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<Title>October 21 is a great day to expand your assessment-related professional development!</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div>Consider making the afternoon of October 21st dedicated to your assessment-related professional development! Following our scheduled October Assessment 365 session that day from 1-2pm, <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/instructional-technology/events/147241/4cddb/cef3aea197a13423ac4a690eeae71548/email/link?link=http%3A%2F%2Fdoit.umbc.edu%2Fitnm%2Fstaff%2Fhawken%2F" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. Mariann Hawken</a>, Director of Instructional Technology will be leading a virtual presentation open to all UMBC faculty and staff on <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/instructional-technology/events/147241" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Accessible Complex Images: Charts, Diagrams, and Infographics</a>. From the workshop description:</div><h6>"Take your image descriptions to the next level. This session explores practical strategies for describing complex visuals -- such as graphs, conceptual diagrams, and multi-layered infographics -- so that all learners can access the content they convey. We'll also discuss how AI-generated descriptions can support this work, and when they fall short."</h6><div><br></div><div>Register to attend this <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/instructional-technology/events/147241" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">session here.</a></div></div>
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