Resources
To assist in your efforts to represent and promote the university, we’ve created a list of resources available to you. Search term(s) results will include blog posts and communication resources. Search by keyword, category, tag, or any combination of the three to narrow your results.
Accessibility Ambassadors: Disability Justice
Introduction to the history, foundational framework, and principles of Disability Justice.
Accessibility Ambassadors: Finalizing Your Learning-Centered Accessible Syllabus
Join us for a session on developing a learning-centered, accessible syllabus.
Accessibility Ambassadors: Fundamentals of Disability Accommodations and Inclusive Course Design
Learn about a new, first-of-its-kind training from the Office for Equity and Diversity.
Accessibility Ambassadors: Intersections of Student Success and Disabling Experiences
Learn about the impacts of inaccessibility on academic success through survey and health report data from Boynton and discover how people experience disability on campus.
Accessibility Ambassadors: July session on Expanding Access and Inclusion in the Testing Environment
This session will cover the scope of disability and address academic ableism, highlight DRC processes, and champion strategies for expanding access and inclusion in a testing environment.
Accessibility Ambassadors: Physical Access and Inclusive Spaces Across Campus
Learn about physical access considerations for an inclusive campus environment.
Accessibility Ambassadors: Pope Tech: Measure Website Accessibility
Learn about using Pope Tech to check your website for accessibility issues.
Accessibility Ambassadors: Real Time Captioning and Media Captioning Accommodations
A conversation about captioning accommodations provided by the Disability Resource Center.
Accessibility Ambassadors: Redesigning for Cognitive Ease
Hear from Alyssa Panetta, a designer and developer who changed her techniques after a personal experience.
Accessibility Ambassadors: Universal Design for Learning
This month we are joined by Amy Kunkel, Ph.D., assistant teaching professor and special education licensure coordinator for the Department of Educational Psychology in the College of Education and Human Development on the Twin Cities campus.
Accessibility Ambassadors: What is Accessibility?
This month we are hosting a multi-presentation session introducing accessibility as a larger concept.
Accessibility Ambassadors: Working With Cancer: the Impacts of Accessibility & Inclusion
Attendees will learn about the impacts of a supportive and accessible work environment for people with cancer.
Accessible digital documents
Tips for making your digital documents accessible and where to get help and training.
Accessible U: Cultivate Inclusion Site Launch
Learn about the University's new go-to digital accessibility resource.
AI will make us more human
Learn how AI tools might help you in your work at the U of M with some guidelines in mind from UR marketing.
axe-con 2021
This month the Accessibility Ambassadors will be taking a break from regular sessions to plan and prepare for our events this year. Rather than a Lunch ‘n Learn as usual, here is information about a free event you may be interested in called axe-con.
Be an influencer, share your expertise
The Communications Blog is distributed to more than 1,200 University community members, and many posts receive hundreds—sometimes thousands—of views. Write a guest post today!
Become a Pro at Audience Q&A: Answering Questions
Learn best practices in answering questions, including tough ones.
Belated happy International Plain Language Day!
Plain writing helps audiences take less time to read and understand.
Best practices for communicating about mental health
Learn ways to normalize mental health conversations with colleagues from Lyra Health's 2023 State of the Workplace Mental Health report.