Our first digital accessibility demo day was a success so we’re running it again on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, 15th May 2025.
What does “accessible” mean?
What difficulties do students have accessing the material we provide?
How do students surmount those difficulties?
How do you improve the accessibility of your material?
We’re putting on an event to help answer those questions.
It’s important that all of our digital services are accessible to their users, whether they’re students or colleagues. The Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations set out some legal requirements that we must meet.
But digital accessibility is a complex topic and many colleagues have found it hard to understand what they need to do to ensure their teaching material is accessible.
At our digital accessibility demo day, you can have a go at accessing university teaching material at a selection of stations simulating different access requirements and supports, including:
- Screen reader
- Speech to text
- Keyboard-only interaction
- Low vision
- Low mobility
- Magnification
- Canvas Ally
We’ll have plenty of pointers to guidance and training opportunities to help you improve the accessibility of your material.
People from LTDS, NUIT, Student Wellbeing and the Disability Interest Group will be there to offer support and answer any questions you may have about digital accessibility.
Time and location
The event will take place 13:00 – 15:00 on Thursday 15th May 2025, in the Bamburgh Suite, Hadrian building.
The Hadrian building is in the middle of campus, just behind the Student Union. Access is step-free.
From King’s Road, either go round the left of the student union to the Hadrian building, or take the lift or stairs opposite the Boiler House down to the ground floor.
There’s no presentation as part of the session – just drop in and talk to one of the facilitators.
