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 another digital accessibility demo day, 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 and the Disability Interest Group will be there to offer support and answer any questions you may have about digital accessibility.
Time and location
This time we’re opening the event up to students as well as staff. We’re encouraging staff to come in the morning, and students in the afternoon.
The event will take place in the Boiler House, on Tuesday 4h November 2025. We encourage staff to drop in any time between 10:30 and 12:00, and students between 12:30 and 14:00.
The Boiler House is in the middle of campus, between the Armstrong Building and the Student Union. Access is step-free.
There’s no presentation as part of the session – just drop in and talk to one of the facilitators.