[Athen] International Ally User Group – 26 October 2023

[Matthew Deeprose]

[With apologies for cross-posting]

How are institutions dealing with the many issues that Digital Accessibility raises?

Join us in the International Ally User Group on Thursday 26 October 2023 at 07:00 PDT / 10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST / 16:00 CEST / 17:00 TRT / 18:00 GST. 

We’ll learn how University of Bristol is using an innovative bespoke solution to allow scalable and consistent accessibility testing and accessibility statement creation. 
Northern Illinois University will share their use of digital badges to motivate and recognise academic accessibility efforts.

# Session synopses

## Taming Accessibility Statements
Martin Nutbeem, Senior Digital Education Developer and Steve Cole, Digital Learning Materials Developer, University of Bristol.

How did the Digital Education Office at University of Bristol take the pain out of creating and maintaining accessibility statements for the tools and platforms they support?
The team will share innovative approaches they developed for consistent accessibility testing and accessibility statement creation.

## Digital Badges to Promote Accessibility of Course Materials and Recognize Accessibility Champions
Stephanie Richter, Director of Teaching Excellence and Support, Northern Illinois University.

Accessibility doesn’t happen organically; it requires dedication and commitment to improve the accessibility of digital course materials.
At Northern Illinois University, we developed a digital badge initiative to motivate faculty to use Anthology Ally to increase their overall course accessibility score by finding and fixing accessibility issues.

Find sign-up and joining details on the Ally Community site: https://usergroup.ally.ac/content/perma?id=60915

Best regards
Matthew Deeprose
University of Southampton