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Academic Accessibility and Accommodations

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Badges

Carolyn Speer, PhD

…student-driven in her approach to course and program development, and begins every project with the question, “what do the students need and want from this experience?” Badges Accessibility in Higher Education: Accessibility, Accommodations, and UDL Accessibility in Higher Education: Accessibility’s Legal Landscape Accessibility: Assistive Technologies

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Report An Accessibility Problem

Accessibility Problem Reporting Form Please complete this form to let us know about the accessibility issue you have discovered. Details from this report will be forwarded to the teams that can address the issue. Accessibility issues are barriers that limit a person’s ability to use an item, service, or piece of content because of an impairment that person…

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Check your work before you publish

Home / Canvas guides / Accessibility Canvas guide · Accessibility Check your work before you publish Build accessibility in as you go, then confirm it with the built-in tools. The Canvas Rich Content Editor includes an accessibility checker, the small icon in the editor toolbar, that flags common problems on a page: missing alt text, low contrast, headings…

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WSU Newsletters

Teaching Tomorrow’s March 2026 issue is here with a focus on accessibility

The March 2026 issue of Teaching Tomorrow is now available. This month’s newsletter highlights ongoing conversations around accessibility, technology and higher education. The contributors of this month’s issue moved beyond just how to do accessibility and touch on the larger ideas of shared culture and community. Heather Merchant shares how small,…

https://news.wichita.edu/2026/03/13/teaching-tomorrows-march-2026-issue-is-here-with-a-focus-on-accessibility/

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Accessibility Committee

Accessibility Committee Established by the General Counsel's office to coordinate WSU's efforts to respond to the settlement with the National Foundation for the Blind. Agreement deadline is 2020. Timeline of tasks. Molly Gordon - Chair Faculty Representatives: Samuel Willis, Nils Hakansson, Jean Griffith, David Eichhorn, Katherine Bradfield. Additional…

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WSU Newsletters

CTAC is looking for feedback on accessibility on campus

The Office of Civil Rights, Title IX & ADA Compliance (CTAC) invites all members of the Shocker community to make suggestions regarding accessibility on campus by participating in the WSU ADA Transition Plan survey. The information generated from the survey will help prioritize barriers and generate a proposed schedule for their remediation. Wichita State…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/10/03/ctac-is-looking-for-feedback-on-accessibility-on-campus/

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Headings, structure, and link text

Home / Canvas guides / Accessibility Canvas guide · Accessibility Headings, structure, and link text Structure pages with real headings and write link text that makes sense on its own. In the Canvas Rich Content Editor, use the paragraph styles menu to apply real headings (Heading 2, then Heading 3, then Heading 4) in logical order, rather than making text…

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Headings, structure, and link text

Home / Blackboard guides / Accessibility Blackboard guide · Accessibility Headings, structure, and link text Structure pages with real headings and write link text that makes sense on its own. In the Blackboard content editor, use the text style menu to apply the built-in styles in order. Blackboard labels these styles Title, Header, Subheader, and Paragraph…

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WSU Newsletters

Register for Shock This Space Accessibility Story Challenge

Students are invited to register for the Shock this Space Accessibility Story Challenge, a 24-hour competition 7 p.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 7-8. This event is tentatively scheduled to take place at the John Bardo Center but may move to a virtual platform via Zoom. All registered teams will be notified beforehand. During the competition students will compete…

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/10/06/register-for-shock-this-space-accessibility-story-challenge/

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SGA in Action: Senate Passes Key Legislation, Advances Accessibility and Student Support Initiatives in October 2025

SGA in Action: Senate Passes Key Legislation, Advances Accessibility and Student Support Initiatives in October 2025 Holly Xiong, Director of Media Relations 11/07/2025 08:00:00 AM From funding major accessibility upgrades in the CAC Theatre to supporting TRIO programs and revising freshman representation, SGA’s Legislative Branch had a busy October. The…

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WSU Newsletters

NEH awards WSU professor $150,000 to further develop accessibility app

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently awarded a Wichita State University faculty member $150,000 to further develop a smartphone application that allows visually impaired people to read materials rich in visual content. Dr. Darren DeFrain, professor of English and director of Wichita State’s Writing Program, has spent five years…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/02/17/neh-awards-wsu-professor-150000-to-further-develop-accessibility-app/

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WSU researcher awarded $100K from NEH for accessibility app | Wichita State News

WSU researcher awarded $100K from NEH for accessibility app Sara Ornelas, Marketing Content Developer 08/26/2021 02:42:09 PM Aug. 26, 2021 — The National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) has awarded a Wichita State University researcher $100,000 for his work on developing an app that allows visually impaired people to read comic books and graphic novels. This …

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WSU partners with local community to increase Redbud Trail accessibility | Wichita State University News

WSU partners with local community to increase Redbud Trail accessibility WSU Strategic Communications 05/18/2022 12:58:27 PM May 18, 2022 -- Wichita State University is working with a group of community organizations to make a popular pathway more welcoming and accessible to Wichita walkers and bikers. This is the first bullet. Use what you need and delete…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2022/05-may/BikeWalkR_7.php

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WSU partners with local community to increase Redbud Trail accessibility | Wichita State News

WSU partners with local community to increase Redbud Trail accessibility Abigail Klein, public relations advisor 05/13/2022 11:14:20 AM May 13, 2022 — Wichita State University is working with a group of community organizations to make a popular pathway more welcoming and accessible to Wichita walkers and bikers. This is the first bullet. Use what you need…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews/news/2022/05-may/BikeWalk_7.php

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WSU researcher awarded $100K from NEH for accessibility app | Wichita State News

WSU researcher awarded $100K from NEH for accessibility app WSU Strategic Communications 08/26/2021 03:23:51 PM Aug. 26, 2021 — The National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) has awarded a Wichita State University researcher $100,000 for his work on developing an app that allows visually impaired people to read comic books and graphic novels. This is the first …

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2021/08-aug/vizling_3.php

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Open Textbook Resources

…$500-$1000 stipends for faculty members to review and adopt these resources. Wikibooks - A collection of open-content textbooks built on a Wikipedia-like platform. Textbook Accessibility Resources BC Open Textbook Accessibility Toolkit - The Accessibility Toolkit provides the needed resources for each content creator, instructional designer, educational…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/academic_affairs/OAT/opentextbookresources.php

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Annual Report 2020-2021

…leadership for effective and creative use of instructional technologies and information servcies throughout Wichita State University. The MRC is made up of five teams: Academic Accessibility and Accommodations Campus Media Services Instructional Design and Access Video Serivces & WSU TV Web Services Academic Accessibility and Accommodations (AAA) Manager:…

https://www.wichita.edu/services/mrc/annualreport2021.php

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Annual Report 2018-2019

…leadership for effective and creative use of instructional technologies and information servcies throughout Wichita State University. The MRC is made up of five teams: Academic Accessibility and Accommodations Campus Media Services Instructional Design and Access Video Serivces & WSU TV Web Services Academic Accessibility and Accommodations (AAA) Manager:…

https://www.wichita.edu/services/mrc/annualreport2019.php

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Annual Report 2019-2020

…leadership for effective and creative use of instructional technologies and information servcies throughout Wichita State University. The MRC is made up of five teams: Academic Accessibility and Accommodations Campus Media Services Instructional Design and Access Video Serivces & WSU TV Web Services Academic Accessibility and Accommodations (AAA) Manager:…

https://www.wichita.edu/services/mrc/annualreport2020.php