Tag Archive: Accessibility
UC IT Blog
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…
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UC IT Blog
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 IT Blog
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…
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UC IT Blog
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 IT Blog
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 IT Blog
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 IT Blog
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…
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UC IT Blog
November 29, 2022
All ArticlesAccessibility, Cybersecurity, UC Berkeley, UC Davis Health, UCLA Health, UCSF
By Andrea McColl and Esther Silver. To the uninformed, it might seem that the goals of digital accessibility and cybersecurity would be rivals. After all, isn’t accessibility about making it easier for people to come in, and cybersecurity about keeping…
Read more about Cyber Security and Digital Accessibility – Can They Co-Exist?
UC IT Blog
September 14, 2022
All ArticlesAccessibility, diversity, EDIB
By Jim Phillips. The day-to-day choices technologists make have significant impact on the people who use our digital environments, including those with disabilities. This article, based on a recent webinar on the topic, suggests five ways to connect the…
Read more about Accessibility Matters: Take 5 Actions
UC IT Blog
August 24, 2022
All ArticlesAccessibility, UC Berkeley, UCB
UC Berkeley has launched a new high-level committee that will focus on making sure the campus’s digital infrastructure is accessible to everyone – from blind staff who use screen readers to narrate what they see on web pages to deaf…
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