{"id":12093,"date":"2022-06-07T13:43:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T13:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/?page_id=12093"},"modified":"2024-09-26T10:54:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T10:54:45","slug":"digital-accessibility-awareness-week","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/digital-accessibility-awareness-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Accessibility Awareness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12093\" class=\"elementor elementor-12093\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6071ef2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6071ef2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94bd538\" data-id=\"94bd538\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07c6f2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07c6f2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The University of Westminster celebrated Global Accessibility Awareness Day(GAAD) by organising a week-long series of webinars. Digital Accessibility specialists across the UK joined and shared their valuable experiences.<\/p>\n<p>George Rhodes (Digital Accessibility Lead &#8211; University of Westminster ) kicked off the GAAD celebrations by sharing his views regarding digital accessibility and its importance in Higher Education. The GAAD celebrations continued for the next couple of days where industry experts presented their work, shared their experiences, and made some critical recommendations for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Please check the video recordings of the sessions and some important resources shared during the week.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f11edf\" data-id=\"0f11edf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a746a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"13a746a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/06\/FSevnsuXEAAGbGo-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-12268\" alt=\"Decorative Image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/06\/FSevnsuXEAAGbGo-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/06\/FSevnsuXEAAGbGo-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/06\/FSevnsuXEAAGbGo-768x765.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/06\/FSevnsuXEAAGbGo-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/06\/FSevnsuXEAAGbGo.jpeg 968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e245456 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e245456\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ede54f0\" data-id=\"ede54f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dafdcda elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dafdcda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Video Recordings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1ef798 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1ef798\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66ec072\" data-id=\"66ec072\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-598c7ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"598c7ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westminster.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=8bd2f880-466b-44e2-8377-ae9e00a246d6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Going Back is Not a Choice &#8211; Accessibility Lessons for Higher Education<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westminster.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=cda75af0-cbd4-45af-bf7b-ae9e00aa3586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Accessible Recruitment: Easy steps to make recruiting more inclusive<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/westminster.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=fd78b26c-6829-4bec-94be-ae9e00af207b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accessible Music<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westminster.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=4570e621-41ce-41d4-8c28-ae9e00c60030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Thomas Pocklington Trust: Supporting Blind and Partially Sighted students<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westminster.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=23349f26-6ebf-4ff1-b4de-aea000a4b76b\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Creating Inclusive and Accessible Workspace:\u00a0 University of Westminster&#8217;s Colleague Disability Network<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/westminster.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=9ba91134-140d-4b90-9028-aea000a9c617\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Sustainable Accessibility: Sustaining Accessibility efforts through accessibility-related appraisal objectives<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westminster.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=592c3f66-fe8f-4de8-b9b4-aea000b44738\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Teaching Accessibility as a shared endeavour: Answering key challenges in the building of accessible culture<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a28bae8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a28bae8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55d9590\" data-id=\"55d9590\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46ae501 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46ae501\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Resources shared by the presenters and participants<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9a83d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9a83d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50b1256\" data-id=\"50b1256\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea28019 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea28019\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/disabledstudents.co.uk\/not-a-choice\/\">Going Back is not a Choice &#8211; Press Release and Full Report<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pocklington-trust.org.uk\/student-support\/professionals\/making-college-accessible\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Making College Accessible: A Thomas Pocklington Trust resource<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NMfvoh-j9qw\">Kicking Down the Doors: From Borstal Boy to University Professor<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/wonkhe.com\/blogs\/online-learning-is-not-the-enemy\/\">Online learning is not the enemy<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk\/what-we-do\/connecting-young-people\/youth-led-campaigns\/employ-autism\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Learn about the Employ Autism campaign<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.claudiamolitor.org\/#\/sonorama-1\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Sonorama Train Journey<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/planning-and-managing\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Planning and Managing Web Accessibility<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/matthewdeeprose.github.io\/objectives.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Sustaining accessibility efforts through accessibility-related appraisal objectives\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/elearningyork.wpcomstaging.com\/2020\/01\/23\/shifting-digital-accessibility-practice\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Shifting Digital Accessibility Practice<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4df603c\" data-id=\"4df603c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b8cef1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b8cef1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.disabilityartsinternational.org\/resources\/three-adventures-in-accessible-music-technology-amt\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Three Adventures in Accessible Music Technology (AMT)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020202195520\/http:\/\/worldaccessfortheblind.org\/thesis.txt\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Echolocation: How humans can &#8220;see&#8221; without sight<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antarestech.com\/seeing-ears-making-music-production-accessible-for-the-visually-impaired\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Seeing With Your Ears: Making Music Production Accessible for the Visually Impaired<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S8qMpohp23k\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">This Blind Astrophysicist &#8216;Sees&#8221; the Universe in the most amazing way\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WS6iFmkgOyE\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">University of Kent&#8217;s Tactile Map (Draft )<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peatworks.org\/accessible-technology-skills-gap-report\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Accessible Technology Skills Gap Report<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigabbott.co.uk\/blog\/defining-a-strategy-for-accessibility\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Defining a strategy for digital accessibility<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/accessibility-manual.dwp.gov.uk\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">DWP Accessibility Manual<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56e0c11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56e0c11\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19f1f96\" data-id=\"19f1f96\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70e1927 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"70e1927\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06e38b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06e38b7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b39e743\" data-id=\"b39e743\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bb7823 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bb7823\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The University of Westminster is thankful to all the participants and presenters for joining our GAAD celebrations. We take great pride in our contributions to making our digital spaces inclusive and accessible. Digital Accessibility initiatives are part of the university&#8217;s Being Westminster strategy to promote sustainable development. We look forward to continuing working to make our learning spaces accessible and to host many more valuable events to raise awareness regarding Digital Accessibility in the future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Westminster celebrated Global Accessibility Awareness Day(GAAD) by organising a week-long series of webinars. Digital Accessibility specialists across the UK joined and shared their valuable experiences. 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