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A&H Module Lead & Teaching Admin #3: Digital Accessibility

Please find below the links, presentation, resources and discussion from the 11th October 2023 session on Digital Accessibility.

UCL Accessibility Policy

UCL Accessibility Hub – UCL policy, advice, resources and guidance to support both staff and students.

UCL Accessibility Fundamentals – basic guidance to improve everyday accessibility when creating resources.

Ben Watson presents on Digital Accessibility

Link to Ben Watson’s PowerPoint presentation slides.

Ben Watson and Abbi Shaw in conversation: Use of Reading List, accommodating students with SoRA, generative and assistive AI discussion.

UCL Reading List – supported by the Library.

Colour Contrast Checker – a really useful resource for checking accessibility of text on backgrounds.

The video Ben mentions on using GenAI to support non-academic tasks.

Forthcoming Digital Skills Development sessions – including multimedia, podcasting, and more, and, most relevant here, creating accessible Word documents.

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Continuous Module Dialogue

DigiEd are running a central Mentimeter for Continuous Module Dialogue session on 11th October, 10-11am. Details and enrolment link:

In this practical workshop you will learn the basics of setting up interactive activities and using the templates on Mentimeter. You will also find out how to embed Mentimeter on a website or a Moodle course and manage student interaction.

Read more and enrol on this course

Further to this central session, I will be hosting an A&H-centred Zoom for module leads and teaching admin discussing our Faculty approach to CMD on Wednesday 28th October 2022 at 2pm. This session will include a Mentimeter demo, room to discuss any queries or concerns, and an update on my, and my colleagues’, continuing Faculty experience research for Term One.

Details of this Faculty session are in the email sent from the Dean’s office on Monday 13th September (8.43am), and reminders, including the Zoom link, will be sent to all A&H staff in due course.