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Academic Technology, Accessibility, Tips
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Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Sticky Keys

June 27, 2024May 22, 2024 Jen Moore

This is part two of a series of Assistive Technology (AT) Tools posts about tools anyone can use on their devices without downloading anything additional. The previous post was Assistive Technology Tools: Speech to Text. Have you had surgery on … Continue reading Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Sticky Keys

Academic Technology, Accessibility, Tips
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Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Speech-to-text

April 25, 2024October 3, 2024 Jen Moore

This is part of a series of Assistive Technology (AT) Tools posts about tools anyone can use on their devices without downloading anything additional. Have you ever been stopped at a light but feel you need to respond to the … Continue reading Assistive Technology (AT) Tools: Speech-to-text

Accessibility, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT
An abstract representation of artificial intelligence, depicted as a humanoid form composed of luminous, interconnected neural networks and digital patterns. The AI stands in a digital landscape filled with glowing lines, nodes, binary code raining from the sky, and holographic projections, symbolizing advanced technology, creativity, and innovation. The color palette features shades of blue, purple, and white, emphasizing the futuristic and ethereal nature of AI.

Alt Text Reimagined: ChatGPT’s Pioneering Path To Web Equality

February 14, 2024February 13, 2024 Anthony Weed

Unsure of how to write alt text for images, or find it difficult to put into words what it is you’re looking at? Why not offload these tasks to ChatGPT? I created a custom GPT (outlined below) designed to write … Continue reading Alt Text Reimagined: ChatGPT’s Pioneering Path To Web Equality

Academic Technology, Accessibility
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Making PDFs more accessible

December 21, 2023December 21, 2023 Jen Moore

Are you a student who’d like your PDF to be more accessible? Are you a faculty member who is unsure how to make the material you scanned pass the Moodle Accessibility File Scan? Making PDFs more accessible can be easy. … Continue reading Making PDFs more accessible

Academic Technology, Accessibility, Students
Two individuals in the foreground, working together. The individual to the left is standing and holding a tablet. The individual on the right is in a wheelchair and loving what is showing on their tablet. A laptop screen, enlarged, in the background, displays a stick figure in a wheelchair. This is foregrounded by a tablet screen displaying a megaphone with a line through it, or "no sound;" and a phone screen that displays an eye with a line through it, or "no vision."

How Digital Accessibility Opened New Career Possibilities for Me

October 19, 2023October 13, 2023 Opeyemi Ogundele

Around my junior year of high school, I knew that I wanted to pursue a career in ethical technology and artificial intelligence. Although being a career field that was still in some ways emerging, it was still too broad. Tech … Continue reading How Digital Accessibility Opened New Career Possibilities for Me

Academic Technology, Accessibility, Moodle
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Say Hello 👋 to the New Moodle Accessibility Filescan Block

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 Anthony Weed

You may have noticed that the filescan block looks a bit different in your Moodle course this semester. Well, that’s because it is! This summer we’ve been hard at work rewriting the filescan block to harder, better, faster and stronger. … Continue reading Say Hello 👋 to the New Moodle Accessibility Filescan Block

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