Summary
Attend University accessibility events where you can learn more about making digital resources accessible, discuss related topics, and advocate for inclusion.
Upcoming Events
Working With Cancer: the Impacts of Accessibility & Inclusion
Fifty percent of us will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lives, and emerging research suggests that a supportive work environment improves health outcomes for people dealing with a serious illness or condition. Drawing on her personal experience with a stage IV cancer diagnosis in 2022, Phoebe Johnson will discuss the impacts an inclusive, equitable, and accessible work environment has had on her health and treatment journey.
Johnson, a senior director of information technology at the University of Minnesota, was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer in August 2022. She is interested in the ways an intentionally inclusive and accessible workplace can make a difference in the well-being and health of employees.
Date and Time
Presenters
- PhoebeJohnsonOffice of Information Technology
Sponsors
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 (October 12) 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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Digital Accessibility Community of Practice: Fall Learning Experience
In fewer than 90 minutes, learn practices that have contributed to others’ digital accessibility success in academic technology, communications, or web spaces and consider how you will incorporate something you learn into your own work to improve digital accessibility.
Presenters
- KeithBrownAcademic Technology, Office of Information Technology
- ScottMarshallDisability Resource Center
Recording
- Main Session (31:11)
- Web Accessibility Breakout Session (45:54)
- Teaching and Learning Breakout Session (43:41)
Content Formats
- All Digital Content
- Course Activities and Materials
- Websites and Applications
Cultural Accessibility
Digital accessibility often focuses on technical standards and laws, but cultural and social dimensions are just as important for meaningful accessibility. In this webinar, Luke Kudryashov, from the Disability Resource Center, will introduce the concept of disability culture in relation to digital technologies and discuss ways everyone can contribute to a culture of accessibility in which people with disabilities feel valued and welcome.
Presenters
- LukeKudryashov
Sponsors
Recording
Content Formats
- All Digital Content
Accessible Slides
Presenters
- KellieGreavesOffice of Information Technology
- KarenShapiroUX Researcher
Sponsors
Recording
Content Formats
- Meetings and Events
- Slide Presentations
PDFs, RTFs, and BRFs, Oh My!
Presenters
- Representatives from the University of Minnesota Disability Resource Center
Sponsors
Content Formats
- All Digital Content
- Documents and PDFs
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