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Beginning the New Academic Year with Accessible and Inclusive Digital Syllabi

Beginning the New Academic Year with Accessible and Inclusive Digital Syllabi

by Sarah McDaniel | Sep 7, 2023 | Accessibility, Digital Accessibility, Events, Instructional design, Pedagogy, Services, Universal Design for Learning

This post offers a pedagogical and technical grounding for accessible and inclusive syllabus (re-)design using digital tools. To explore these topics and tools at greater length, consider registering for the upcoming ATS workshop Accessible and Inclusive Digital...
Cultural Issues and the Pursuit of Academic Integrity (Combating Academic Dishonesty, Part 8)

Cultural Issues and the Pursuit of Academic Integrity (Combating Academic Dishonesty, Part 8)

by Thomas Keith | Aug 17, 2023 | Instructional design, Pedagogy, Services, Universal Design for Learning

Author’s Note: This is the latest installment in an ongoing series concerned with issues of academic integrity, particularly as they relate to classroom technologies. To view the previous installments, please see the Academic Integrity tag on our website. ATS...
Attend Axe-con 2022!

Attend Axe-con 2022!

by Mohammad Ahmed | Feb 4, 2022 | Digital Accessibility, Events, Services, Universal Design for Learning

Axe-con, a virtual conference that focuses on digital accessibility, will be held March 15th to 17th, 2022. Developers, designers, business users, and accessibility professionals of all experience levels are welcome to attend this free conference. Come join Academic...
OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for Accessibility, Annotation, and PDF Optimization

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for Accessibility, Annotation, and PDF Optimization

by Sarah McDaniel | Nov 3, 2021 | Digital Accessibility, Services, Universal Design for Learning

This post focuses on Optical Character Recognition (OCR) as a resource for digital accessibility. For more on digital accessibility at UChicago, please visit the Center for Digital Accessibility (CDA), and consider registering for the upcoming workshop “Accessibility...
Ed Discussion Approved as University-Wide Service

Ed Discussion Approved as University-Wide Service

by Cheryl Walker | Oct 14, 2021 | Events, Instructional design, Services, Universal Design for Learning

After going through a pilot phase, Ed Discussion has been approved as an enterprise service for the entire University. Ed Discussion is an online communication tool that can be used to facilitate synchronous and asynchronous online discussions in a course. It is...
Inclusive and Accessible Teaching in Times of Crisis

Inclusive and Accessible Teaching in Times of Crisis

by Sarah McDaniel | Oct 7, 2021 | Digital Accessibility, Universal Design for Learning

This article reflects on inclusive and accessible teaching. For more on inclusive pedagogy at UChicago, consider registering for the upcoming workshop “Teaching Inclusively,” to be held via Zoom on 12 October 2021, from 10:00-11:15am. In a recent article in The...
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