{"id":5267,"date":"2019-10-31T14:51:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/?p=5267"},"modified":"2019-10-31T14:51:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:51:35","slug":"accessible-digital-content-and-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2019\/10\/31\/accessible-digital-content-and-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessible digital content and systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The University is carrying out work to improve the digital accessibility of systems and content across the institution. This includes the module content with Blackboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why is Digital Accessibility Important?\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uk5IYUoxHMU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This work started with the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2019\/07\/10\/the-art-of-the-possible\/\">Art of the Possible week in July 2019<\/a>. This week of activity showcased some of the great work already underway in this area and provided useful practical CPD sessions for staff to engage with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is being followed by visits to academic units during this academic year to inform them of the benefits and ease of accessible content within Blackboard, and other TEL systems.  These visits have started and will continue through Semester 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/elements.ncl.ac.uk\/course\/view.php?id=1148\"> accessibility in practice workshop<\/a> that has been developed alongside the Student Wellbeing service the helps staff learn how to create accessible and inclusive learning and teaching resources will be offered to each academic unit, as well as being run centrally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2019\/07\/22\/the-new-accessibility-regulations-what-does-this-mean-for-the-university\/\">Other work reported on previously<\/a> will continue throughout the academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some useful resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/ltds\/assets\/documents\/guides\/Designing-for-Diverse-Learners-NCL\">Designing for diverse learners handout<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/internal.ncl.ac.uk\/ask\/make-it-accessible-sensusaccess\">Sensus Access<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/services.ncl.ac.uk\/itservice\/help-services\/accessibility-advice\/designingaccessiblecontent\/\">NUIT pages on creating accessible content<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University is carrying out work to improve the digital accessibility of systems and content across the institution. This includes the module content with Blackboard. This work started with the Art of the Possible week in July 2019. This week of activity showcased some of the great work already underway in this area and provided &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2019\/10\/31\/accessible-digital-content-and-systems\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Accessible digital content and systems&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1446,"featured_media":5268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[416,638,530,618],"class_list":["post-5267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-accessibility","tag-inclusion","tag-inclusive-learning","tag-sensusaccess"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1446"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5267"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5271,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267\/revisions\/5271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}