Accessibility: PDF Accessibility Mitigation Clinic (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This clinic provides faculty with an opportunity to get one-on-one help remediating PDFs for accessibility. Bring your course materials and work with staff to fix tagging, reading order, alternative text, tables, forms, and scanned documents.

Monday, September 21, 2026 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Accessibility: PDF Accessibility Mitigation Clinic (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This clinic provides faculty with an opportunity to get one-on-one help remediating PDFs for accessibility. Bring your course materials and work with staff to fix tagging, reading order, alternative text, tables, forms, and scanned documents.

Thursday, September 24, 2026 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Feinberg Library 249

Accessibility: Acrobat Pro - Alternative Text and Image Descriptions (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This workshop focuses on creating and adding alternative text (ALT text) with special attention to complex graphs, charts and diagrams used in PDFs. Learn how to distinguish between decorative and meaningful images and how to write effective descriptions that communicate essential information to screen reader users.

Monday, September 28, 2026 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Accessibility: Acrobat Pro - Alternative Text and Image Descriptions (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This workshop focuses on creating and adding alternative text (ALT text) with special attention to complex graphs, charts and diagrams used in PDFs. Learn how to distinguish between decorative and meaningful images and how to write effective descriptions that communicate essential information to screen reader users.

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Feinberg Library 249

Accessibility: Acrobat Pro -Tags and Reading Order (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This workshop covers the use of the tags panel and reading order tool in Adobe Acrobat Pro to create properly structured PDFs for screen reader users. Participants will learn how to run accessibility checks and identify and fix common tagging issues involving headings, lists, tables, and document structure.

Monday, October 5, 2026 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Accessibility: Acrobat Pro -Tags and Reading Order (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This workshop covers the use of the tags panel and reading order tool in Adobe Acrobat Pro to create properly structured PDFs for screen reader users. Participants will learn how to run accessibility checks and identify and fix common tagging issues involving headings, lists, tables, and document structure.

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Feinberg Library 249

Accessibility: MS Word Documents (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This course provides an overview of how to make a Microsoft Word document accessible.

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Accessibility: MS Word Documents (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This course provides an overview of how to make a Microsoft Word document accessible.

Friday, October 16, 2026 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Feinberg Library 249

Accessibility: Powerpoint (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

PowerPoint accessibility shares many general concepts with other electronic documents, such as using sufficient color contrast and adding alt text to images. But there are also some unique features to examine, such as slide design and embedded multimedia. In this workshop, we’ll explore the topics you need to know to create an accessible PowerPoint presentation.

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Accessibility: Powerpoint (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

PowerPoint accessibility shares many general concepts with other electronic documents, such as using sufficient color contrast and adding alt text to images. But there are also some unique features to examine, such as slide design and embedded multimedia. In this workshop, we’ll explore the topics you need to know to create an accessible PowerPoint presentation.

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Feinberg Library 249

Accessibility: PDF Documents (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

PDF offers many accessibility features, but they have to be deliberately incorporated — they don’t happen by accident. Learn how to mitigate various issues in order to make your PDF documents more accessible.

Monday, October 26, 2026 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Accessibility: PDF Documents (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

PDF offers many accessibility features, but they have to be deliberately incorporated — they don’t happen by accident. Learn how to mitigate various issues in order to make your PDF documents more accessible.

Wednesday, October 28, 2026 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Feinberg Library 249

Accessibility: Ally (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

Learn how to use Blackboard Ally in Brightspace to assess the accessibility of your course materials and meet federally mandated ADA compliance standards. This hands-on session introduces Ally’s features, explains what the tool can and can’t do, and walks you through generating a course-level accessibility report. Participants will practice identifying issues and learn simple strategies to fix common problems in Word, PowerPoint, and PDF files. No prior experience required—just bring a course in Brightspace that's ready to scan and a willingness to improve accessibility for all learners.

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Accessibility: Ally (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

Learn how to use Blackboard Ally in Brightspace to assess the accessibility of your course materials and meet federally mandated ADA compliance standards. This hands-on session introduces Ally’s features, explains what the tool can and can’t do, and walks you through generating a course-level accessibility report. Participants will practice identifying issues and learn simple strategies to fix common problems in Word, PowerPoint, and PDF files. No prior experience required—just bring a course in Brightspace that's ready to scan and a willingness to improve accessibility for all learners.

Thursday, November 12, 2026 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Feinberg Library 249