Creating accessible digital content is easier than you might think. The University of Iowa offers live and on-demand trainings options that will help build your skills. By making small changes to your daily habits, you will help the university ensure that all individuals can easily access its digital materials.
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Destination PDF: Creating More Accessible PDFs
LaTeX Accessibility with MathJax and Pressbooks
LaTeX markup language is an efficient and powerful way to prepare mathematical equations and formulae to share with others, but PDF outputs of LaTeX don't meet important accessibility standards. This training will demonstrate how to transform your LaTeX files into HTML, use MathJax to make them more accessible, and share them with others in the Pressbooks platform.
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Course Help for Accessibility in ICON (CHAI)
This time is for in-person and online accessibility support. OTLT staff will be available to help instructors make ICON course sites and digital documents, including PDFs, more accessible. They'll also assist instructors in taking advantage of tools like TidyUP and Ally to simplify the process.
Instructors are invited to drop in anytime between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. during these sessions.
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Course Accessibility For Everyone (CAFÉ): Full Blend
Course Accessibility for Everyone (CAFÉ) will help you make your ICON course site accessible to all your students. We'll focus on how to improve usage of headings, tables, color contrast, alternative text, and more. By making these simple changes to your ICON site, you're making your course accessible for everyone.
This offering combines content from previous CAFÉ sessions into a single extended session.
The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools...
Course Help for Accessibility in ICON (CHAI)
This time is for in-person and online accessibility support. OTLT staff will be available to help instructors make ICON course sites and digital documents, including PDFs, more accessible. They'll also assist instructors in taking advantage of tools like TidyUP and Ally to simplify the process.
Instructors are invited to drop in anytime between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. during these sessions.
The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools, and services to...
On-demand
Learn about digital accessibility at your own pace.
Accessibility 101
The first module in Accessibility 101 presents basic knowledge about digital accessibility at the University of Iowa.
Self-paced CAFÉ
Course Accessibility for Everyone (CAFÉ) discusses the principles of accessible course design and helps instructors make their ICON course sites accessible to all students.
Siteimprove
Siteimprove is a tool that checks websites for accessible content. Learn how it can help ensure your site meets accessibility standards.