Attend Events and View Recordings

Summary

Attend University accessibility events where you can learn more about making our digital resources accessible online, discuss digital accessibility topics, and advocate for inclusion.

Upcoming Event

Fundamentals of Disability Accommodations and Inclusive Course Design

March 30, 2023, noon-1 p.m.

Tina Marisam and Donna Johnson of the Office for Equity and Diversity will share information about the new training, “Fundamentals of Disability Accommodations and Inclusive Course Design.” They’ll provide an overview of the course background, development, and enrollment, and also demonstrate one of the modules to highlight the accessibility features. This training is required for all teaching roles at the University, and will be available for everyone else via self-registration.

Tina Marisam is an associate vice president in the Office for Equity and Diversity and director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. She also serves as the University of Minnesota's Title IX coordinator.

Donna Johnson is a project manager for the Office for Equity and Diversity, and formerly served as director of the Disability Resource Center and ADA coordinator for the University of Minnesota.

Registration

Registration for this session is required. By default, we enable auto-captioning in the webinar. Please let us know what additional accommodations we can provide. Two weeks notice (March 16) will help us to better fulfill requests. This session will be recorded, captioned, and shared with the Google Group.

Past Event Information & Recordings

Data Visualization

Thu, 10/07/2021 - 12:00

Presenters

Neha

Bansal

OIT Application Development

Event Recording

View the Data Visualization recording (45:13)

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

Captioning

Thu, 08/26/2021 - 12:00

Presenters

Amanda

Ryan

Institute on Community Integration

Event Recording

View the Captioning recording (01:01:08)

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

Creating Accessible Tables on the Web

Thu, 06/24/2021 - 12:00

Presenters

Kim

Doberstein

Red Hat

Event Recording

View the Creating Accessible Tables recording (57:22).

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Accessibility Ambassadors

Designing Accessible Maps for All!

Thu, 05/27/2021 - 12:00

Presenters

Amy

Ellison

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Ruth

MacDonald

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Kitty

Hurley

MN IT Services

Event Recording

View the Designing Accessible Maps for All! recording (1:48:27).

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

Student Panel on Accessibility

Thu, 04/29/2021 - 12:00

Presenters

Ryan

Machtmes

Graduate Student, University of Minnesota
Kate

Jirik

Graduate Student, University of Minnesota
Lucas

Nadolskis

Student, University of Minnesota
Nathan

Stenberg

Graduate Student, University of Minnesota

Event Recording

View the Student Panel on Accessibility recording (1:13:39).

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

Future of Library Text Accessibility: The Promises and Potentials in EPUB

Thu, 02/25/2021 - 12:00

Presenters

Kate

Deibel

Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian at Syracuse University Libraries

Event Recording

View the Future of Library Text Accessibility: The Promises and Potentials in EPUB recording (1:10:52).

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

Universal Design

Thu, 01/28/2021 - 12:00

Presenters

John

O’Neill

University of Minnesota Duluth

Event Recording

View the Universal Design recording (43:35).

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Accessibility Ambassadors

Make ARIA Sing

Wed, 12/02/2020 - 12:00

Presenters

Jenn

Czeck

Freelance Developer and Accessibility Advocate

Presenters

Various Presenters

Digital Accessibility Community of Practice

Event Recording

Visit the event website to access presentation slides and captioned recordings.