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Free Virtual Accessibility Conference – WebAIM’s Web Accessibility In Mind

The Technology Accessibility Team would like to share with you a free virtual accessibility conference opportunity taking place next week.  WebAIM’s  Web Accessibility In Mind Conference will be held August 27-28. The conference goals include: Provide a diverse range of perspectives from a diverse group of speakers. Share solutions to accessibility challenges. Give advice and…


Free virtual accessibility conference – Axe-Con 2024

Deque is hosting Axe-con, a FREE virtual digital accessibility conference,  February 20-22.  The conference is open to developers, designers, business users and accessibility professionals of all experience levels who focus on building, testing, and maintaining a digital experience.  Axe-con offers four tracks that include development, design, organizational success with accessibility, and wildcard. We encourage you to…


Save the Date – Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2024!

Please mark your calendars for May 16, 2024 as we prepare to host events observing Global Accessibility Awareness Day at UA. This is an opportunity to celebrate our advancements in accessibility and to continue building our knowledge and skills in this important area! As the event approaches, we will work closely with you to plan sessions…


ATHEN Virtual STEM Accessibility Conference

The Center for Instructional Technology’s Technology Accessibility team is hosting the 2023 Access Technology Higher Education Network (ATHEN) Virtual STEM Accessibility Conference: Acc3ss N0w virtual conference for the UA community!  Acc3ss N0w is a  diverse conference where experts can share their best practices, solutions, techniques, etc. for accessing and creating accessible STEM content in higher education.  Sessions from…


Global Accessibility Awareness Day and Fix Your Content Day

Greetings, UA Allies! Thursday, May 19th marks the 11th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day. GAAD’s purpose is “to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) access/inclusion, and the more than One Billion people with disabilities/impairments.” As part of our campus-wide commitment to inclusive education, and in celebration of GAAD, we’ll…


Fix Your Content Day Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Greetings, UA Allies! Thursday, May 20th marks the annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day. GAAD’s purpose is “to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) access/inclusion and people with different disabilities.” As part of our campus-wide commitment to inclusive education, and in celebration of GAAD, we are participating in the Blackboard Ally…


August and September 2020 Technology Accessibility Webinars

The Technology Accessibility team invites you to enhance your technology accessibility skills by participating in these webinars. We are proud to partner with HR Learning and Development to offer webinar registration via UA LMS, the online learning system for faculty and staff. Register for webinars via the links here, or view the entire Accessibility instructor-led training…


Texthelp Higher Education Summer Camp

The Texthelp tools freely available to all UA students, faculty and staff are: Read&Write, a literacy support toolbar with supports for reading, writing, research, and studying; EquatIO, an application you can use to type, handwrite, or speak to create equations, formulas, and other math and chemistry expressions; and Snapverter, an easy to use add-on for…


Summer 2020 Technology Accessibility Webinars

The Technology Accessibility team invites you to enhance your technology accessibility skills by participating in these webinars. We are proud to partner with HR Learning and Development to offer webinar registration via UA LMS, the online learning system for faculty and staff. Register for webinars via the links here, or view the entire Accessibility instructor-led training…


Spring 2020 Technology Accessibility Workshops

The Technology Accessibility team invites you to enhance your technology accessibility skills by participating in these workshops and webinars. We are proud to partner with HR Learning and Development to offer workshop/webinar registration via UA LMS, the online learning system for faculty and staff. Register for workshops/webinars via the links here, or view the entire Accessibility…