Oct. 1 Accessibility Management Platform (AMP) Office Hours cancelled
Today’s Accessibility Management Platform (AMP) open help session has been cancelled. For AMP assistance, please contact accessibility@ua.edu.
Author Rachel Thompson
Texthelp expert-led EquatIO and Read&Write training for UA users—you’re invited!
The Faculty Resource Center’s Emerging Technology and Accessibility team invites you to participate in upcoming opportunities to learn more about Texthelp tools for reading, writing, language learning and STEM subjects. These tools are free to all UA students, faculty, and staff. They are particularly beneficial for English language learners, students with learning disabilities, and students…
Mid- 2018 Accessibility Initiative Update
The Emerging Technology and Accessibility team, now part of UA’s Faculty Resource Center (FRC), housed in the Office of Information Technology (OIT), continues to lead the initiative to provide our technology users, including those with disabilities, a functional and accessible technology experience with our web presence and our instructional and emerging technologies. An annual audit…
Fall 2018 Technology Accessibility Workshops
Emerging Technology and Accessibility invites you to enhance your technology accessibility skills by participating in these workshops during the Fall 2018 term: AMP Office Hours Get assistance with your Accessibility Management Platform (AMP) questions in this open help session. Monday, Oct. 1, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Creating Accessible Content with Microsoft Office Learn how to create Word…
AHEAD 2018 Virtual Conference—you’re invited!
The Faculty Resource Center’s Emerging Technology and Accessibility team is happy to host the Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) 2018 Virtual Conference, and you’re invited! The conference’s Opening Plenary address and 20 concurrent sessions will be streamed live in A232 and A236 Gordon Palmer Hall, Wednesday, July 18–Friday, July 20. Drop by for…
Introducing EquatIO’s Screenshot Reader
There’s a new addition to the Texthelp tools freely available to UA students, faculty, staff, and departments! With Screenshot Reader, the latest premium feature of EquatIO for Google, you can now turn any equation on the web into readable, editable math. To learn more, check out How to Make Math Accessible on the Web on…
Summer 2018 Technology Accessibility Workshops
Emerging Technology and Accessibility invites you to enhance your technology accessibility skills by participating in these workshops during the Summer 2018 term: Creating Accessible Documents with Adobe InDesign CC Learn how to generate an accessible PDF from InDesign and use Adobe Acrobat to touch up the exported file. Thursday, July 26, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Creating Accessible…
10 Ways We Can Make The University of Alabama More Accessible
Convey content in multiple ways; don’t just use images, color, video, or audio. Foster awareness of accessibility and accommodations. If a student needs accommodations, refer them to the Office of Disability Services. Faculty and staff can contact the Department of Human Resources. If you notice an opportunity to address accessibility, please bring it up! Keep…
Technology Accessibility Training Interest Survey: What would you like to learn?
The Emerging Technology and Accessibility team is making plans for Summer 2018 training offerings and would like to know: what would you like to learn next? Please let us know by completing this brief, anonymous Technology Accessibility Training Interest Survey or sending us an email at accessibility@ua.edu. The Emerging Technology and Accessibility team regularly hosts…
Spring 2018 Technology Accessibility Workshops
Emerging Technology and Accessibility invites you to enhance your technology accessibility skills by participating in these workshops during the latter half of the Spring 2018 term: Texthelp Tools for Reading, Writing, Language Learning, and STEM This hands-on workshop offers an introduction to the Texthelp tools freely available to all UA students, faculty, and staff: Read&Write,…