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Lightning talks

The lightning talks offered as a single video, which includes the following sessions: Getting Your Point Across (and Down): What Crossword Construction Can Teach Us About Content Presenter: Donna Talarico — Donna Talarico: Stories & Such Crosswordease : NYT puzzle : academic jargon : college website. If you’ve been solving crosswords for a while, you might […]

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 […]

Online learning authoring tools: how governance and accessibility impact the online learning equity

Universities across the nation are moving towards a more hybrid approach to learning as we all acclimate to a more post-pandemic life. Students are now expecting in-person courses to have an online equivalent, and universities will need to make that transition as the paradigm shifts to be more hybrid. University academic courses and electronically provided […]