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April 2025 AIG Meeting Recording (Equatio as part of a digital first strategy)
What was the session all about? This is a session on Equatio, Everway's Math/STEM tool. This tool helps to level the math playing field for students, educators, and disabilities services departments by making it easy to create math that is both digital and accessible. It provides simple, easy access to nearly all forms of…
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March 2025 AIG Meeting Recording (Practicing accessibility research with confidence)
What was the session all about? Kavana Ramesh, UX Researcher at Fable, offers a reflective framework for building meaningful inclusion within your accessibility practice. It can feel daunting to apply existing UX principles and methodologies to accessibility research with assistive technology users. It can feel equally…
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February 2025 AIG Meeting Recording (Beyond Brightspace: Partner Tools that Promote Equitable Education)
What was the session all about? In this session, our accessibility team reviews accessibility-support tools offered by our ecosystem of trusted partners. After that there is a discussion on practices, experiences, pain points, and needs around creating and maintaining accessible content. Febryary 2025 AIG Meeting Recording
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May 2025: AIG Recording (Alchemie’s Accessible-by-design learning tools for STEM)
What was the session all about? In this session, Julia Winter, CEO, Alchemie, tells the story of how this Michigan-based company became a leader in developing innovative STEM tools and why accessibility is a core value of the company. Dr. Sarah Wegwerth, Director of Academie, demonstrates the suite of tools for both…
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December 2024: Accessibility Interest Group Recording
What was the session all about? As part of celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), D2L's Senior Accessibility Strategist Carin Headrick is engaging in a fireside chat with Bryn Livingstone on the topic: "How could having a disability impact a leader's perspectives?" Brynn is a co-op in D2L's…
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November 2024: Accessibility Interest Group Recording
What was the session all about? Jessica Murray from City University of New York (CUNY) did a demo of a course on Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Jessica is creating on an asynchronous UDL course in Brightspace and is setting up campus-based collaborative groups for people to discuss what they’re learning and how…
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October 2024: Accessibility Interest Group Recording
What was the session all about? Danielle Dilkes from the University of Western Ontario shared thoughts and ideas on bridging values with accessibility practices. October 2024: Accessibility Interest Group Video Recording October 2024 Accessibility Interest Group session slide deck
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September 2024: Accessibility Interest Group Recording
What was the session all about? Sam Chandrashekar from D2L gave a brief overview of ADA Title II. Kate Wilhelm from D2L talked about procurement and what D2L does to ensure accessible procurement. September 2024: Accessibility Interest Group Video Recording
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August 2024: Accessibility Interest Group Recording
What was the session all about? In this session, Kate Wilhelm shared Fusion highlights and Aggi Jeemon did a walk through of the new course 'Brightspace Toolkit for Accessibility in UDL' published in Brightspace Learning Centre Accessibility Academy. August 2024 Accessibility Interest Group Recording
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June 2024: Accessibility Interest Group Recording
What was the session all about? In a previous AIG meeting, observing Carin from D2L using her screen reader sparked a lot of discussion. Some people noted the difference between the way a native user use it and their own attempts to test with that technology. In this meeting, AJ, Senior UX Researcher at D2L, shared some of…