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Create Accessible Equations and Formulas with LaTeX, Canvas, and Overleaf

Create Accessible Equations and Formulas with LaTeX, Canvas, and Overleaf

by Thomas Keith | May 7, 2025 | Accessibility, Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, Digital Accessibility, How-tos, Services, Universal Design for Learning

The typesetting system LaTeX (pronounced “lah-tech”) is widely used in academia, especially (though not exclusively) in STEM fields, to represent content in an organized and visually appealing fashion. One of LaTeX’s great strengths is its ability to format...
Explore Accessibility at Global Accessibility Awareness Day Events

Explore Accessibility at Global Accessibility Awareness Day Events

by Thomas Keith | Apr 23, 2025 | Accessibility, Digital Accessibility, Events, GAAD, Services, Universal Design for Learning

Thursday, May 15, 2025, is the 14th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This is a day to reflect on the importance of accessibility and the need to lower barriers for the approximately one billion individuals worldwide living with disabilities. To mark this...
How to Use SensusAccess Inside Canvas

How to Use SensusAccess Inside Canvas

by Joe Olivier | Sep 11, 2024 | Accessibility, Canvas Features/Functions

It’s now easier than ever to improve the accessibility of learning materials in your Canvas courses with SensusAccess Inside Canvas. This new integration brings SensusAccess, previously only available via the web, inside your Canvas courses. This tool can help you and...
Make Your Canvas Course Sites More Accessible with PopeTech

Make Your Canvas Course Sites More Accessible with PopeTech

by Thomas Keith | Aug 26, 2024 | Accessibility, Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, Digital Accessibility, Services, Universal Design for Learning

As you prepare your Canvas sites for upcoming courses, it is important to keep digital accessibility in mind. The more accessible the materials you share in Canvas, the easier it will be for all students to use your course sites with success, which in turn can promote...
Make Your Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides More Accessible with Grackle Workspace

Make Your Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides More Accessible with Grackle Workspace

by Thomas Keith | Jul 29, 2024 | Accessibility, How-tos, Universal Design for Learning

As of July 24, 2024, Grackle Workspace (referred to henceforth simply as “Grackle”), a tool to enhance digital accessibility within Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, is available within the UChicago Google Workspace. Those with access to UChicago’s Google Workspace –...
Implement Student Accommodations in Canvas

Implement Student Accommodations in Canvas

by Yue Deng | Jul 2, 2024 | Accessibility, Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, Digital Accessibility, How-tos

Introduction The academic accommodations students can receive from Student Disability Services include course flexibility, exam accommodations, note-taking assistance, alternative format conversions, and interpreting and captioning services. Thankfully, Canvas offers...
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