Accessibility. Universal Design for Learning. ADA & Section 508. Design for All. You may have heard those terms used in relation to making course materials and digital content accessible for all. Recent litigation has focused the need to address accessibility issues at higher education institutions. How can we address making MSUM’s use of technology accessible for use by students, prospective […]
Jane Melander, Instructional Technology Services, presented at the Minnesota D2L IGNITE Regional Users Conference held April 24 in Minneapolis, MN and the MnSCU IT Conference held April 28-29 in Brainerd, MN. In her presentation titled “Top 10 Ways to Make Your Digital Content Accessible,” Jane outlined steps that faculty and staff can use to make course materials and campus information […]
Catherine Artac and Jane Melander presented two workshops at the Desire2Learn Ignite Regional User Forum in Bloomington, MN, on April 4th: – Making Baby Steps on the Road to Accessibility – Avoiding Group Confusion & Catastrophe: Using self-enrollment groups and release conditions to customize student projects and field trips The sessions were attended by faculty and ITS professionals from MnSCU, […]
Reminder: Registration is now open for the Minnesota Desire2Learn Ignite Regional User Conference 2014, to be held Friday, April 4 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sponsored by Desire2Learn and held at the Minneapolis Airport Marriott, in Minneapolis, this user conference is open to all Minnesota State Colleges and Universities faculty and staff and K-12 educators. Users from other states […]
Session 6 of the campus QM discussion sessions will be Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 8 a.m. in the Faculty Development Center. All faculty interested in online teaching are invited – even if you haven’t been able to make it to previous sessions, it’s not too late to join this discussion. In this session we will discuss QM Standards 6 & […]