{"id":8019,"date":"2021-02-10T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/add\/?p=8019"},"modified":"2021-02-02T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T15:03:07","slug":"spotlight-on-improving-the-accessibility-of-your-course-top-tips-and-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/add\/2021\/02\/10\/spotlight-on-improving-the-accessibility-of-your-course-top-tips-and-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight On: Improving the accessibility of your course  \u2013 top tips and tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #7a003a\">Welcome to our Spotlight On Series.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;color: #333333\">Blog Posts that aim to highlight good practice and support from colleagues at Hallam.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #7a003a\">Today: <span style=\"color: #333333\">Improving the accessibility of your course \u2013 top tips and tools<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><b>Marissa Hill, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Head of SRAC, <\/span><b>Nick Russell, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Web Accessibility and Training Manager<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and<\/span><b> Kieran White,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Graduate Intern, Web Accessibility Project.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Web accessibility relates to anything we host or share online, from word documents attached to emails to PDFs on our Blackboard sites. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This session provided an introduction to why accessibility is so important and things you can start doing straight away to improve the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">accessibility of your content.\u00a0 Take a look at;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shu.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=d49c68ca-f57b-4e7d-b93a-acaa00b5f774\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recording of the session 8th December 2020<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/cle\/files\/2020\/12\/Nick-Russell-Improving-the-accessibility-of-your-course.pptx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Session presentation slides<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/go.shu.ac.uk\/webaccessibility\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Web Accessibility SharePoint site<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/go.shu.ac.uk\/bbally\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blackboard Ally guidance.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #7a003a\"><strong>Academic Essentials<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Hallam Resources A-Z sections;<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/teaching\/hallam-resources-a-z\/?doing_wp_cron=1610007973.1164369583129882812500#B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blackboard<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/teaching\/hallam-resources-a-z\/?doing_wp_cron=1610007973.1164369583129882812500#D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital Capability<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/teaching\/hallam-resources-a-z\/?doing_wp_cron=1610007973.1164369583129882812500#I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inclusive Practice<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/teaching\/hallam-resources-a-z\/?doing_wp_cron=1612277857.0391390323638916015625#W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Web Accessibility\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #7a003a\"><strong>Upcoming development:<\/strong><\/span> Training module for staff is due to be launched March 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our Spotlight On Series. 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