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Preventing the digital accessibility scavenger hunt

Online and virtual learning remain an integral part of higher education. As we continue to spend much of our time in digital environments, understanding and practicing digital accessibility is more critical than ever. It’s imperative to provide campus personnel with tools and resources that help them learn how to remove potential barriers of digital materials. […]

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 […]

Two developers and a PM walk into a bar: Lessons learned over libations at last year’s HighEdWeb

This presentation focuses on the benefits of informal communication between developers and project managers, such as increased collaboration, better communication, faster problem-solving and more efficient workflows. We discuss how different roles (developers, project managers, etc.) can work together better by understanding each other’s roles and responsibilities and how effective communication can help bridge gaps in […]