Access for All: A Course Accessibility Workshop
Implementing Accessibility Principles in Blackboard Ultra
Location
Online
Access for All: A Course Accessibility Workshop – Online Event
Date & Time
January 23, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Description
Join Instructional Technology for an Accessibility Workshop to review Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles, explore key technology resources to support all learners, and create an action plan to support accessibility in your courses.
Session Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will have created an action plan on next steps and resources needed to design accessible courses and create or remediate content for accessibility.
- Recall the guiding principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- Identify a +1 UDL strategy for enhancing one of the following in your course: content, engagement, or assessment
- Identify technology tools like Blackboard Ally for creating or remediating accessible content
- Create an action plan that can support accessibility goals in your course, including appropriate technologies
This workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Susan Biro, Manager, Online Learning, and Josh Abrams, Instructional Design Specialist.
Recommended resources
Participants may find it helpful to review the following about accessibility and course design prior to the workshop.
- Watch: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education (4:42) Humber Innovative Learning. (2019, June 12). Universal design for learning in higher education [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwA8cQ2xA9o
- Listen: King, T. (Host). (2021, August 9). An essential and imperative of teaching: Diversity, equity, and inclusion (No. 16). [Audio podcast episode]. In Faculty Focus Live.
- Read: Flaherty, C. (2023, May 10). Diversifying course materials: A how-to guide. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/academic-life/2023/05/10/diversifying-course-materials-how-guide#
- Read: Perez, L. (May/June 2015). From accommodations to accessibility: Creating learning environments that work for all. EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 50, no. 3. (5 min). Retrieved from https://er.educause.edu/articles/2015/4/from-accommodations-to-accessibility-creating-learning-environments-that-work-for-all. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
To RSVP for this workshop, please click “Going virtually” and be sure to add the event to your calendar!
JOINING THE SESSION
This webinar will take place in a Webex virtual conference room. Enter the webinar up to 15 minutes before the start time. Select the "Join Online Event" button in myUMBC or the emailed calendar invite.
Please note: UMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all faculty, staff, students, and visitors. If you would like to request accommodations (e.g., ASL interpreters, captioning, wheelchair access, etc.) for this event, please notify us at least two weeks prior to the event. Requests received after that time cannot be guaranteed, but we will do our best to make arrangements for program access. Please contact the event host (instructionaltechnology@umbc.edu) with your specific request and be sure to include the event title, date, and time.
Automated closed captioning for virtual events is available via the Microsoft Teams desktop and mobile applications. All recordings are uploaded to Panopto with captioning enabled.
At least 5 registrations are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered.
UMBC is committed to providing a consistent learning experience for everyone. Thelast day we will support Blackboard Original is December 31, 2024. Please check out our training and support:umbc.edu/go/ultra
