Category: Universal Design for Learning

Academic Technology, Accessibility, Course Planning, Design Thinking, Good Reads and Articles, Learning, Moodle, Student Engagement, Students, Tips, Universal Design for Learning
a yellow background with chat bubbles, circles, grid-paper globes representing the world wide web in both the foreground and background of various colors, then a widescreen dark blue background with an accessibility symbol in the middle in the negative space of a teal rectangle.

Reflections of an Accessibility Professional at Swarthmore

Jen Moore

As I continue to coach my new colleague, Caroline Larsen, on the intimate details of our scripting and processing of course materials, I have a unique opportunity to reflect on my time as an Accessibility Professional at Swarthmore. Mentoring someone … Continue reading Reflections of an Accessibility Professional at Swarthmore

Academic Technology, Accessibility, Artificial Intelligence, Google Apps, Universal Design for Learning
Using AI for alt text, this Gemini web interface showcases the custom accessibility Appropriate text alternatives for images Gem. The sidebar on the left displays navigation options and thumbnails of analyzed images, including graphs and documents. The main content window highlights the title and a purple icon with the letter "A."

Using AI, you, too, can create better alt text!

Jen Moore

Up until late last semester, one of our Artificial Intelligence (AI) subscription services—Gemini—didn’t allow us to share the bots we create. Gemini calls these “Gems”. With the Appropriate text alternatives for images Gem we created using AI, you, too, can … Continue reading Using AI, you, too, can create better alt text!

Academic Technology, Accessibility, Course Planning, Design Thinking, Tips, Universal Design for Learning
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Styling in Word: Introducing an accessible syllabus template

Elaine Allard

The Teaching and Learning Commons (TLC) and the Accessibility at Swarthmore teams have joined forces to bring you a customizable syllabus template for Fall 2025. Members of the Swarthmore community can download the accessible syllabus template from Google Drive as … Continue reading Styling in Word: Introducing an accessible syllabus template

Academic Technology, Accessibility, Universal Design for Learning, Workshops and Events

A few minutes to learn something cool … Universal Design

Mike Jones

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