Tag Archive: Accessibility
UC Tech News
July 25, 2024
All ArticlesAccessibility, Beena Albert, GAAD, Judy Thai, LinkedIn Learning, National Disability Independence Day, UCOP
On the occasion of National Accessibility Independence Day, join Judy Thai, director, Application Engineering and Beena Albert, Business Intelligence technical lead, who will meet to discuss Thai’s recommended resource on LinkedIn Learning, “Accessibility for Managers and Non-Designers.” We hope…
Read more about EVENT: National Disability Independence Day discussion about an important LinkedIn Learning course – July 26 – REGISTER NOW
UC IT News
November 1, 2023
All ArticlesAccessibility, digital, History, Lucy Greco, webinar
By Derek Shue. Lucy Greco, web accessibility evangelist with Campus IT Experience at UC Berkeley, recently presented a webinar on our YouTube channel. Watch Greco’s webinar, “A History of Digital Accessibility”, on the UC Tech News YouTube channel.
UC IT News
October 25, 2023
All ArticlesAccessibility, accessible, Brian McNeilly, email, tips, tricks
By Brian McNeilly and Derek Shue. Promoting accessibility in our editorial work is a priority. The University of California (UC) Office of the President Accessibility Work Group has started a new project on email accessibility; they will be educating all relevant…
Read more about 4 ways to increase accessibility in email outreach
UC Tech News
July 19, 2023
All ArticlesAccessibility, GAAD, Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Presentations, resources, webinar
During Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) in May, the UC Electronic Accessibility Committee (EAC) hosted a webinar entitled “Your Path to Accessibility” that included eight highly informative presentations. The captioned video presentations are now available on-demand. Watch the…
Read more about Watch Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2023 presentations & learn about accessibility resources
UC Tech News
June 9, 2023
All ArticlesAccessibility, accessible technology, experience design, ITS, Rujuta Swadi, technology, UC Santa Cruz
By Cheyenne Matthews-Hoffman. Last month, the Information Technology Services (ITS) team at UC Santa Cruz created a Digital Accessibility Awareness web page. Accessible Technology Intern Rujuta Swadi, led this project, among many of her accomplishments since joining last summer….
Read more about Transforming the accessibility landscape – meet Rujuta Swadi, UC Santa Cruz accessible technology intern
UC Tech News
May 23, 2023
All ArticlesAccessibility, GAAD, Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Information Security, UC Berkeley, UC Tech, UC Tech Conference, UCLA, UCSF
Each year, the third Thursday of May marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). This May, the UC Tech Conference planning team announced their partnership with the UC Electronic Accessibility Committee in shaping content for the conference. This resulted in…
Read more about A focus on accessibility at the UC Tech 2023 Conference
UC Tech News
May 11, 2023
All ArticlesAccessibility, analysis, digital accessibility, LinkedIn, PDF, UC San Francisco, UCSF
By Jill Wolters, Adriane Guerreiro, Michael Marmon and Leevegar Kim. UCSF developed a new way of educating the community so that they could address an important accessibility challenge: making PDF documents readable by the site readers used by those with…
Read more about Using new educational techniques to address a learning gap at UCSF – PDF accessibility education case study
UC Tech News
May 11, 2023
All ArticlesAccessibility, browser extensions, IT Security, online safety, risks, security, web browsing
By Arica Chhay. Risks of web browsing are more significant than many realize. Learn about these risks and minimize them by following these simple but effective tips. Today, browsing the internet is an essential part of our daily lives. However,…
Read more about 3 steps to safer web browsing – the newest risks and latest methods to counteract them
UC Tech News
May 3, 2023
All ArticlesAccessibility, GAAD, transcript, web accessibility, webinar, Zoom
By Joshua Hori. Every Zoom meeting can be accessible by turning on your closed captions using three easy steps. Zoom’s automated captioning feature is a valuable tool that allows participants to read captions of what is being said during meetings…
Read more about Three easy steps to making every Zoom meeting accessible and why it matters – watch this 1-minute video now
UC Tech News
April 27, 2023
All ArticlesAccessibility, GAAD, Global Accessibility Awareness Day, register, webinar
By Stephanie Nielsen. Register now for the University of California (UC) Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) Webinar on Thursday, May 18, from 10-11:30 a.m. The final day to request accommodations for the webinar is May 11. Don’t miss this…
Read more about Register Now for the UC GAAD Day Webinar on May 18 from 10-11:30 a.m.