Workshops - Higher Ed

Learn to create accessible documents and multimedia that reach every learner. In this practical session, educators will master essential strategies for making Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PDF files fully accessible, and discover how to add accurate captions and transcripts to videos using free and AI-assisted tools. Gain confidence in evaluating and remediating accessibility barriers in both documents and educational media, ensuring all your instructional content meets current accessibility standards — no special software required.

Gain practical strategies to create clear, accessible educational documents for all learners. Educators will learn how to organize materials using semantic headings, clear language and inclusive writing techniques suitable for K–12 and higher education. Discover how to make documents and LMS content screen reader-friendly, improve readability for diverse student needs and use free tools — including AI-assisted solutions — to identify and fix structural barriers, ensuring equitable access to your instructional materials.

Gain essential skills to make your instructional visuals accessible to all learners. Educators will learn when and why alternative text matters, how to write clear and effective alt text for a range of image types, and how to address common visual accessibility barriers like poor contrast and over-reliance on color. Discover how to use free and AI-powered tools to generate, evaluate and improve alt text, ensuring your educational content is both inclusive and engaging.

Join your peers in this synchronous virtual workshop to learn to use AI tools for creating Open Educational Resources that can significantly reduce student costs without sacrificing educational value.

Learn to use AI to create engaging discussion topics.

Learn to use AI to create rubrics for assessments and assignments that you can incorporate into your LMS.

Put generative AI to work with efficient workflows and intentional course development.

This self-paced workshop offers flexible access to strategies for fostering learner agency, equitable grading, and personalized assessments, allowing educators to learn and reflect at their own pace.

This self-paced workshop offers flexible access to strategies for building meaningful educator-student relationships through relational pedagogy, allowing participants to learn and apply concepts at their own pace.