Join us online! Each session includes a pre-recorded presentation with live Q&A.
Attendees will have on-demand access for two weeks after the event through this website. HighEdWeb paid members will have long-term access through the Professional Development Library.
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Your time zone: (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Track | Name | Speakers |
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9:00 AM - 9:55 AM (CDT) | ||
Keynote | Welcome and Keynote: The Power of Digital Accessibility to Build Bridges and Open Doors in Higher Ed | Lainey Feingold — Law Office of Lainey Feingold |
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM (CDT) | ||
Accessible academia | Building Accessible Style Templates in Word for Campus Faculty and Staff | Mary Ann Tobin — Penn State Elizabeth J Pyatt — Penn State |
Leadership through policies and initiatives | Breaking Accessibility Out of the Silo | Annie Heckel — Cornell University |
Web accessibility and best practices | Creating Accessibility Ecosystems: Institutional Scaffolding for Design and Content | Rob Carr — WebAIM, Utah State University |
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM (CDT) | ||
Break | Break: Visit Sponsors | |
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM (CDT) | ||
Leadership through policies and initiatives | Case study: Building a digital accessibility liaison network | Kathy Marks — Arizona State University ( ASU ) |
Web accessibility and best practices | Hacking Browser Validation: Take Control of Form Error Handling Without Third-Party Libraries | Jason Pitoniak — Rochester Institute of Technology |
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM (CDT) | ||
Posters | Use Red Hat’s open source audio player for better audio accessibility on the web | Nikki Massaro Kauffman — Red Hat Corey Vickery — Red Hat |
Posters | "This Bunny Needs a Text Alternative": Using Play to Teach Accessibility and Standards | Kenzie Woodbridge — British Columbia Institute of Technology |
Posters | Makers Making Change: Building Accessible Open Source Assistive Devices | Charlie Lindahl — Texas A&M University System Health Science Center |
Posters | I’m a Not a Blind Professional, I am Professional who is Blind | Alyssa Cheeseman — Pearson |
Posters | Case Study: Creating Accessibility Training for Faculty and Staff | Laura Barr — University of Rochester |
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM (CDT) | ||
Accessible academia | How to Kill Your PDF (and Get Away With It) | Patrick Kelly — Harper College |
Web accessibility and best practices | Demystifying Web Accessibility Standards | Jaime Oleksik — Carnegie |
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM (CDT) | ||
Break | Trivia Break hosted by DubBot | |
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM (CDT) | ||
Accessible academia | The Evolution of Accessibility in Math-Intense Engineering Courses | Sara Shunkwiler — Johns Hopkins University Alexa Valdez — Johns Hopkins University Mel Rizzuto — Johns Hopkins University |
Leadership through policies and initiatives | A University-wide strategy for Document Accessibility | Shilpi Kapoor — BarrierBreak |
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM (CDT) | ||
Accessible academia | A Roadmap for the Improvement of Digital Accessibility - Navigating the Evolving Landscape | Brooke Bailey — University of Virginia |
Leadership through policies and initiatives | Providing a Homegrown Accessibility Training without Reinventing the Wheel | Susan Blair — The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture |
Web accessibility and best practices | Practical Guide to Automated Accessibility Testing | Mark Steadman — Fidelity Investments |