Got 20 minutes? Then you can learn how to make meaningful accessibility enhancements to your courses.
Facilitated by campus experts, this hyper-focused series covers rapid, actionable digital accessibility fixes, providing maximum impact in minimum time to help you enhance teaching effectiveness, eliminate digital barriers, and support student success.
How It Works: The 20-Minute Blueprint
Every session follows a What, Why, How format. This one will cover:
- What: Designing presentation decks that are structured, legible, and easy for all students to navigate
- Why: Screen readers read slide elements in the chronological order they were created, not how they appear visually on the screen. If you copy-paste individual text boxes all over a blank slide, a screen reader will read them completely out of order, turning your presentation into a jumbled puzzle.
- How: How to stick to built-in layout templates (which automatically lock in the correct reading order), how to use the Selection and Reading Order panes to verify your slide sequence, and how to run PowerPoint’s one-click Accessibility Checker and a Google equivalent
To help you save even more time, we will also highlight smart strategies for leveraging generative AI to fast-track these accessibility fixes wherever possible.
You’ll leave every session not just with awareness, but with a practical skill you can apply to your Canvas site or instructional materials before your next class begins.
New to the conversation? Before you jump on the express sessions, jumpstart your foundational knowledge by reviewing one of our web resources: Introduction to Digital Accessibility.
Facilitator
- Colin Gallagher, Motion Graphics and Media Designer