International Ally User Group: sessions, slides and recordings

2024

Date Session Title Institution Presenter/s Recording Slides
25-Apr My first year as the Digital Accessibility Coordinator at University of Virginia. University of Virginia Brooke Bailey, CPACC April 2024 Recording Link Slides: My first year as the Digital Accessibility Coordinator at University of Virginia.
25-Apr Ask me anything about procurement and accessibility! University of Westminster George Rhodes April 2024 Recording Link N/A
28-Mar Measuring the impact of the Faculty Accessibility Fellows program at SUNY Oswego State University of New York at Oswego Rebecca Mushtare and Michele Thornton March 2024 Recording Link Slides: Measuring the impact of the Faculty Accessibility Fellows program at SUNY Oswego.
22-Feb Penn State Accessible Syllabus Templates for Microsoft Word Penn State University Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D. and Mary Ann Tobin, Ph.D. February 2024 Recording Link Slides: Penn State Accessible Syllabus Templates for Microsoft Word.
25-Jan Inclusive Design for Academic Content: Sharing the learning journey in achieving accessibility Northumbria University Catherine Glover and Patrick Viney January 2024 Recording Link Slides: Inclusive Design for Academic Content: Sharing the learning journey in achieving accessibility

2023

Date Session Title Institution Presenter/s Recording Slides
21-Dec Neurodiversity in the Workplace: Why It’s Necessary Serco Dominique Cytryn December 2023 Recording Link Neurodiversity in the Workplace: Why It’s Necessary
30-Nov Breaking Accessibility Out of the Silo Cornell University Annie Heckel November 2023 Recording Link Breaking Accessibility Out of the Silo
26-Oct Digital Badges to Promote Accessibility of Course Materials and Recognize Accessibility Champions Northern Illinois University Stephanie Richter October 2023 Recording Link Digital Badges to Promote Accessibility of Course Materials and Recognize Accessibility Champions
26-Oct Taming Accessibility Statements University of Bristol Martin Nutbeem and Steve Cole October 2023 Recording Link Taming Accessibility Statements
28-Sep "GAAD – mid-May… but it’s the middle of exams!" University of Dundee Emma Duke-Williams, Edward Wood, and LJ Logue September 2023 Recording Link N/A
28-Sep Impromptu demo of some new accessibility developments at University of Southampton University of Southampton Matthew Deeprose September 2023 Recording Link N/A
27-Jul Fix Your Content Day – Updates from the Winners Coastal Pines Technical College, Georgia Piedmont Technical College, Ogeechee Technical College Wesley Sweat, Sandra Clapper, Amanda White July 2023 Recording Link Coastal Pines - Fix Your Content Day 
27-Jul Students as video caption editors University of Bristol David Morgan July 2023 Recording Link N/A
22-Jun Accessibility Policy Discussion University of Southampton Matthew Deeprose June 2023 Recording Link Accessibility Policy Discussion Whiteboard Capture
22-Jun Ally for Web at University of Arkansas: An Open Conversation University of Arkansas Chris Nixon June 2023 Recording Link N/A
25-May Ask me anything about alternative text! textBOX Huw Alexander May 2023 Recording Link N/A
25-May Establishing a Course Accessibility Service  University of Aberdeen Sara Preston, Maija Koukkari, Laura Forero, Jack Murray-Bird May 2023 Recording Link Establishing a Course Accessibility Service 
27-Apr Accessibility Beyond Borders (Panel discussion) University of Tampa, Trent University, University College Cork, University of Reading, Izmir University of Economics, Higher Colleges of Technology Sharon Austin, Terry Greene, James Northridge, Dr Tharindu Liyanagunawardena, Dr Esin Caglayan, Sarah Whittaker April 2023 Recording Link Read the blog post
23-Mar Where Are Your A11Y Issues STEMing From? College of DuPage Lara Tompkins March 2023 Recording Link N/A
23-Mar Using Blackboard Ally in a smaller faculty Lund Faculty of Law Emma Folkesson, Wilma Jonsson & Emanuel Franzen March 2023 Recording Link Using Blackboard Ally in a smaller faculty
23-Feb Ask me anything about elearning authoring tools and accessibility! eLaHub Susi Miller February 2023 Recording Link N/A
23-Feb Visualising your Institutional Ally Data with Looker (formerly Google) Data Studio University of Sheffield Tom Foster  February 2023 Recording Link Visualising your Institutional Ally Data with Looker (formerly Google) Data Studio
26-Jan Implementing Accessible Pedagogy Anthology Dr Katie Grennell January 2023 Recording Link Implementing Accessible Pedagogy
26-Jan Accessible Learning using Blackboard Ally Northumbria University Chloe Bell & Lauren Basey January 2023 Recording Link Accessible Learning using Blackboard Ally

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