Pilot to Academic Practice: Developing an Implementation Plan To Improve the Accessibility of Course Content

Presenters Dalia Radwan — Concordia University Gavin Henrick — Brickfield Education Labs Description Concordia University’s Centre for Teaching and Learning conducted two pilot studies to enhance faculty members’ engagement with accessibility tools and checkers, reduce barriers for students, and increase learning access. This presentation will have two parts: The first will present the two pilot […]

Approaching University-wide Accessibility in a Decentralized Environment

Presenters Lori Packer — University of Rochester Philip Sennett — University of Rochester Brian Harrington — University of Rochester Description When the decentralized University of Rochester recently the Web Governance Council to work toward a more unified web experience across the University’s schools and businesses, the council members strongly agreed that accessibility was the first […]

Behind the Design

Presenters Janell Sims — Harvard University William Cannon — Harvard University Public Affairs and Communications Description Last year, as part of the Harvard University homepage redesign project, the content strategy team at Harvard University Public Affairs and Communications set out to be an example of accessibility in action. This year, we decided to make our […]