Digital Accessibility Office Hours
Digital accessibility office hours aim to support faculty in creating learning environments that can be accessed by all students. Drop in to learn practical strategies for making your syllabi, slides, and other course materials accessible. Also, learn how to use Grackle to check accessibility in your Google docs, sheets, and slides. Held in the CTL (Library 212) on a biweekly basis throughout the spring semester to get ADA Title II ready! Dates/times of sessions:
Grackle Workspace is a set of add-ons for Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets that help you create accessible digital content directly within Google Workspace. It provides real-time accessibility checks, highlights issues such as missing alt text, improper heading structures, and color contrast problems, and offers step-by-step guidance on how to fix them.
Why: Get an introduction to the Digital Accessibility hub, which provides guidance, tools, and best practices to help you meet ADA Title II and WCAG 2.1 requirements by April 2026.
What You'll Learn: We'll explore the new tools and guidance for creating accessible digital content.
CTL Teaching and Learning Hour on Digital Accessibility
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at 3:30 pm
Presenters Stefan Dodd (Chief Information Officer and Assistant Vice President), Julie Maki (Associate Director, Disability Services), and Rebecca Newell (Director, Title IX and Equal Opportunity) will discuss digital accessibility and becoming ADA Title II compliant.
How Colleges Can Comply With Web-Accessibility Laws
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at 2 pm
Presented by The Chronicle for Higher Education, with support from Siteimprove.
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