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Click it to brick it: How promoting online course accessibility promoted accessibility for all

Since 2019, The Center for Distance Education at Mississippi State University has led multiple efforts to increase awareness of and compliance with WCAG standards for online courses. While our primary efforts were intended to provide information and support to faculty teaching online courses, many of our offerings were attended by faculty teaching either both face-to-face […]

Front-end accessibility tips and tricks

This presentation will be a deep dive into several specific front-end techniques for making sites more considerate towards keyboard users and screen readers while maintaining a pleasant experience for all viewers and avoiding negative impacts to SEO. We will be addressing several common scenarios and sharing our own solutions, complete with code snippets. Some of […]

Demystifying Web Accessibility Standards

With the recent release of WCAG standards, web accessibility is more vital than ever before. And while Higher Education has made great strides, there are still many challenges associated with ensuring we are compliant with ADA standards. In this session, we will openly discuss the gray area we find ourselves in with WCAG and share […]