Originally presented Thursday, May 20, 2021 by Sheryl Burgstahler, University of Washington

As thousands of courses were converted from on-site to online formats at lightning speed, many of us are not surprised that accessibility concerns were not addressed in the process this lack of proactive efforts resulted in a heavy burden for disability services personnel to remediate inaccessible documents, videos, and other digital content and to make pedagogical adjustments to ensure access. Now is a good time to communicate with the huge audience of online instructors about making those courses and new ones more accessible as one way to support their campus diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Learn about how a universal design framework and evidence-based practices can lead us in the right direction and who should be involved to do what?