Accessibility Ambassadors: Seven Core Skills of Digital Accessibility


Now that the Department of Justice has issued a new digital accessibility rule under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is a great time to learn (or re-learn) the basics of accessibility. Join us for an overview of the seven core skills, using the Office for Digital Accessibility (formerly Accessible U) site as a guide. Faculty, instructors, and staff who contribute digital content to public University course and web sites, including documents posted on these sites, will benefit from attending this session.

Christina Goodland (c-good@umn.edu) is a product owner in the Office of Information Technology. She has worked on University websites for many years. One of her current roles is coordinating and building the Office for Digital Accessibility site.

Seven Core Skills of Digital Accessibility
Thursday, October 24, noon-1 p.m.

Registration for this session is required. Let us know if you are attending. By default, we enable auto-captioning in the webinar. Please let us know what additional accommodations we can provide. Two weeks notice (October 10) will help us to better fulfill requests. This session will be recorded, captioned, and shared with the Google Group.

About Accessibility Ambassadors

Accessibility Ambassadors is a group of University employees from across all campuses who are passionate about making U of M digital resources more accessible online. They bring different skills, strengths, and backgrounds, but all want to create an inclusive and accessible community at the U of M.

They host events to teach, advocate, and discuss digital accessibility topics and strive to be resources for the University community.
To learn about more accessibility-related events at the University of Minnesota, please visit Accessible U.

For more information about the Ambassadors, join the Google Group or send an email to: accessibility-ambassadors@umn.edu.