There are some simple and effective ways to check that the content you add to your Blackboard Course is accessible and helps to provide an inclusive learning experience for your…Continue Reading Is your Blackboard Ultra Course accessible to all your students?
TEL Practitioner Forum: Focus on Blackboard Ally’s reporting features
Monday lunchtime saw the termly meeting of our TEL Practitioner Forum – the first time we’ve met on campus since before the Covid pandemic (and so lovely to finally see…Continue Reading TEL Practitioner Forum: Focus on Blackboard Ally’s reporting features
Digital Accessibility: Is your Blackboard content accessible to all your students?
Your students are diverse and have different learning needs and preferences. By providing them with more accessible learning content in Blackboard modules, they can access them in a way that…Continue Reading Digital Accessibility: Is your Blackboard content accessible to all your students?
GAAD – 19 May 2022: How accessible are your T&L resources?
Thursday 19 May 2022 sees the 11th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) when “we get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than one…Continue Reading GAAD – 19 May 2022: How accessible are your T&L resources?
Use PowerPoint Live to share your presentation slides
Why use PowerPoint Live? PowerPoint Live provides features that are unavailable when simply displaying your presentation slides via a classroom whiteboard or online screen-share. Using PowerPoint Live will allow students…Continue Reading Use PowerPoint Live to share your presentation slides
GAAD 2021 – Designing Accessible Teaching & Learning for All
Today (Thursday 20 May 2021) is the 10th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD). Designing learning that is inclusive and accessible to all students is crucial in helping…Continue Reading GAAD 2021 – Designing Accessible Teaching & Learning for All
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) events in w/c 18 May 2020
“For people without disabilities, technology makes things easier. For people with disabilities, technology makes things possible.” (IBM Training Manual) What is GAAD? This Thursday (21st May) is the ninth Global Accessibility…Continue Reading Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) events in w/c 18 May 2020
ALT Free Online Winter TEL Conference (11/12 December 2019)
We thought we’d alert you to the ALT Online Winter Conference taking place this Wednesday and Thursday (11/12 December). ALT is the Association for Learning Technology and this is their 6th…Continue Reading ALT Free Online Winter TEL Conference (11/12 December 2019)
Introducing ALLY: Accessible Blackboard course content
The ALLY Technology Available in all Blackboard Courses 2018-19 from August, ALLY is an innovative technology (short video) that can help with the accessibility of your Blackboard course content: Automatically…Continue Reading Introducing ALLY: Accessible Blackboard course content
Teaching and Learning for All – Symposium – 12 July 2018
Technology as a Springboard to Inclusive Practice Technology, Accessibility and the University of Reading The effective use of technology can play a key role in reducing the barriers to student…Continue Reading Teaching and Learning for All – Symposium – 12 July 2018