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

Accessible Google Docs

Thu, 06/25/2020 - 12:00

Presenters

Amy

Drayer

University Libraries
Khaled

Musa

Academic Technology Support Services, Office of Information Technology

Event Recording

View the Accessible Google Docs recording (1:41:46).

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

Canvas Accessibility with UDOIT

Thu, 05/28/2020 - 12:00

Presenters

Khaled

Musa

Academic Technology Support Services, Office of Information Technology
Kristina

Cibuzar

LATIS, College of Liberal Arts

Event Recording

View the Canvas Accessibility with UDOIT recording (1:19:37).

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

Accessible Online Meetings

Thu, 04/30/2020 - 12:00

Presenters

Amanda

Ryan

Institute on Community Integration, CEHD

Event Recording

View the Accessible Online Meetings recording (1:15:17).

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

Web Accessibility Checkers

Thu, 03/26/2020 - 12:00

Presenters

Tonu

Mikk

Disability Resource Center
Amy

Drayer

University Libraries
Kim

Doberstein

Office of Information Technology

Event Recording

View the Web Accessibility Checkers recording (1:05:02).

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

The Seven Core Skills

Thu, 02/27/2020 - 12:00

Presenters

Christina

Goodland

Office of Information Technology
Karen

Shapiro

Office of Information Technology

Event Recording

View the The Seven Core Skills recording (1:04:23).

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

Color Contrast Deep Dive

Thu, 01/23/2020 - 12:00

Presenters

Jen

Sanders

Office of Information Technology

Event Recording

View the Color Contrast Deep Dive recording (34:02).

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

Accessible Documents

Thu, 12/12/2019 - 12:00

Presenters

Ben

Peck

University Relations

Event Recording

Recording unavailable. See presentation slides.

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

Accessible Social Media

Wed, 11/20/2019 - 09:00

Presenters

Susan

Hagen

University Relations

Event Recording

View the Accessible Social Media recording (56:08).

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

Centering Disabled Community Members

Thu, 10/31/2019 - 09:00

Presenters

Jay

Wilson

Disability Resource Center
Corbett

Laubignat

Disability Resource Center

Event Recording

View the Centering Disabled Community Members recording (1:32:21).

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

Video Captioning

Thu, 08/15/2019 - 12:00

Presenters

Alex

Anderson

OIT Academic Technology

Event Recording

View the Video Captioning recording (1:23:19).

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

Writing Great Alt Text

Thu, 07/18/2019 - 09:00

Presenters

Kim

Doberstein

Office of Information Technology

Event Recording

View the Writing Great Alt Text recording (1:19:35).

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors

All About Screen Readers

Thu, 05/30/2019 - 11:00

Presenters

Khaled

Musa

Academic Technology Support Services

Event Recording

View the All About Screen Readers recording (1:13:56).

Event Brought to You By

Accessibility Ambassadors