[Athen] International Ally User Group – 23 March 2023

[Matthew Deeprose]

[With apologies for cross-posting]

Digital Accessibility intersects with a multitude of areas within Higher Education. In the March meeting of the International Ally User Group, we continue our exploration on Thursday 23 March 2023 08:00 PT, 11:00 ET, 15:00 GMT, 16:00 CET, 19:00 GST. 

We begin with a deep dive into how a smaller faculty deals with digital accessibility. We will follow this with an interactive workshop using design thinking techniques to examine accessibility strategies for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) learning content.

Session Synopses

Using Blackboard Ally in a Smaller Faculty

Emma Folkesson, Wilma Jonsson & Emanuel Franzen, Lund University Faculty of Law

Blackboard Ally has been available on our learning platform since 2019 as a result of the website accessibility regulations implemented in Sweden and the EU. The Faculty of Law is the only faculty within Lund University working with Blackboard, and with our 1700 students we are generally viewed as a smaller actor, facing different challenges in our daily work towards an accessible learning platform.
The presentation will focus on:
- how the Faculty of Law as a smaller actor uses Blackboard Ally in our learning environment
- our challenges in implementing an extended understanding of accessibility and available tools with our professors and course administrators
- discussing possibilities for further improving our accessibility work

Where Are Your A11Y Issues STEMing From?

Lara Tompkins, Accessibility Specialist. College of DuPage.

When you hear the word "accessibility" in conjunction with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) do you break into a cold sweat thinking about making instructional content accessible to all learners? Well, panic no more! Bring your problems and expertise to this "conversation not presentation" and we will use design thinking techniques to put these issues in focus and share resources. Participants will contribute to a STEM accessibility Toolkit 

Find sign up and joining details on the Ally Community site: https://usergroup.ally.ac/content/perma?id=57595