{"id":247,"date":"2025-04-30T09:01:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\/?page_id=247"},"modified":"2025-05-15T08:32:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:32:31","slug":"may-accessibility-month","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\/may-accessibility-month\/","title":{"rendered":"May Accessibility Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-templates umflint-template-default_no_jumbotron\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-primary-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t\n\n<h1 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href=\"\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\">Accessibility<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item active\" aria-current=\"page\">May Accessibility Month<\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b5a905a05ff5f195dddcee260cf9c62c\">Support Digital Accessibility this May at UM-Flint<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/blogs.dir\/107\/files\/2025\/04\/um-flint-logo-maize-keyboard-1.png\" alt=\"UM-Flint Global Accessibility Awareness Day logo\" class=\"wp-image-250\" style=\"width:263px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/blogs.dir\/107\/files\/2025\/04\/um-flint-logo-maize-keyboard-1.png 1000w, 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Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 15 encourages everyone to talk, think, and learn about digital access and inclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In celebration of GAAD and in alignment with <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/spg.umich.edu\/policy\/601.20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility SPG 601.20<\/strong><\/a><strong>, ITS, MAC, and ODE are excited to share several ways you can support accessibility at UM-Flint this May:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2c26fb3416b382a86224b817b7e05a49\">Website Accessibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Take time to review your department\u2019s public and intranet sites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sort pages in WordPress by &#8220;last updated.&#8221; Is the content current and accessible?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review media files \u2014 remove unused items and consider converting PDFs to webpages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3ef331117d5e986484efe5a9989e5e64\">Canvas Accessibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Panorama is now available in Canvas, providing a powerful tool to check, improve, and create accessible content directly within your course. It scans course materials and attached documents for accessibility issues, and offers easy-to-use options to address them\u2014helping you deliver more inclusive content to all students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ODE has launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/umich.instructure.com\/enroll\/M34TKD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canvas Accessibility with Panorama course<\/a> to help you learn how to add captions to video, use descriptive links, provide alt text for images, and more!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f6b95dde6b38f94fefd0fbbb1358822f\">Upcoming Accessibility Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Join one of our virtual sessions in May:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>May 1, 11 a.m.<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/events.umflint.edu\/ode\/events\/12334\">Structuring Your Canvas Course<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May 9, 1 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/events.umflint.edu\/ode\/events\/13025\">Using Kaltura<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May 12, 2 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/events.umflint.edu\/ode\/events\/13059\">Panorama Accessibility Platform<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May 14, 1 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/events.umflint.edu\/ode\/events\/13026\">Getting Started with Course Accessibility<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May 15, 2 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/events.umflint.edu\/its\/events\/13069\">Introduction to Accessibility<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May 22, 12 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/events.umflint.edu\/ode\/events\/13029\">Panorama Accessibility Platform<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.app.google\/LcHxRsR1xrpy1zSg7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Schedule a meeting<\/strong><\/a> with Krystal Tosch, Digital Accessibility Analyst, for personalized support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By participating, you help remove barriers and build a more inclusive future for all Wolverines.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\/may-accessibility-month\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-247","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}