Global Accessibility Awareness Day is May 15

Thu, 15 May 2025 20:53:40 -0400
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May 15th is Global Accessibility Awareness Day! This day is dedicated to discussion and brainstorming about digital accessibility, bringing the experience of one billion people with disabilities to the forefront of online and computer-based experiences.

Many of the common accessibility errors within websites are simple to fix-it takes building a habit of clicking that "add alt text" button after uploading an image or double-checking that a link has more than one descriptive word as link text. These are two of the most common errors found one websites according to WebAIM. Today, at UMBC, take a moment to familiarize yourself with web accessibility at UMBC and review your, and your department's digital presence.

Some ways to honor/make progress on Digital Accessibility:

UMBC Staff that manage websites can work with Acquio Optimize (formerly Monsido) tools to support their department's website accessibility.

Staff Summer Camp for Digital Accessibility is on June 5 and is currently full. Contact the organizers to be put on the waitlist. Additional options are:

Revisit DoIT's Creating Accessible Content Series

Digital Accessibility Guidelines Checklist

Creating Accessible Documents (44:51)

Creating Accessible Presentations (31:24)

Creating Accessible Instructional Videos (45:19)

UMBC Faculty can attend Digital Accessibility Summer Camp on June 4 to review and remediate their course content. heck their online course materials and learn more via Instructional Technology's link on Course Accessibility to Support All Learners (pawing IT's helpful posts raises awareness too).

Image credit: Elisabeth Woolner via unsplash.com.