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...
by Joe Olivier | May 9, 2024 | How-tos, Pedagogy, Try IT
If you’re looking for ways to boost active learning and meaningful discussion in your course, Ed Discussion is a powerful tool worth exploring. During a workshop hosted by ATS last quarter, Borja Sotomayor, Senior Instructional Professor in the Department of...
by Thomas Keith | Apr 1, 2024 | Accessibility, Digital Accessibility, Events, GAAD, Services, Universal Design for Learning
The Center for Digital Accessibility (CDA) will host several events in April and May to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), which is Thursday, May 16. Visit the CDA website for our full GAAD agenda. As part of our celebration, we will applaud people...
by Michael Hernandez | Mar 26, 2024 | Try IT
As you prepare for the new quarter, you may be looking for a way to promote engagement with class reading and discussion. This blog post offers insights from our autumn quarter faculty panel on social annotation, a practice which many instructors find can do just...
by Michael Hernandez | Nov 6, 2023 | Events, Try IT
This post is part of an ongoing series to promote active learning strategies and teaching tools that can support instructors in using them. Since last Spring, Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) has hosted the new active learning series Try IT: Academic Tech for...
by Thomas Keith | Oct 26, 2023 | Events, Instructional design, Services, Try IT
Academic Technology Solutions (ATS) is continuing its event series Try IT: Academic Tech for Active Learning in Autumn 2023. This event series explores tools, techniques, and tips for engaging students in the classroom, with a special focus on how digital tools...