There’s a lot to celebrate in May!
Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!
Commencement is this Saturday, May 7th. Congrats 2022 grads!
Memorial Day is right around the corner.
And I would be remiss if I didn’t say, “May the 4th be with you” today.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is Thursday May 19th!
We want to celebrate with you all month long by recognizing the diverse abilities of our community members, inside and outside the hedges, and commit to improving digital accessibility of our documents, media, applications, websites, and online courses.
Diverse Abilities
Digital accessibility is important for everyone, but crucial for people with disabilities. Check out the following WebAIM links to learn more about different types of disabilities.
It’s important to understand that poorly designed digital information is the problem when it comes to accessibility. We all have the power to learn how to avoid and remove barriers from our digital output and start improving accessibility for all, especially people with disabilities.
What can I do?
Here are some practical steps you can start taking today.
- Adopt a few simple universal design techniques that you can apply to a wide variety of digital content.
- Learn more about the framework of Universal Design for Learning and integrate its concepts in your online and hybrid courses.
- Use a browser extension like WAVE to scan your web content and identify issues.
- Use the Check Accessibility tool in Acrobat and ensure that PDFs include basic accessibility like tags.
- Use the Accessibility Checker in Canvas and improve online and hybrid courses.
- Visit the Access @ Rice website to learn more about disability and digital accessibility.
- Contact the Digital Accessibility Coordinator to schedule a training or consultation.
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