Category: Accessibility
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Take the #NoMouse Challenge!
September 27, 2023
Join UW-IT in this accessibility awareness campaign — and ongoing efforts to improve accessible web design. Can you navigate this page without a mouse?
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Become a digital accessibility champion
June 8, 2023
Learn about the 2023 digital accessibility winners, including UW Libraries, and join them by applying to get your high-impact videos captioned without charge by UW-IT’s Accessible Technology Services. Many of UW’s videos made by various groups for YouTube are not captioned, or rely on YouTube’s auto-generated captions, which are most often not accurate enough.
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Celebrate GAAD May 18 by improving IT accessibility across the UW
May 17, 2023
Attend any or all of the free in-person or online presentations and workshops on various accessibility topics offered by UW-IT Accessible Technology Services as part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 18. Activities include training on web accessibility testing tools, writing good alt text for images, creating accessible charts, accessible tables in Word and PDF, among others.
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Celebrate GAAD May 18 by improving IT accessibility across the UW
Attend any or all of the free in-person or online presentations and workshops on various accessibility topics offered by UW-IT Accessible Technology Services as part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 18. Activities include training on web accessibility testing tools, writing good alt text for images, creating accessible charts, accessible tables in Word and PDF, among others.
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Celebrate GAAD by improving IT accessibility across the UW
May 1, 2023
Attend any or all of the free in-person or online presentations and workshops on various accessibility topics offered by UW-IT Accessible Technology Services as part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 18. Activities include training on web accessibility testing tools, writing good alt text for images, creating accessible charts, accessible tables in Word and PDF, among others.
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Free captioning training and services available for high-impact videos
December 12, 2022
Learn how to get your high-impact videos captioned without charge by UW-IT’s Accessible Technology Services. Many of UW’s videos made by various groups for YouTube are not captioned, or rely on YouTube’s auto-generated captions, which are most often not accurate enough.
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Register for free webinar on the latest accessible technology tools
September 15, 2022
If you produce, influence or are responsible for video assets, join accessibility experts as they discuss the latest in video accessibility, particularly captioning and audio description, during a Zoom presentation, Sept. 22, at 3 p.m.
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Before you create a survey, know which survey tools are most accessible
September 7, 2022
Find out how accessible your surveys are before sending them out, including two that are widely recommended at the UW: Microsoft Forms, which supports UW Groups, and UW Google Forms, which does not.
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Free captioning training and services available for your videos
July 15, 2022
Apply to get your high-impact videos captioned without charge by UW-IT’s Accessible Technology Services. Many of UW’s videos made by various groups for YouTube are not captioned, or rely on YouTube’s auto-generated captions, which are most often not accurate enough.