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Building a community of practice for digital standards compliance (it’s more fun than you think!)

When we revised our digital standards in 2019, our objective was simple: We wanted to compile our web-related policies and best practices in a concise and well-organized document. In doing so, we hoped to make it easier for our web management community to create better websites. Since then, this resource has grown to impact more […]

Alphabet soup: enhancing A11y using HTML in your LMS WYSIWYG

If HTML is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in the web browser, what are we doing with all these PDFs in our learning management systems?During this train-the-trainer style session we will explore what HTML is, who it benefits and how instructors can use HTML via the content editor in their LMS […]

Global report of accessibility in PDFs, Word docs, PowerPoints and images in academic content

The number of PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoints and images in academic courses is staggering. Based on 2020-21 global data (across 5.9 million courses), there is an average of 15 PDFs, nine Word documents, five PowerPoint presentations, and 34 images per course. Cumulatively, that’s over 375.6 million content items that could cause barriers for students! Naturally, certain […]