About The Center
The Center for Learning with Technology (CLT) upholds Harding University's dedication to academic excellence by partnering with instructors to develop high-quality, accessible, and equitable courses while exploring new ideas and methods to enhance learning. Through this collaborative effort and a shared commitment to continuous improvement, CLT drives the discovery of effective, technology-driven educational practices that enrich the overall learning experience.
Level UP with the Center
This semester, the Center for Learning with Technology will provide multiple Level UP opportunities through the presentation and discovery of new tools. These new tools will help you ensure your course is accessible and incorporates principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and digital accessibility. Each session will be an hour long and allow you to actively engage with your peers, tools, and the facilitator. It is our hope that this will give you a chance to sharpen your teaching tools and Level UP your skills to improve your course.
UDOIT Accessibility Assistant for Canvas
NEW TOOL ALERT! Come learn about this affective tool and how it works with you inside your Canvas course. If you're overwhelmed with the challenge of making your course accessible, then this is the tool for you. It scans your course and presents suggestions on increasing your course's accessibility. You can even make most changes within the UDOIT tool as well.
Accessibility Checker and Accessibility Strategies-Canvas
Come learn about this affective tool and how it works with you inside your Canvas course to highlight and fix accessibility challenges. We will split this topic into two sessions. First, we will focus on enhancing use of Heading Styles, List structure, and creating Descriptive Links. Second, we will continue to build our understanding of accessibility principles. We will focus on enhancing Color, Alt Text, and Tables for accessibility within Canvas.
Accessibility Strategies-Microsoft Word
Here we will introduce you to Microsoft's Accessibility Checker. Copying the strategy used to present the accessibility strategies for Canvas this topic will also be split into two sessions. First, we will focus our efforts on how we interact with the checker in MS Word increasing our knowledge of Heading Styles, List structures, and Descriptive Links. Second, after the foundational principles have been laid we will spend time enhancing our understanding of the use of Color, Alt Text, and Table structures.
Accessibility Strategies-Microsoft PowerPoint
Similar to but with different purpose and use is how to apply accessibility strategies within MS PowerPoint. In this session, we will focus on how we interact with the MS Accessibility Checker in MS PPT through the use of Heading Structure/Styles, Color and Alt Text.
ReadSpeaker webReader
Come discover a tool that has been a mainstay within Canvas but is highly misunderstood. This session will introduce you to this great accessibility tool provided for your use in Canvas. ReadSpeaker webReader provides text to speech capabilities for Canvas pages, uploaded documents and PDFs.
How to Register
Faculty who are interested in attending any of these Level Up opportunities should consult their email for sign-up instructions or contact the CLT.
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