Category: Accessibility

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Free captioning training and services available for high-impact videos

    December 12, 2022

    Bergstrom and West: Calling B.S. in the Age of Big Data talking about why they captioned their lectures

    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.

  • Register for free webinar on the latest accessible technology tools

    September 15, 2022

    the "in" of "inaccessible" is being erased

    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.

  • 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.

  • Free captioning training and services available for your videos

    July 15, 2022

    A screenshot of a video captioned

    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.