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.
Drop-In Virtual Sessions
Events held in Microsoft Teams.
Making Your Course Materials Accessible – Drop-In Virtual Sessions
Work through the materials in a course to make documents, presentations, images, and other content accessible and in alignment with Title II requirements.
Making Your Documents Accessible – Drop-In Virtual Sessions
Bring your questions about Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Acrobat accessibility and learn how to build and remediate documents in alignment with Title II requirements.
Making Your Website Accessible – Drop-In Virtual Sessions
Bring your questions about web accessibility and learn how to complete basic site evaluations.
Recorded Sessions Coming Soon For:
Creating Accessible Word Documents (And Remediating Existing Docs):
Learn how to create an accessible Word document, exploring best practices for document structure, image use, and other content.
Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations (And Remediating Existing Ones):
Learn how to create an accessible PowerPoint presentation, exploring slide structure, reading order, image use, and color choices.
Images and Accessibility:
Learn image accessibility best practices, including how to write and share successful text alternatives. Explore description approaches for complex images, including infographics and teaching resources.
Evaluating a Website’s Accessibility:
Learn basic manual testing steps and how to use accessibility evaluation tools to assess the accessibility of a web page.
Color and Accessibility:
Dive deep into the world of accessible color use, including color combinations, contrast, and ways to convey content beyond color.
Creating Accessible PDFs:
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.
Accessibility Tips for Social Media
Learn how to share accessibly on socials, even when the tools don’t account for accessibility!