{"id":10959,"date":"2022-05-05T14:40:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T13:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/?p=10959"},"modified":"2022-06-07T08:36:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T07:36:12","slug":"19th-may-global-accessibility-awareness-day-gaad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/2022\/05\/05\/19th-may-global-accessibility-awareness-day-gaad\/","title":{"rendered":"19th May – Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To mark GAAD<\/strong><\/a>, ‘Anthology and Blackboard’ is hosting a 24-hour global event called…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Along with other institutions Edge Hill University is excited to be taking part, following our success in the event last year, Edge Hill University was placed 3rd in Europe for the most fixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event is focused on making accessible and inclusive digital learning content. The goal is to encourage staff to fix as many digital course files as possible using “Blackboard Ally”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure your content counts.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Any fix you achieve, however small, on \u2018Fix Your Content Day (19th May)\u2019, through the Ally tool will be included in the count and added to the total number of fixes made by Edge Hill University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember Ally can also be used to improve WYSIWYG (text editor) content, fixes here will count too. Here’s a demonstration of using the WYSIWYG editor with Ally.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support for participation.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Learning Services is holding a two-hour Fixathon 12-2pm (19th May), in person from the Catalyst \u2018Oak Room\u2019 and online via web conference, where you can drop in, ask questions about accessibility and bring any documents you want to work on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are you up for the challenge?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Get involved by making improvements to your content during ‘Fix Your Content Day’. Simply click where you see the red, orange or green Ally indicators<\/strong><\/a> next to the content you share with your students and follow the guidance to make those positive changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Track the Leaderboard.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When the clock strikes May 19th in the first time zone on Earth (Kiribati), the global leaderboard is launched and the competition begins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leveraging usage data from Blackboard Ally, the Leaderboard ranks each participating institution by their total number of files improved out of their total number of students and also tallies the total number of files improved across all Blackboard Ally users over the 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier posts may help you on your accessibility journey.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n