Events

Links are used to navigate websites and often direct students to additional or supplemental course resources. Join this session to learn how to create strong descriptive links that are self-explanatory and easily distinguishable from other content.

In this session, learn how to successfully leverage color and contrast to promote readability of course materials. In addition, facilitators will demo how to check color and contrast and strategies for combining material elements with color to appropriately convey meaning.

Tables present complex data in an organized format, but they must be constructed carefully with specific features to be readable for all users. This workshop reviews appropriate uses of tables and step-by-step directions for constructing readable tables across different UMW Toolbox platforms.

Join this workshop to learn standards and procedures for ensuring that your audio and video class materials are accessible for all students, including updated standards for captions, transcripts, and descriptions.

Whether in PowerPoint or Google Slides, accessible slide decks require a few extra considerations beyond the basics of digital accessibility. Join this workshop session to learn the unique requirements for digitally accessible slide decks and how to remediate your materials to be ready for the spring semester.

The first document we often share with students is the class syllabus. In this workshop, we will tie together everything from our previous sessions and remediate common accessibility errors in syllabi. Bring a spring syllabus to the session to follow along or share your syllabus question ahead of time with the DLS and CfT teams …