Faculty Center Events

Join the Faculty Center for a day of talks and interactive workshops! Topics include Universal Design for Learning, a Brightspace deep-dive, e-Portfolios, and more. Lunch will be provided. The full workshop schedule will be available on Campus Connection and on the Scholarly Events Calendar soon.

Discover how accessibility in SharePoint Online helps create a more inclusive digital campus for everyone. This session will explore practical techniques, built-in Microsoft 365 tools, and SharePoint design best practices that improve usability for people with disabilities while enhancing the experience for all users. Whether you manage content or develop SharePoint sites, you’ll leave with […]

In this session, I’ll discuss how to use Copilot to help with the creation of new accessible documents, as well as how to help with remediation.  We’ll talk about what Copilot can do for you and cannot do for you, remembering that it’s a tool you can use that has advantages as well as limitations.

During this presentation you’ll see demos of a couple of assistive technologies our students use in the classroom (the Inq smartpen and the Jamworks app).

Accessibility is about more than checking a box. Providing accessible materials gives every student the autonomy to choose a format that fits how they learn and where they’re learning it. This session moves beyond “add alt text” to show additional features of the Brightspace Accessibility Checker that let students convert your content into audio, ePub, […]

This session is an overview of library accessibility, including a demonstration of finding accessible library resources, and using them as course materials or library course reserves.