Two weeks ago was Canvas Accessibility Week, featuring numerous sessions dedicated to enhancing accessibility in Canvas course design. This Follow-up Friday post will cover two sessions from Accessibility Week: Multimedia & Accessibility and Creating Accessible Teaching Materials.
Multimedia and Accessibility
The first session covered in this post, Multimedia and Accessibility, was hosted by Digital Learning Strategist ‘Dara Abimbade. This session highlights the importance of accessibility in different forms of media.
Abimbade began the session by discussing the importance of accessibility. Then he explained general accessibility practices on different forms of media. He focused on alt text, the supplementary text included with images to allow screen readers to describe them; captions, text of spoken dialogue and sound cues in videos; transcripts, full-text alternatives of spoken visual content; and external content, tools that you can use to verify the accessibility of your content.
Accessibility is not just a legal requirement, but something imperative to ensuring the success of learners. Click the link below to view the session.
Creating Accessible Teaching Materials
The next session, titled Creating Accessible Teaching Materials, was hosted by Digital Learning Strategist James Butler. This session aimed to inform viewers on how to convert their course materials into accessible ones easily.
Butler began by explaining how instructors can make their documents accessible. Then he demonstrated how to utilize Microsoft’s accessibility checker tool on your documents. Next, he covered how to convert an image scan in Adobe into an interactive PDF as well as how to run Adobe’s accessibility checker.
In a digital learning environment where learners’ accessibility requirements may not be readily apparent, it is essential to create assignments that are accessible to all. To view the process, click the link below.
Creating Accessible Teaching Materials
Upcoming Events
Workshop Wednesday: Fostering Student Engagement and Community in the Online Classroom
November 5th, 1:30-2:30 PM
Join this training to learn more about the Community of Inquiry Framework, and how to increase student engagement by building learning communities in online spaces.
This training session will be held over Zoom. After completing the registration form, you will receive an Outlook calendar invitation, including the Zoom link. All registrants will be sent a copy of the recorded training.
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Facilitated by Leslie Fuller, PhD, Digital Learning Strategist.
Designing Effective Assessments in an AI World
November 12th, 1:30-2:30 PM
Whether you are integrating AI into your students’ learning or trying to encourage students to leave AI out of class assessments, this training will help you learn more about designing effective assignments with Generative AI in mind.
This training session will be held over Zoom. After completing the registration form, you will receive an Outlook calendar invitation, including the Zoom link. All registrants will be sent a copy of the recorded training.
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Facilitated by ‘dara Abimbade, Digital Learning Strategist.
Workshop Wednesday: Increasing Active Learning in Your Online Course
November 19th, 1:30-2:30 PM
This will be an active participation workshop where participants will bring either a learning activity they currently use or an idea for an activity they would like to explore for an upcoming course. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to define active learning, apply methods to increase active learning in their courses, and each will have a newly improved learning activity to use in their course design.
This training session will be held over Zoom. After completing the registration form, you will receive an Outlook calendar invitation, including the Zoom link. All registrants will be sent a copy of the recorded training.
Click here to register and receive the Zoom link!
Facilitated by James Butler, Digital Learning Strategist.
Clemson Online Fall 2025 Events Calendar
Review our Fall 2025 Events Calendar to see what Online Instruction Development opportunities await!
We have a robust lineup of topics and live training formats to support your use of Canvas and other e-learning tools. Topics cover demonstrations of using Kaltura, engaging your students, and workshops to get your Canvas site ready to teach!
All of our live training is recorded. Registrants will automatically receive a link to that day’s video after it has been processed.
Contact Millie Tullis with any questions regarding these sessions.
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