Digital Accessibility Office Hours
Stop by our virtual office hours to receive assistance making your digital content accessible. From Powerpoint slides to social media posts, from PDFs to image descriptions, we can explore it all. Open to all UA faculty, instructors, staff, and students. Accessibility is Everyone’s Assignment.
Every Tuesday 8:30-9:30AM in Teams.
Upcoming Workshops
Workshops will be held in A232 Gordon Palmer Hall
Making Your Course Materials Accessible – Hands-On Drop-In Sessions
Thursday, Feb 12, 1-3PM
Instructors bring their laptops and work through the materials in a course to make documents, presentations, images, and other content accessible and in alignment with Title II requirements.
Creating Accessible Word Documents (And Remediating Existing Docs):
Monday, Feb 16, 1-2PM
Attendees will create an accessible Word document, learning best practices for document structure, image use, and other content. Attendees can bring existing documents for accessibility review and remediation.
Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations (And Remediating Existing Ones):
Monday, Feb 16, 2-3PM
Attendees will create an accessible PowerPoint presentation, learning about slide structure, reading order, image use, and color choices. Attendees can bring existing files to learn how to evaluate and remediate them.
Evaluating a Website’s Accessibility:
Monday, Feb 23, 2:30-4:00PM
Learn basic manual testing steps and use accessibility evaluation tools to assess the accessibility of a web page.
Images and Accessibility:
Tuesday, Feb 24, 3-4PM
Learn image accessibility best practices, including how to write and share successful text alternatives. Understand and practice describing complex images, including infographics and teaching resources.
Color and Accessibility:
Tuesday, March 3, 10-11AM
Dive deep into the world of accessible color use, including color combinations, contrast, and ways to convey content beyond color.
Creating Accessible PDFs:
Friday, March 6, 1-2:30PM
Attendees will learn how to make an accessible PDF starting from an Office document. Attendees will explore steps to remediate an existing PDF, including tagging, reading order, and other accessibility needs.