accessibility

  • Past Presentations: Accessibility

    Past Presentations: Accessibility

    At ETUG we’ve been recording most of our Fall and Spring Workshop sessions since the Fall of 2019. There’s a lot of information spread across several themes in this collection. And there’s lots worth diving back into. Here are the presentations that relate to accessibility. Luke McKnight Accessibility of AI Interfaces Ian Linkletter Creating Alt…

  • [Spring Workshop 2023] Supporting and Increasing Accessibility in Video

    [Spring Workshop 2023] Supporting and Increasing Accessibility in Video

    Friday June 2, 1:30 – 2:15 Session Description In some ways it’s never been easier to make video more accessible. At the same time there are new challenges, as we learn more about the variety of barriers that learners experience with media. Captions, ASL, descriptive video… as producers of educational media, navigating the landscape of…

  • [Spring Workshop 2023] Campus Wide Collaboration for Accessible and Inclusive Design

    [Spring Workshop 2023] Campus Wide Collaboration for Accessible and Inclusive Design

    Friday June 2, 2:25 – 2:45 Session Description UBC is striving to foster a sense of belonging and promote equity and social justice for all members of the community by prioritizing inclusion and accessibility through a variety of initiatives. One of these initiatives is Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Fellows Program. This initiative is funded…

  • [Spring Workshop 2023] LMS Accessibility Orientation

    [Spring Workshop 2023] LMS Accessibility Orientation

    Friday June 2, 3:05 – 3:25 Session Description Students are expected to master a deluge of technology and software when they begin a new academic journey. When students use assistive technology, there can be additional barriers and a rapid increase in the learning curve for those platforms. At Langara, we found some students using assistive…

  • [Spring Workshop 2023] Showcase: Digital literacies and inclusive design practices

    [Spring Workshop 2023] Showcase: Digital literacies and inclusive design practices

    Thursday June 1, 11:10 – 11:30 Session Description Our short session will showcase modules that feature digital literacies and inclusive design practices. Designed as a CC Attribution Non-Commercial Creative Commons license resource, these modules build and expand knowledge and application of digital competencies that are particularly relevant to designing learning for hybrid spaces that intersect…

  • [Fall Workshop 2022] Why Incorporate Accessible Practice into your Classroom?

    [Fall Workshop 2022] Why Incorporate Accessible Practice into your Classroom?

    Friday November 4, 11:45 – 12:05 Session Description Since March 2020 most instructors have adapted their classroom to accommodate remote learning and now you are likely finding a new routine transitioning back to the classroom. While change is taking place, why not incorporate accessible and inclusive practice into your classroom? I recognize that incorporating accessible…

  • [Fall Workshop 2022] Langara’s Assistive Technologist Project: An Un-siloed Approach to Improving Digital Literacy Across the Institution

    [Fall Workshop 2022] Langara’s Assistive Technologist Project: An Un-siloed Approach to Improving Digital Literacy Across the Institution

    Friday November 4, 9:40 – 10:25 Session Description Langara’s Assistive Technologist project was developed to support students using assistive technology and to develop resources for creating accessible content. Awareness of digital accessibility has greatly increased since the shift to online learning during COVID-19. Continued hybrid, hyflex, and online learning–and the new Accessible BC Act–mean that…