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Instructional Strategies to Support Invisible Disabilities (2/16/26)
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Did you know that the majority of accommodation requests are for disabilities that are not considered apparent? To make matters worse, that number only includes those students who choose to...
Designing Course Videos to Engage All Audiences (1/29/26)
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Using instructional video can increase learner engagement with course material. Video can provide alternatives for representing ideas to students, add relevance and value, and provide options to learners. This workshop...
Designing Course Videos to Engage All Audiences (1/28/26)
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Using instructional video can increase learner engagement with course material. Video can provide alternatives for representing ideas to students, add relevance and value, and provide options to learners. This workshop...
Increasing Learner Success Through Universally Designed Assessments (11/14/25)
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Universal Design Guideline: Multiple Means of Engagement and Action & Expression Have you ever struggled with what feels like a disconnect between how some learners perform on assessments and what...
Increasing Learner Success Through Universally Designed Assessments (11/11/25)
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Universal Design Guideline: Multiple Means of Engagement and Action & Expression Have you ever struggled with what feels like a disconnect between how some learners perform on assessments and what...
Universal Design Strategies for the In-Person Classroom (10/14/25)
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Universal Design Guideline: Multiple Means of Representation, Engagement & Action and Expression When we deliver in-person courses, we often consider what content we need to cover, how we will convey that...
Universal Design Strategies for the In-Person Classroom (10/13/25)
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Universal Design Guideline: Multiple Means of Representation, Engagement & Action and Expression When we deliver in-person courses, we often consider what content we need to cover, how we will convey that...
Considering the Big Picture When Using Visuals in the Classroom (9/18/25)
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. What if a learner can not see that picture? How do they understand the idea? What if the visual is a...
Considering the Big Picture When Using Visuals in the Classroom (9/17/25)
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. What if a learner can not see that picture? How do they understand the idea? What if the visual is a...
Designing in Canvas for All Learners, Part 1 (1/9/26)
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A key component of learner success is course content that learners can easily navigate. By considering the design of course content in Canvas, faculty can significantly affect how successful learners...
Designing in Canvas for All Learners, Part 1 (8/22/25)
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A key component of learner success is course content that learners can easily navigate. By considering the design of course content in Canvas, faculty can significantly affect how successful learners...
Designing Your Syllabus to Support Learner Success (1/6/26)
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Did you know that the majority of disabled learners in your classroom have invisible disabilities that you can not see? The recommended strategies to reach these disabled learners actually benefit...
Designing Your Syllabus to Support Learner Success
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Did you know that the majority of disabled learners in your classroom have invisible disabilities that you can not see? The recommended strategies to reach these disabled learners actually benefit...
Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days Fall 2025, Day 2
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Join faculty from across the commonwealth for 2 days of Zoom-based activities exploring methods to support students, emerging technologies, assessment, and student engagement techniques.
Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days Fall 2025, Day 1
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On August 12th and 13th, join faculty from across the commonwealth for 2 days of Zoom-based activities exploring methods to support students, emerging technologies, assessment, and student engagement techniques.
Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Days, Fall 2025
On August 12th and 13th, join faculty from across the commonwealth for 2 days of Zoom-based activities exploring methods to support students, emerging technologies, assessment, and student engagement techniques.
Summer Accessible Skills Challenge
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Join the Accessible Skills Challenge where you will learn the core skills to make your course accessible!
Accessible Skills Challenge
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Join the Accessible Skills Challenge where you will learn the core skills to make your course accessible!
Can all your students watch and learn? Part 2: Essential Elements of Captions
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In Can All Your Students Watch and Learn? Part 1: Video and Audio Accessibility Considerations, we identified three types of pre-recorded time-based media and four alternatives for making them accessible....
Join Your Peers in a Weekly Accessible Skills Challenge!
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In April 2024, the Department of Justice passed a ruling that requires state and local programs to make their web and mobile applications accessible to individuals with disabilities by April...