Digital Exams – Between Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodations

Digital exams represent both an opportunity and a risk for students with disabilities. For some students, there may be no need to apply for reasonable accommodations because writing digital exams from home is just what fits their needs. Other students might find digital exams an unnecessary barrier when the technical infrastructure is not fully accessible. During this year’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2021, we will talk about accessible and inclusive digital exams.

AccessAbility Academy, Positive Interactions: Making the Library a Welcoming and Empowering Place for People with Disabilities

Old Dominion University Libraries and colleagues, including the Department of STEM Education & Professional Studies Library & Information Studies, Educational Accessibility, and Slover Library, will watch the ALA’s RUSA Division’s AccessAbility Academy, Positive Interactions: Making the Library a Welcoming and Empowering Place for People with Disabilities, an online webcast tutorial for library employees. A discussion will follow the webcast to generate an exchange of ideas of how we can contribute to making the library a welcoming place for everyone.

Enabling Full-stack Accessibility in Online Learning

In this webinar D2L will share their thoughts and approach to practicing accessibility and inclusive design in online learning.

Internal: Accessibility Bug Bash

In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, over 30 product teams are participating in a Bug Bash to enhance the accessibility of our products.

WordPress Accessibility Day Panel

Our Global Accessibility Awareness Day event is kicking off very soon! You can still register now for the free Zoom webinar!

Design Practices for Digital Musical Instruments

The 21st May 2020 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. To celebrate this, we are exploring in our live-stream today the design practices to help make musical instruments (hardware and software) more accessible. 

Inclusive Design: How to Create a Welcoming Digital Presence

We’ll review the importance of inclusive design and how to not only make your digital presence accessible, but also inviting, so your users feel welcomed when they touch your brand presence.

Webinario Día Internacional de la Concientización en la Accesibilidad Web

Webinario Día Internacional de la Concientización en la Accesibilidad Web / Global Accessibility Awareness Day. En trabajo con la Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa.

Contaremos con distinguidos expositores: Jonathan Chacón, Monica Duhem, Salvador Ángeles y Jesús Ibañes. Cada uno con años de experiencia en el desarrollo y creación de contenidos accesibles.

Presentation: Toward an accessible publishing ecosystem

The presentation aims to overview the different aspects that need to be considered by each part of the book publishing chain while creating an accessible publishing ecosystem, following regulations and international standards.

GAAD 2020 Webinar: When Rhetoric Meets Reality

This free webinar bring together digital accessibility experts and people with disabilities to discuss the digital accessibility outlook beyond COVID-19. The webinar aims to share and offer a variety of ideas from different disabilities and different parts of the world.