Thursday, May 16, 2024, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Join CIT and the UA Technology Accessibility Team as we celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Week, May 13- 17, 2024! Please register for each session you would like to attend.
Schedule of Sessions
Monday, May 13, 2024
- Using Adobe Acrobat to Evaluate the accessibility of PDFs
- 10:00 a.m. in A232 Gordon Palmer (open in a new window)
- Learn how to use Adobe Acrobat Pro to create PDFs that are accessible to people with disabilities.
- Register for Using Adobe Acrobat to Evaluate the accessibility of PDFs (opens in a new window)
- Creating accessible newsletters with Microsoft Sway
- 12:00 p.m. Virtual in Teams
- Learn how to use Sway, Microsoft’s digital storytelling app, to create accessible, interactive newsletters.
- Register for Creating accessible newsletters with Microsoft Sway (opens in a new window)
- Deque aXe Tools demonstration hosted by Deque
- 2:00 p.m. Virtual in Teams
- You’re invited to check out Deque’s aXe Tools. Deque will demonstrate the features of the aXe Tools browser extension and how users can evaluate their content for accessibility.
- Register for Deque aXe Tools Demonstration (opens in a new window)
- Fixathon Session 1
- 3:00 p.m. in A232 Gordon Palmer (open in a new window)
- If you have accessibility questions, we have answers. Bring your own device and let us help you with your accessibility needs.
- Register for Fixathon Help Session 1 (opens in a new window)
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- Designing for Accessibility
- 10:00 a.m. Virtual in Teams
- Learn the importance of designing for accessibility and impactful practices you can apply to create
accessible documents, images, audio, video, and web content. - Register for Designing for Accessibility (opens in a new window)
- 3 Play Media Captioning Information Session
- 11:00 a.m. Hybrid Session in A232 Gordon Palmer (open in a new window) and Virtual in Teams.
- Learn the details and set up new accounts with the new 3Play Media captioning program available on campus.
- Register for 3 Play Media Captioning Information Session (opens in a new window)
- Fixathon Help Session 2
- 2:00 p.m. Virtual in Teams
- If you have accessibility questions, we have answers. Bring your own device and let us help you with your accessibility needs.
- Register for Fixathon Help Session 2 (opens in a new window)
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Manual Website Testing using NVDA and VoiceOver BYOD
- 10:00 a.m. in A232 Gordon Palmer (open in a new window)
- Learn how to use the free NVDA screen reader and VoiceOver macOS to test the accessibility of digital content.
- Register for Manual Website Testing using NVDA and VoiceOver (opens in a new window)
- Canva Accessibility Features
- 12:00 p.m. Hybrid session in A232 Gordon Palmer (open in a new window) and Virtual in Teams.
- Learn how to use Canva’s accessibility features to create more inclusive content.
- Register for Canva Accessibility Features (opens in a new window)
- Fixathon Help Session 3
- 2:00 p.m. Hybrid session in A232 Gordon Palmer (open in a new window) and Virtual in Teams.
- If you have accessibility questions, we have answers. Bring your own device and let us help you with your accessibility needs.
- Register for Fixathon Help Session 3 (opens in a new window)
Thursday, May 16, 2024
- Using CoPilot to write alt text for images
- 10:00 a.m. Virtual in Teams
- Learn how CoPilot, Microsoft’s AI tool, can help create alternative text for images.
- Register for Using CoPilot to write alt text for images (opens in a new window)
- Using the Microsoft Accessibility Checker
- 2:00 p.m. Virtual in Teams
- Get a high-level understanding of accessibility capabilities and best practices applicable across Microsoft
Office products with the Accessibility Checker. - Register for Using the Microsoft Accessibility Checker (opens in a new window)
- Fixathon Help Session 4
- 3:00 p.m. Virtual in Teams
- If you have accessibility questions, we have answers. Bring your own device and let us help you with your accessibility needs.
- Register for Fixathon Help Session 4 (opens in a new window)
Friday, May 17, 2024
- Are you checking the accessibility of your email? Using the Accessibility Checker in Outlook.
- 9:00 a.m. in A232 Gordon Palmer (open in a new window)
- Learn how to create accessible emails with Microsoft Outlook, learning practices you can also apply to
other email programs and tools. - Register for Are you checking the accessibility of your email ? Using the Accessibility Checker in Outlook. (opens in a new window)
- Using Blackboard Ally
- 10:00 a.m. in A232 Gordon Palmer (open in a new window)
- Learn about Blackboard Ally for LMS, a product that integrates with the Blackboard learning
management system to help make digital course content more accessible. - Register for Using Blackboard Ally (opens in a new window)
- Fixathon Help Session 5
- 11:00 a.m. in A232 Gordon Palmer (open in a new window)
- If you have accessibility questions, we have answers. Bring your own device and let us help you with your accessibility needs.
- Register for Fixathon Help Session 5 (opens in a new window)