Hello from your Technology Accessibility colleagues in The University of Alabama Office of Information Technology. From providing education opportunities to reviewing new digital resources, we have been busy fulfilling, updating, and adapting our services to meet campus needs and the changing landscape of higher education technology accessibility. Some event highlights from the past year include:
- Global Accessibility Awareness Week
- HighEdWeb Accessibility Summit
- Title II Changes Overview
- Accessing Higher Ground Virtual Conference
- UA Accessibility Forum
Other major projects with the goal of furthering UA’s accessibility include:
- Selection and implementation of and migration to CampusPress hosted WordPress multi-site environment for people.ua.edu faculty profile and lab websites (previous platform was Weebly)
- Move to 3Play Media for campuswide and public-facing captioning grants
- Evaluation and feedback provided for multiple app-based academic and student life tools
- Evaluation and feedback provided for discipline-specific tools and resources accessed within the Blackboard LMS
- Continued progress toward Blackboard’s more accessible Ultra course view (completion target is January 2026)
- Development of Title II planning group to address updated technical guidelines, expanded scope, and upcoming federal compliance deadline.
Our team has also provided accessibility-related instruction on a range of topics. Please contact us to request a training session for you or your UA team. Recent offerings have included:
- Universal Design for Learning
- Social Media Accessibility
- Title II Changes Overview
- Academic Accessibility Best Practices
- Digital Accessibility Planning and Progress