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At its heart, accessibility is about ensuring that all people—regardless of ability—can access, engage with, and benefit from your content. In the context of higher education, this commitment to inclusion is essential. Our digital spaces must reflect the same care … Continue reading Designing for All: Simple Steps to Create Accessible Content
Last week Sheryl Burgstahler, the founding Director of DO-IT*/Accessible Technology Services and Outreach at the University of Washington was on campus promoting Universal Design. (if interested you can listen to her talk available here) Universal Design is a concept from … Continue reading A few minutes to learn something cool … Universal Design
Math, visual impairment and linearity Confessions Let me say right off the bat, I am not a ‘math person’. I find it interesting, particularly in the context of math as language, but I really don’t “get” it. Nor do I … Continue reading Math Sounds
Automatically Creating Caption Files from YouTube Videos Many may not know, but YouTube has a speech-to-text feature that will auto-caption your videos for you! Providing closed captions for your videos is incredibly important not just for students with hearing difficulties … Continue reading Auto-Captioning Videos in YouTube
Several people from Swarthmore attended a week long conference entitled Accessing Higher Ground in Denver, Colorado. This conference is open to anyone at Swarthmore and is one of the best conferences I have ever attended. If you want to learn … Continue reading AHG: Compelling Stuff We Learned
One of the principles in Universal Design for Learning is to provide materials in multiple formats (equitable access). Some of you may remember a time before there were curb cuts. Curb cuts came about as a result of the ADA. … Continue reading Stuff Your Mom Never Told You About Electronic Content
