Examity Proctoring for Students
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COLRS Annual Impact Report for AY 2023-24
The COLRS Annual Impact Report for AY 2023-2024 is now live!
COLRS strengthened campus community partnerships during the academic year, supporting faculty, staff, and students near and far.
We appreciate our faculty and staff partners for your contributions to online teaching and learning. Our work would not be possible without your dedication to our students and your innovative ideas.
Copyleaks AI Detection Update On November 19
Good afternoon!
Copyleaks just notified UIS that they will release an updated version of their AI detection model on Tuesday, November 19, 2024.
Digital Accessibility Tip: Video Captions
What are captions?
According to , 鈥渃aptions are a text version of the speech and non-speech audio information needed to understand the content.鈥� Captions differ from an audio transcript in that they are synchronized with the audio.
While some parts of the world use the terms 鈥渃aptions鈥� and 鈥渟ubtitles鈥� interchangeably, W3C provides differentiation between these terms as follows:
Quality Assurance Tools for Accessible Canvas Content
Join COLRS staff at the on November 8th. Registration is free!
COLRS will present at 2:30 p.m. on "Quality Assurance Tools for Accessible Canvas Content."
Digital Accessibility Tip: Accessible Links
What is an Accessible Link?
Links are one of the foundational elements of digital content. They are found on websites, online courses, apps, and email. Accessible links connect concise and descriptive text to a website or file. They make it easier for everyone to navigate and consume content.
Getting to Know You: Taylor Lester
Taylor Lester is the program coordinator for the Center for Online 杨贵妃传媒, Research and Service (COLRS).
Can you give me a brief timeline of how your career led you to UIS?
Digital Accessibility Tip: Alternative Text
What is Alternative Text?
Alternative text is a concise description of an image embedded within a webpage鈥檚 code. The description is read aloud to visually-impaired viewers using a screen reader. Its primary purpose is to provide context and meaning to users who cannot see the image. Alt text also provides a fallback in case the image fails to load and plays a role in search engine results. (聽from WebAIM)
Free Accessibility Courses for UIS Faculty & Staff
The digital accessibility requirements in Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (2024) are broad and impact digital files shared across campus. Given breadth of these requirements, accessibility will become part of our daily work. As we advance in our accessibility compliance efforts, it will be essential for those of us creating shared documents, recording videos, and managing websites to understand the guidelines for producing accessible content.
Video Captioning Kaltura
Join the Office of Digital Accessibility and Center for Online 杨贵妃传媒, Research, and Service to learn about the requirements for creating closed captions and how to add captions to a video in Kaltura Media, the UIS streaming video platform.