A UM WebID account is required for Digital Accessibility Solutions live workshops and webinars listed below.
Check out a full list of Training Workshops at the University.
Upcoming Accessibility Workshops
| Date | Course | Registration |
|---|---|---|
| 08/05 | Introduction to Blackboard Ultra (Zoom): Designed for instructors new to Ultra, this session will provide a guided tour of the platform's key features and navigation and practical strategies for building your course in Blackboard Ultra. Learn how to add content that supports your course objectives and enhances the learning experience for all learners through consistent structure and navigation. 2:00 - 4:00, Zoom, Amelia Robbins |
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| 08/15 | Introduction to Blackboard Ultra (Zoom): Designed for instructors new to Ultra, this session will provide a guided tour of the platform's key features and navigation and practical strategies for building your course in Blackboard Ultra. Learn how to add content that supports your course objectives and enhances the learning experience for all learners through consistent structure and navigation. 10:00 - 12:00, Zoom, Amelia Robbins |
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| 08/29 | Introduction to Blackboard Ultra (Zoom): Designed for instructors new to Ultra, this session will provide a guided tour of the platform's key features and navigation and practical strategies for building your course in Blackboard Ultra. Learn how to add content that supports your course objectives and enhances the learning experience for all learners through consistent structure and navigation. 10:00 - 12:00, Zoom, Amelia Robbins |
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| 09/03 | Accessibility Top Ten: This session will provide an introduction to digital accessibility and provide an overview of how to employ 10 practices that will increase the accessibility of your digital content. 2:00 - 3:30, Zoom with Digital Accessibility Solutions, Jennifer Bland |
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| 09/10 | Document Accessibility (Zoom): The document accessibility training will provide information on creating and sharing accessible content for anyone creating documents, images, or online content and sharing that content through email, on the web, or on social media.
There will be interactive parts of the training to practice application of the concepts. 2:00 - 3:30, Zoom with Digital Accessibility Solutions, Jennifer Bland |
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| 09/17 | Accessible Presentations: This session will focus on creating accessible PowerPoint presentations and also provide tips for making sure in-class presentations are accessible for all learners no matter what software is utilized. 2:00 - 3:30, Zoom with Digital Accessibility Solutions, Jennifer Bland |
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| 09/24 | Video Accessibility: Captions and transcripts are essential to provide access to audio and audiovisual information for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. A majority of all students report that captions are beneficial to them for increasing focus, for help with understanding difficult information, for help with retaining information, and more. This session will talk about how to source captioned videos from third party sources to share with students and will also walk through the steps of captioning in Panopto. We will also briefly discuss captioning and transcription in Zoom. 2:00 - 3:30, Zoom with Digital Accessibility Solutions, Jennifer Bland |
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| 10/01 | Blackboard Accessibility: Blackboard offers a great tool for understanding the current accessibility of your course content while also acting as a guide to increasing the accessibility of your course content. This training session will walk through the Blackboard Accessibility tool as well as provide tips and strategies for overall accessibility in Blackboard courses. 2:00 - 3:30, Zoom with Digital Accessibility Solutions, Jennifer Bland |
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| 10/07 | Accessibility Top Ten: This session will provide an introduction to digital accessibility and provide an overview of how to employ 10 practices that will increase the accessibility of your digital content. 10:00 - 11:30, Zoom with Digital Accessibility Solutions, Jennifer Bland |
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| 10/14 | Document Accessibility (Zoom): The document accessibility training will provide information on creating and sharing accessible content for anyone creating documents, images, or online content and sharing that content through email, on the web, or on social media.
There will be interactive parts of the training to practice application of the concepts. 10:00 - 11:30, Zoom with Digital Accessibility Solutions, Jennifer Bland |
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| 10/23 | Accessible Presentations: This session will focus on creating accessible PowerPoint presentations and also provide tips for making sure in-class presentations are accessible for all learners no matter what software is utilized. 10:00 - 11:30, Zoom with Digital Accessibility Solutions, Jennifer Bland |
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| 10/28 | Video Accessibility: Captions and transcripts are essential to provide access to audio and audiovisual information for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. A majority of all students report that captions are beneficial to them for increasing focus, for help with understanding difficult information, for help with retaining information, and more. This session will talk about how to source captioned videos from third party sources to share with students and will also walk through the steps of captioning in Panopto. We will also briefly discuss captioning and transcription in Zoom. 10:00 - 11:30, Zoom with Digital Accessibility Solutions, Jennifer Bland |
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