Events

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Apr
13

Improve Your Course Accessibility Score with Ally and Create Accessible Blackboard Content

If you can click it, you can fix it

Location

Online

Date & Time

April 13, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Learn how Ally, a powerful tool in Blackboard, instantly scans course content and offers feedback to guide fixing accessibility issues (e.g., missing alt text, poor heading structure, or low...
Image: Blackboard Ally Logo, "Accessible content is better content"

Apr
15

Fix Your Content Day: Let’s Make Course Materials More Accessible (Sprint 3)

If you can click it, you can fix it.

Location

Engineering : 101-L

Date & Time

April 15, 2026, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

Description

Fix Your Course Content Day is dedicated to improving the accessibility of digital course materials in Blackboard. This one-day push is a chance for faculty, staff, and instructional designers to...
A black accessibility figure stands inside a gauge-shaped meter symbolizing improvement and progress. Below, bold text reads “Fix Your Content Day,” accompanied by a clipboard and checkmark icon.

Apr
30

A Blueprint for Success: Using Curricular Analytics to Unlock Degree Progress

How do students navigate higher ed's "hidden architecture"

Location

Engineering : 102

Date & Time

April 30, 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

How does the structure of a degree program — the "hidden architecture" of prerequisites and credit loads — impact a student's ability to succeed? In this session, Carlos Jensen, Vice Provost for...
An AI-generated image of a student's potential path to graduation.