Summary
Once you have learned the core skills, keep learning and practicing even more skills!
The University of Minnesota is committed to the idea that accessibility is everyone's everyday work.
All you have to do is start small. For example:
- Choose one of the 7 core skills and practice.
- Take a Digital Accessibility Badging Program course.
- Join a campus accessibility group.
Then use the Filter and Sort Options below and review what you learned, or learn even more skills!
Accessibility Skills Pages and Events
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A Conversation with Scott Marshall of the DRC Event on
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Accessible Documents Event on
Join the Accessibility Ambassadors for a presentation by Ben Peck of University Relations about making accessible Word and Google Docs and how to convert them to Portable Document Format (PDF).
Accessible Documents Event on
Join the Accessibility Ambassadors for a workshop on how to create accessible documents (including PDFs), with Ben Peck from University Relations.
Accessible Google Docs Event on
Join the Accessibility Ambassadors on Thursday, June 25th, for a presentation by Accessibility Ambassadors Amy Drayer from University Libraries and Khaled Musa of Academic Technology Support Services.
Accessible Online Meetings Event on
Join the Accessibility Ambassadors for a presentation by accessibility ambassador Amanda Ryan of the Institute on Community Integration within CEHD.
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Accessible Social Media Event on
Join the Accessibility Ambassadors for a presentation by Susan Hagen of University Relations about making social media more accessible.
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All About Screen Readers Event on
Join the Accessibility Ambassadors for a demonstration and discussion of screen readers by Accessibility Ambassador Khaled Musa from Academic Technology Support Services.
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Alternative text, or “alt text” describes the content of images, graphs and charts. It should be added to every image that conveys meaning in instructional and communications materials including Canvas sites, word processing documents, slide presentations, and web pages.
Canvas Accessibility with UDOIT Event on
Join the Accessibility Ambassadors on Thursday, May 28, for a presentation by accessibility ambassador Khaled Musa of Academic Technology and Kristina Cibuzar of LATIS.
Captioning Event on
Videos and teleconferencing are part of everyone’s daily life in a (nearly!) post-pandemic world.