Summary
Attend University accessibility events where you can learn more about making digital resources accessible, discuss related topics, and advocate for inclusion.
Upcoming Events
GAAD 2024: Built Without Barriers
The University of Minnesota will again host a half-day, online event on Thursday, May 16, 2024 as part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This year’s theme is “Built Without Barriers."
We invite passionate and knowledgeable individuals to contribute as speakers. Complete the GAAD 2024 Speaker Interest Form by February 7, 2024.
Registration information will be available in April.
See the Built Without Barriers page for details.
Date and Time
Introduction to Manual Website Accessibility Testing
Automated accessibility scanning tools can only catch around 30% of accessibility issues. To fully meet accessibility standards and make sure everyone is able to use your site, manual testing with assistive technologies is required. We will
- Provide an overview of common manual testing methodologies
- Demonstrate simple keyboard and screen reader checks you can use to get started
- Share resources to help you assess the accessibility of your sites
Familiarity with accessibility standards and automated accessibility tools is helpful, but not required. These methods are applicable to both Drupal and non-Drupal sites.
Luke Kudryashov is the senior digital accessibility analyst at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Disability Resource Center. He has a background in digital accessibility, user experience, disability studies, and disability culture.
Khaled Musa has been the chair of the Accessibility Ambassadors since 2019. He is an academic technologist, focused on accessibility with Academic Technology Support Services. Khaled consults with faculty and staff about technology tools, with a lens on how to create an accessible and inclusive learning environment.
Date and Time
Presenters
- LukeKudryashovDisability Resource Center, Twin Cities
- KhaledMusaOffice of Information Technology, Twin Cities
Sponsors
Accessibility Ambassadors
Registration
Registration for this session is required. Let us know if you are attending. By default, we enable auto-captioning in the webinar. Please let us know what additional accommodations we can provide. Two weeks notice (April 11) will help us to better fulfill requests. This session will be recorded, captioned, and shared with the Google Group.
Event Recordings
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Website Accessibility Auditing
Presenters
- JohnStarrOffice of Information Technology
- LauraCarlsonUMD ITSS
- KarlGrovesLevel Access
Sponsors
Content Formats
- Websites and Applications
Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2022
The University of Minnesota gathered in celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 19, 2022.
Presenters
- Various
Sponsors
Senior leaders from across the University system spoke out in support of accessibility.
Recording
Visit the Global Accessibility Awareness Day website for recordings
Content Formats
- Core Skills
- Course Activities and Materials
- Meetings and Events
Intersection of Student Success and Disabling Experiences
Do you think about student success, and what we might be doing to reduce that success? Khaled Musa will introduce the topic by illustrating the different ways inaccessibility impacts academic success, and Angela Carter from MN Transform will describe how people experience disability on campus and the role of the Disability Resource Center (DRC).
Presenters
- StevenHawksUndergraduate Assessment
- KhaledMusa
- AngelaCarterMN Transform
- KatieLustBoynton Health
Sponsors
Accessibility Ambassadors
Content Formats
- Course Activities and Materials
What is Accessibility
Presenters
- KhaledMusa
- AnderBolduc
- JenDeMesquita
Sponsors
Accessibility Ambassadors
Content Formats
- All Digital Content
Universal Design for Learning
This presentation will provide instructors and students with strategies to improve engagement and accessibility in college coursework. Through Universal Design for Learning, barriers to traditional instruction are broken down, and instructors build learning activities that provide multiple means of engagement, representation of content, and methods to demonstrate and assess student understanding.
Presenters
- AmyKunkelCollege of Education and Human Development
Sponsors
Accessibility Ambassadors
Related Badging Program Courses
- Canvas Course Sites Course
Content Formats
- Course Activities and Materials
Data Visualization
How to present data in an inclusive and accessible manner has been a session request for a while. Unfortunately, it has proven difficult to find speakers with experience in this area. Thankfully, this month we are joined by Neha Bansal, senior director of application development in the Office of Information Technology, to discuss accessibility in data visualization.
Presenters
- NehaBansalOIT Application Development
Sponsors
Accessibility Ambassadors
Content Formats
- Websites and Applications
Captioning
Videos and teleconferencing are part of everyone’s daily life in a (nearly!) post-pandemic world. But videos by themselves often leave a large gap for those who do not rely on hearing to communicate, or who otherwise have difficulty interpreting speech. This month we welcome back accessibility ambassador Amanda Ryan, academic technologist at the Institute on Community Integration, to share her knowledge of captioning.
Presenters
- AmandaRyanInstitute on Community Integration
Sponsors
Accessibility Ambassadors
Content Formats
- Meetings and Events
Creating Accessible Tables on the Web
Presenters
- KimDobersteinRed Hat
Sponsors
Related Badging Program Courses
- Canvas Course Sites Course
- Web Content Course
Content Formats
- All Digital Content
Designing Accessible Maps for All!
Presenters
- AmyEllisonMinnesota Department of Natural Resources
- RuthMacDonaldMinnesota Department of Natural Resources
- KittyHurleyMN IT Services
Sponsors
Content Formats
- Documents and PDFs
- Websites and Applications
Student Panel on Accessibility
When discussing accessibility, digital or otherwise, there are a lot of things to consider—legal compliance, technical needs, standards, etc. However, at its very core, accessibility is about people. The reason that accessibility is important is because of the people who are affected by inaccessible content.
On April 29, we were very fortunate to have a group of University of Minnesota students who identify as people with disabilities who were willing to discuss their experiences and share how inaccessibility affects them in their lives, careers, and education.
Presenters
- RyanMachtmesGraduate Student, University of Minnesota
- KateJirikGraduate Student, University of Minnesota
- LucasNadolskisStudent, University of Minnesota
- NathanStenbergGraduate Student, University of Minnesota
Sponsors
Recording
Content Formats
- All Digital Content
- Course Activities and Materials