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Faculty Resources for SAAS Student Accommodation

January 20, 2022

If you have a student in the Student Access and Accommodation System (SAAS) receiving services through NCOD: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, please brush up on the tips on their Virtual Learning page.

If you have a student in SAAS receiving services through Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES), please review their Accommodating Students page and consider how virtual instruction may intersect with your student(s) accommodation(s).

If you have any other questions about accessibility, please /bookings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" data-ogsc="">make an appointment with the Universal Design Center (UDC). Read more about Faculty Resources for SAAS Student Accommodation

Winter Accessibility Bootcamp

December 20, 2021

Ensure your Spring syllabus is accessible and earn a stipend through this four-day workshop Jan. 11-14th, 10-11:30am each day. The Accessibility Bootcamp covers best practices, tips, and the core tools and campus resources available to make documents, videos, and other course materials more accessible. Featured tools include Canvas Ally, which aids in identifying accessibility challenges in your course materials in Canvas. Read more about Winter Accessibility Bootcamp

Tech-sgiving: What We're Grateful For

November 18, 2021

Happy Techsgiving with hands using laptop surrounded by fall leaves

This fall we are celebrating “Tech-sgiving” by highlighting some of the technology tools that we’re most grateful for over the past year. Some of these tools are innovative, some are time-saving, some help promote digital equity, but all of them have made a positive impact on how we teach, how we work, or both! Read more about Techsgiving: What We're Grateful For

Diversity & Equity Innovation Grant Awarded to Academic Technology

November 18, 2021

Matador statue Diversity and Innovation Grant

We're excited to share that Academic Technology has been awarded a grant as part of the CSUN Diversity & Equity Innovation Grant program which was "established to support educational projects, scholarly research, creative activities and other programmatic initiatives that promote diversity, equity and inclusion, anti-racism and social justice for the benefit of the CSUN community." Read more about Diversity & Equity Innovation Grant Awarded to Academic Technology

How Do Students Use Canvas Ally?

November 18, 2021

Canvas Ally with microsoft word powerpoint and adobe acrobat logos

In 2020-2021, students downloaded 57,704 PDF versions of Word and PowerPoint course materials. Students have several alternative file formats to choose from, and Ally will convert a variety of files. However, Word and PowerPoint to PDF was by far the most popular. What does this mean for faculty? Read more about How do students use Canvas Ally?

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