Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is celebrated this week!  Let’s get talking, learning, and thinking about digital accessibility and inclusion. GAAD falls on the third Thursday of May each year.   

Take the challenge! Engage yourself in one of these articles, activities, or resources for at least 15 – 30 minutes this week. Accessibility is a journey where we gain understanding and skills along the way. Will you take the next couple of steps on your journey? There is much to see and explore on this road. Push back the curtain and find some ways to make an even bigger impact. 

Explore one item below and be a part of the change towards Accessibility @ MC! 

Incorporate a digital accessibility best practice into you work 

• Use headings (not just bolding text)  
• Descriptive links 
• Mark table headers 
• Add alt text to images – How to add in MS Office 
• Fix Captioning in your YouTube videos 

Teaching and Learning

• Accessible Education Resources 
• Innovate: Creating Accessible Learning Environments 
• Creating accessible documents  
• Virtual GAAD events 

Technology

• Blackboard Accessibility 
• Built in accessibility for devices 
• Creating accessible documents  
• Social media accessibility 
• Mac Accessibility Shortcuts 
• Shortcuts for Windows