Events

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 18, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Description

Have you ever wondered what makes an image accessible -- or when an image doesn’t need a description at all? Are your course graphics helping all students engage with your content? Learn the...

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View Event Details for Accessible Images: Basics of Alt Text & Decorative Images

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 17, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Description

Are you interested in improving the effectiveness of your instructional videos? Do you know how to ensure your videos are accessible for all learners? In this session, we'll share strategies to...

View Event Details for Accessible Videos: Basics of Captions and Transcripts

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 16, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Join our workshop as we explore Microsoft Teams and learn how to communicate, collaborate, and utilize our integration with Blackboard to create a seamless and interactive learning environment for...

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View Event Details for Getting Started with Microsoft Teams

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 15, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Description

How confident are you that your students can access, understand, and act on your assessment feedback? Do you ever wonder whether students are reviewing the feedback you provide? Feedback is...

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View Event Details for Closing the Loop: Designing Accessible Feedback for All Learners

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 11, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Description

New to PDF remediation or looking for a quick refresher? This session will guide you through the essential steps to make existing PDFs accessible---perfect for scanned articles, legacy documents,...

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View Event Details for PDFs That Work: Remediation Tools and Techniques

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 10, 2025, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm

Description

Are you wondering how to make the Blackboard Gradebook work with the grading plan in your syllabus? Join us in this 45-minute Ultra webinar, where we’ll dive into the key aspects of the Blackboard...

View Event Details for Blackboard Ultra Gradebook Essentials

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 9, 2025, 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm

Description

What is digital accessibility, and why does it matter in your course? If a student couldn’t access your materials, would you know what to do -- or how to fix it? Join this 30-minute overview...

View Event Details for Digital Accessibility 101: Principles and Practices

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 9, 2025, 10:00 am – 10:45 am

Description

Are you new to Google Meet? Join this session to learn how to get started with this video conferencing tool for teaching, office hours, or meetings. The following topics will be covered:...

View Event Details for Getting Started with Google Meet

Sep

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 4, 2025, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Description

This training is provided by Akindi Learn the basics of Akindi! This webinar will guide instructors through a step-by-step tutorial on how to run Akindi paper assessments. By the end...

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View Event Details for Akindi Bubble Sheet Training

Aug

Location

Online

Date & Time

August 28, 2025, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

This training is provided by Akindi Learn the basics of Akindi! This webinar will guide instructors through a step-by-step tutorial on how to run Akindi paper assessments. By the end...

View Event Details for Akindi Bubble Sheet Training

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Events

Accessible Images: Basics of Alt Text & Decorative Images

If you can click it, you can fix it.

Accessible Videos: Basics of Captions and Transcripts

Practical tips to ensure inclusive and effective videos

Getting Started with Microsoft Teams

Explore this exciting session on MS Teams

Closing the Loop: Designing Accessible Feedback for All Learners

Turn your feedback into a powerful tool for mastery

PDFs That Work: Remediation Tools and Techniques

Learn how to Remediate Content with Adobe Acrobat

Blackboard Ultra Gradebook Essentials

Create gradebook categories, calculate grades, drop scores

Digital Accessibility 101: Principles and Practices

If you can click it, you can fix it.

Getting Started with Google Meet

Learn how to create meetings and support student engagement

Akindi Bubble Sheet Training

Learn how to implement the paper-based assessments

Akindi Bubble Sheet Training

Learn how to implement the paper-based assessments

If you can click it, you can fix it.

Practical tips to ensure inclusive and effective videos

Explore this exciting session on MS Teams

Turn your feedback into a powerful tool for mastery

Learn how to Remediate Content with Adobe Acrobat

Create gradebook categories, calculate grades, drop scores

If you can click it, you can fix it.

Learn how to create meetings and support student engagement

Learn how to implement the paper-based assessments

Learn how to implement the paper-based assessments

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