43:41) (Academic Accessibility Track)
Accessible Hybrid Meetings (50:20) (General Accessibility Track)

Conference Presentations Session 2

Course Pacing Strategies: Universal Online Teaching - Beyond Quizzes & Videos in STEM (https://mediaspace.umn.edu/media/t/1_lha21k0s (44:47)(Academic Accessibility Track)
Digital Accessibility: 7 Core Skills and Accessible Web Content (47:23) (General Accessibility Track)

University Leaders Value Accessibility and Inclusion

In this series of brief videos (5:06), you can hear directly from some of the University's influential leaders about the importance of accessibility and inclusion.

Michael Goh, Vice President, Office of Equity and Diversity
Rachel Croson, Executive Vice President and Provost
Bernard Gulachek, Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology
Donna Johnson, Director, Disability Resource Center
Lisa German, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries

Technology Requirements

Zoom

To join, you will need to use either Zoom's mobile app or the desktop client (not the web browser.) Make sure your version of Zoom is updated to at least version 5.7.6. Devices that are managed by the University should be up to date. This event is being hosted on Zoom’s new event platform and will not be compatible with older versions of Zoom.

Operating Systems

Macs must be on version 10.9 or higher.
Windows machines can use any version except 10S.

Getting Started With Zoom Events

You can get a preview of how to navigate the Zoom Events platform before the event. Visit Kaltura Media Space and view a video user guide.

Accessibility Note: Zoom Events Platform

This event is using the Zoom Events Platform, a new offering from Zoom. As a new product, some of its components are still being tested for accessibility and issues are being identified. The UMN GAAD events committee acknowledges that this platform is not fully accessible.

Where we have discovered accessibility issues, we are either using functional workarounds and where there are no workarounds available, we have chosen not to use the inaccessible functionality. For this event

Functional workarounds
- where the Zoom Events lobby images do not enable alt text, we are using descriptive file names.
- where the Zoom event lobby does not allow descriptive links, we are using shortened hyperlinks (z links).
Not using the functionality
- Zoom event recordings do not have captioning enabled, so we will share captioned recordings on this website (z.umn.edu/gaad) after the event.

As we discover issues, we are working with the Zoom accessibility team to correct issues and create a more accessible product.