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Digital Accessibility 101: The Top 8 Essentials
Learn the top eight accessibility issues to watch for when creating online and digital content. Online.
Unit Accessibility
The Digital Accessibility Sprints are a structured, collaborative initiative led by the Office of Digital Accessibility (ODA) to enhance digital accessibility across university departments and programs. Each sprint cycle runs for approximately eight weeks and provides a dedicated space for departments to work closely with the Digital Accessibility Remediation Team (DART).
Digital Accessibility Leadership Team
Formed in Spring 2025, the UIS Digital Accessibility Leadership Team is a cross-functional committee providing strategic collaboration and guidance to advance digital accessibility across campus. The team operates through dedicated working groups focused on the following areas:
Accessible Videos & Multimedia (Kaltura)
This session covers best practices for captions, transcripts, audio descriptions, and more in videos and multimedia.
Online: ODA Zoom.
Register using the ODA Training Registration form.
(Settings: online, workshop)
June 17, 3:00-3:45 PM
July 16, 10:00-10:45 AM
Accessible Documents & Presentations (Word, PDF, PPT)
Discover easy ways to improve digital accessibility in your documents and presentations. Laptops encouraged for in-person participants.
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On campus: BRK 416. In-person space limited to 15.
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Digital Accessibility 101: The Top 8 Essentials
Learn the top eight accessibility issues to watch for when creating online and digital content.
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Navigating ADA Title II Changes at UIS
Join us for an overview of key ADA Title II updates and digital accessibility resources at UIS.
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Accessible Videos
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 require four pieces for a video to be considered accessible. In brief, those guidelines are:
PDF Accessibility: The Tags Panel
The Tags Panel displays the primary structure of the document. While the Order Panel provides tools to restructure what content is grouped together, how it is labeled, and when it is read, the Tags Panel gives more granular control over the latter two aspects. The order of the tags is the reading order of the document, moreso than that displayed by the Order Panel, and each tag serves a specific semantic purpose (besides grouping tags like <Part> and <Sect>).