Accessibility Training


YOUR FIRST STEP:  Please enroll in and complete the appropriate Digital Accessibility 101 training course from the three options listed on this page.

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YOUR GUIDECITL created the TRACK Framework for Digital Accessibility of course content. 

TRACK is an acronym for Train. Remove. Adjust. Create. Keep Monitoring.

It frames a design structure that will help you make courses accessible and provide guidance in keeping them accessible.
View CITL's TRACK flyer.




Digital Accessibility 101 (DA 101) Training Courses

The DA 101 courses are the cornerstone of our efforts to teach you how to remediate and create from scratch content that meets accessibility standards. There are 3 variations of this course intended for different audiences. The course authors quote 3 hours to complete. We're finding our early adopters are taking between 3 and 6 hours. Don't try to get through it in a day; there is a great deal of great information in the course.

  • Instructional Staff/Canvas Content Creators Course: This course is required for all instructional staff, and is best suited for people who work with Canvas. Topics covered include Accessibility in Canvas, MS Office, PDFs, Qualtrics, videos, images, and emails. It also provides information from the Disability Resource Center. Enroll in the Instructional Staff Course.

  • Non-Instructional Staff Course: This course is best suited for staff who do not need to create Canvas content. It covers accessibility in MS Office, PDFs, Qualtrics, videos, images, and emails, and provides information from HR regarding employee accommodation needs. Enroll in the Non-instructional Staff Course.

  • Student Worker Course: This course provides information about accessibility in MS Office, PDFs, Qualtrics, videos, images, and emails. Enroll in the Student Worker Course.

CITL Will Help Guide You Through Remediation

Teaching Tip Tuesday is getting a temporary facelift

Through the Fall Semester, Teaching Tip Tuesday, the popular video series produced by Nancy Shefferly, will be rebranded as Title II Tuesday. Each week, Nancy will address a topic in accessibility as it relates to the reporting you will receive from UDOIT, and will relate to the weekly topic in our “Bite-Sized Remediation Guide.”

The Bite-Sized Remediation Guide (BSRG)

CITL has launched the Bite-Sized Remediation Guide course in Canvas. We’re offering the BSRG as a scaffolded remediation structure, focused on allowing instructors to concentrate on one issue family each week. You don’t have to follow this structure, but we hope many of you find it useful. Each week's topic will be announced in a Message of the Day campus announcement on Tuesday, alongside the release of the Title II Tuesday video.

  • The Bite-Sized Remediation Guide (BSRG) is now available. It can be viewed without enrollment for users who can access our Canvas sub-account.
  • A "Join this Course" button is present so users can enroll in the course directly from the course.
  • Enroll using the Self-Enrollment link.

Weekly Office Hours in Academic Buildings

In coordination with the BSRG weekly topics, CITL team members are available for office hours across main campus academic buildings weekly and at the branch campuses monthly.

Eric
CCC 231 - Mondays 3-4 p.m., (exceptions: Not on 9/22 or 10/13, those weeks will be Tuesdays - 9/23 and 10/14 in CCC 214, 2-3 p.m.)

SCI D228 - Wednesdays 2-3 p.m.

Nancy
TNR 372 - Mondays 3-4 p.m.
TNR 372 - Thursdays 8-9 a.m.

NFAC 110 - Mondays 2-3 p.m.
NFAC 110 - Thursdays 9-10 a.m.

Erin
CBB 271 - Tuesdays 2-3 p.m.
CBB 271 - Wednesdays 9-10 a.m.

Angie
CPS 116 - Thursdays 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Wausau campus
12:30 - 2:30 p.m. on 9/17, 10/14, and 11/18
Terrace Room 100

Marshfield campus
9:00 - 11:00 a.m. on 9/19, 10/24, and 11/14
Room 101

Drop-in Lab

We plan to stand up a permanent drop-in lab to provide on-demand support during normal business hours. This lab will be Sean’s new permanent home until CITL takes up residence in the new library building. We are still finalizing the details on this, so please check back soon.




FAQs and additional information
about Title II are on our
Title II web page.





Digital Accessibility Requirements

Title II requires institutions receiving federal funding to meet the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 AA guidelines. These regulations affect more than just coursework. Compliance with ADA Title II is required for all digital content. This includes online course content, web content, social media, video and audio content, email, and documents and presentations that are shared electronically.

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Two new tools in Canvas

UDOIT Advantage

UDOIT has been upgraded to UDOIT Advantage, which will scan your courses and documents for common accessibility concerns and give you the opportunity to fix the issues from within the tool. UDOIT addresses accessibility concerns as errors and suggestions. We’ll be providing guidance throughout the semester on what these concerns mean and how you can correct them.

TidyUP

TidyUP is a new tool added to Canvas to allow you to more easily identify and remove unused content. Removing unused content from your courses will reduce the number of errors and suggestions you’ll need to correct.