Accessibility Compliance for Digital Teaching & Learning
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Upcoming Workshops and Webinars Registration Date Workshop Title Facilitator Time and Location RSVP 12/03/2025 Accessibility for CSUEB Community- Staff and Faculty are welcome!
This workshop will introduce you to the basics of making documents more accessible using Grackle Docs (for Google Documents), Accessibility Checker for Microsoft Word, and Acrobat Pro for PDFs. Learn how to use helpful tools that check for accessibility issues, and tips and tricks for remediating these issues in order to provide fully accessible documents to everyone.
Online Campus 11am, Zoom 12/05/2025 Accessibility Q&A with Faculty Development and Online Campus
Come with your questions about how to make your courses accessible. This session offers a chance to ask questions, share challenges, and explore best practices for creating accessible learning materials.
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Pervious Workshops and Webinars Recordings for Campus Communities Date Workshop Recordings Facilitator 11/04/2025 In this workshop, we’ll explore how AI can enhance your teaching practices, improve student outcomes, and support ethical decision-making in the classroom. We’ll focus on three areas: using AI for online teaching and learning, considering AI ethics, and navigating AI tools effectively.
Online Campus 08/26/2025 In this workshop, we will demonstrate two new tools called UDOIT (Universal Design Online Content Inspection Tool) and TidyUP. UDOIT is is a tool that has replaced ALLY in all Canvas courses. It can identify and assist in fixing accessibility issues in your Canvas courses. TidyUP is a tool that is integrated in Canvas that can organize your Canvas files and pages. The deadline to meet the changes to ADA, Section 504/508 is approaching. It's important that faculty update their online materials to ensure they comply with the new law. The use of UDOIT and TidyUP can help enrich the online learning environment for all students, and demonstrates a commitment to best practices in online/hybrid teaching.
Online Campus 04/10/2025 This session will provide guidance on locating and selecting technology that has accessibility features built in. There will also be an overview of the technology purchasing process at CSUEB, with tips for avoiding common pitfalls that can prolong the process. .
Office of Faculty Development 03/25/2025 This workshop will introduce you to the basics of making documents more accessible using Grackle Docs (for Google Documents), Accessibility Checker for Microsoft Word, and Acrobat Pro for PDFs. Learn how to use helpful tools that check for accessibility issues, and tips and tricks for remediating these issues in order to provide fully accessible documents to everyone.
Online Campus 03/20/2025 Please join us for a panel discussion with faculty leaders in accessibility.
Office of Faculty Development 03/05/2025 You've taken the steps to address basic accessibility, now let's take UDL one step further. We'll discuss some of the core principles in more detail and spend some time developing ideas you can experiment with. If you're interested, feel free to bring a syllabus, an assignment, or exam to work through together.
Office of Faculty Development 02/05/2025 Participants will walk away with knowledge of how to quickly and easily build accessibility into their course content. (Part 1) What is UDL? Why does it matter? Who does it benefit? (Hint: it's not just about our disabled students.) (Part 2) Accessible and flexible document creation. (Part 3) Choosing/creating accessible content and mindful organization of course environment.
Office of Faculty Development 12/10/2024
Are your online/hybrid courses ready for April 2026 when new requirements in Title II of the Americans with Disability Act will be enacted? In this workshop, faculty will learn about the new Title II requirements and leveraging Canvas to meet those requirements. Topics will include how to make your instructional materials accessible to all students including scanned pdf's, word and google documents, images, and videos.Office of Faculty Development 12/09/2024
In this webinar, you will learn how to get started with ARIA for structure, creation of roles and properties and remediation. You will also learn how to create accessible custom controls, dynamic content and single-page apps and ARIA widgetsLevel Access 12/09/2024
In this webinar, you will learn about name, role, state/property, adding accessibility labels, images and other non-text content, animations, multimedia, tables, showing and hiding content and gaining a better understanding on responsive design.Level Access 12/05/2024
This webinar focuses on keyboard accessibility, logical flow, focus management, visual focus indication, navigation, accessible mega-menus, forms and errors.Level Access 12/04/2024
This webinar covered coding for accessibility, progressive enhancement, webpage semantics (such as title, language, headings and landmarks), and HTML as a basis for accessibility.* Available for 120 days.Level Access 12/02/2024 This webinar covered name, role, and state identification, keyboard accessibility fundamentals, and focus management. Learn about controls’ identification, signifiers, perceived affordances, focus order, visual focus indicators, and keyboard navigation. Enhance your skills to create more accessible and user-friendly designs!* Available for 120 days. Level Access 12/02/2024 This webinar focuses on plain language and readability, effective use of landmarks and headings, and accessible images and multimedia. Enhance your skills to create more inclusive and user-friendly designs.* Available for 120 days. Level Access 11/27/2024
Come learn about the fundamentals of inclusive design. This webinar you will learn about the personas with diverse abilities, the designer’s role in accessibility and gain an understanding the accessible user experience.* Available for 120 days.Level Access 11/27/2024
In this webinar, you will learn about accessible visual layouts such as the proper use of color and contrast, fonts and typography.* Available for 120 days.Level Access 11/22/2024 * Available for 120 days. Level Access 11/20/2024 * Available for 120 days. Level Access 10/2024 * Available for 120 days. Passcode: Upon Request. Level Access 10/2024 *Available for 120 days. Passcode: Upon Request. Level Access 09/2024 *Available for 120 days. Passcode: Upon Request. Level Access 09/2024 *Available for 120 days. Passcode: Upon Request. Level Access 09/2024 Verbit and Online Campus 03/07/2024 How to Make Documents Accessible Online Campus 04/04/2023 How to Make Documents Accessible Online Campus 03/2023 Canvas 10/11/2022 How to Make Documents Accessible Online Campus 09/2022 Canvas 02/03/2022 How to Make Documents Accessible Online Campus 03/2021 Online Campus Back to the Bay 2025 - Meeting New ADA Accessibility Requirement Informational Session. Presenter: Roger Wen
- Enhancing Course Accessibility with UDOIT, TidyUP, and other Accessibility Checkers. Presenters: Cheryl Saelee, Shara Cheng, Serena Kohgadai
- Drop-In Accessibility Working Sessions. Presenters: Cheryl Saelee, Shara Cheng, Serena Kohgadai
- Ask Us Anything: Accessibility Services. Presenter: Rochelle Thompson
Back to the Bay 2024 - Next Steps for Disability Justice at CSUEB: Improving Accessibility, Dismantling Ableism. Presenters: Christina Chin-Newman, Dale Ireland, Rian Dindzans, Samantha Davison, McKenzie Jennings
- UDL 101: The Basics of Creating a More Inclusive & Accessible Course. Presenters: Casey Gielen, Rochelle Thompson
- Ask Us Anything: Accessibility Services. Presenters: Rochelle Thompson, Pamela Baird
Back to the Bay 2023 - Workshop on Course Accessibility & AI Detection Tools. Presenters: Serena Kohgadai, Kara Finch, Manpreet Chatha
- Ask Us Anything: Accessibility Services. Presenter: Rochelle Thompson
Back to the Bay 2022 - A Faculty Fishbowl on Accessible Courses: The Good, The Bad, and the Ambivalent. Presenters: Sara McDaniel, Christina Chin-Newman, Dal-Hyun Moon, Rochelle Thompson
- Inclusive Creativity in the Classroom: Working with Whatever Arises. Presenters: Bonnie Baskin, Raven Malouf-Renning
- UDL 101: The basics or creating a more inclusive and accessible course. Presenters: Rochelle Thompson, John Bunce, Coco Napalis
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- Chancellor's Office's ALLY-CIG monthly meetings
- The Ally and Instructional Materials CIG is a space for CSU Instructional Designers, Canvas Admins, Ally Admins, Accessibility Specialists, etc to share and learn from each other as relates to accessibility of instructional materials including administering and using Ally in Canvas. This community meets to identify resources, develop best practices, and create solutions together that can support amongst all the CSU Campuses.
- Monthly meeting dates: 08/13/2024, 09/10/2024, 10/8/2024, 11/12/2024, 12/10/2024, 01/14/2025, 02/11/2025, 03/11/2025, 04/08/2025, 05/06/2025, 07/08/2025, 08/12/2025, 09/09/2025, 10/14/2025.
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- The Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) reflects the CSU’s ongoing commitment to provide access to information resources and technologies to individuals with disabilities.
- CSUEB ATI 24/25 meeting dates: 07/29/24, 09/23/2024, 10/14/2024, 11/18/2024, 12/02/2024, 01/23/2025, 02/20/2025, 03/20/2025, 04/20/2025, 05/15/2025, 06/17/2025, 07/17/2025, 09/18/2025.
- Additional campus meetings: 10/02/2024 ATI Web Report, 10/23/2024 ATI IM Report.
- CSUEB ATI site.
- Faculty Senate meetings related to the 508 compliance
- FITAC report and discussion on DOJ compliance and campus preparation (09/30/2024, 10/14/2024,10/28/2024, 11/18/2024, 02/10/2025, 03/24/2025).
- Other Senate meeting(s): 11/13/2024 (Status report and policy discussion).
- New policy approved by the President on 04/29/2025: .
- Online Campus monthly staff meeting starting Fall 2024: Plan/Action Accessibility/Title II/Ally/instructional material remediation
- Design team meeting: 10am every 4th Tuesday of the month since Fall 2024.
- Provide ongoing voluntary remediation services as part of the standard department services since 2014.
- Enhance remediation services by eLearning Specialists started Fall 2024.
- Generate Ally institutional report at least once per semester.
- Targeting most impacted instructional materials.
- Contact faculty for permission to access and assist with remediation effort.
- Hosting Accessibility Working Sessions throughout each semester to help faculty create fully accessible course content and remediate existing documents.
- Hosted sessions: 01/28/2025, 02/12/2025, 02/27/2025, 03/12/2025, 04/07/2025, 08/14/2025, 09/10/2025, 09/24/2025, 10/07/2025.
- The team that in charge of student remediation for accommodation has joined Online Campus remediation task force starting May 2025.
- Back to the Bay 2025 Faculty Conference - .
- Office of Academic Affairs Chairs Academy - .
- Campus update (Zoom webinar 11/04/25) - .
- College of Science Chirs meting (11/18/25) -
- Chancellor's Office's ALLY-CIG monthly meetings
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- How to Add Alt Text to Images in Canvas:
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- Checking PDF Accessibility with Adobe Acrobat: ,
- Using the Scan & OCR Feature on PDF's in Adobe Acrobat: ,
- Defining PDF Document Reading Order with Adobe Acrobat: ,
- Using the Validate Links in Content Tool to Verify Links in Canvas: ,
- Using UDOIT to Check Accessibility:
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- Online Campus Newsletter 11.10.25
- Online Campus Newsletter 10.27.25
- Online Campus Newsletter 10.21.25
- Online Campus Newsletter 10.07.25
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- 05/09/2025: Training Opportunities, How to submit Grades and an Accessibility Tip
- 03/28/2025:
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- 03/07/2025:
- 02/07/2025: Update to Canvas Email, Upcoming Workshops, Update to Adding Alt-Text to Images in Canvas
- 01/24/2025: Upcoming Workshops
- 01/17/2025: New Accessibility Workshop and Canvas Update
- 12/06/2024: Grading and New Accessibility Website
- 11/21/2024: Fall Semester Grades, Microsoft Copilot and Accessibility Trainings
- 11/15/2024: Additional Changes to Virtual Office Hours and Exam Help
- 11/04/2024: Winter/Spring Course Shells Created and Changes to Virtual Office Hours
- 10/25/2024: Changes to Virtual Office Hours and Document Remediation Training Opportunity!
- 10/18/2024: Course Navigation Changes, Accessibility and Workshops
- 10/11/2024: Keep your Zoom account active, Workshops, Updated Accessibility Score
- 10/04/2024: Grant deadline extended! Hyperlinks and workshops
- 09/13/2024: What’s the score? 🏈 Accessibility and Upcoming Workshops
- 09/06/2024: Canvas Discussion Board Update, Upcoming Workshops and Accessibility Tip
- 08/30/2024: TurnitIn, Canvas Workshops and Accessibility Quick Tip
- 08/23/2024: Accessibility News, Canvas Workshops and Resources
- 02/22/2024: Want to know your Course Accessibility Score and Improve it?
- 10/13/2023: Workshop, Students & Tech Report, & New Grackle Doc