{"id":8938,"date":"2021-04-20T15:45:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T14:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/?p=8938"},"modified":"2021-04-20T15:45:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T14:45:28","slug":"global-accessibility-awareness-day-gaad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/2021\/04\/20\/global-accessibility-awareness-day-gaad\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-dark-gray-color\"><strong>On Thursday 20th May 2021 it is the tenth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).&nbsp;The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access, inclusion and accessibility.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/04\/GAADblog-1.png\" alt=\"Global Accessibility Awareness Day graphic of brightly coloured nondescript line drawings of people.\" class=\"wp-image-9059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/04\/GAADblog-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/04\/GAADblog-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/04\/GAADblog-1-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/04\/GAADblog-1-500x250.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know that 1 billion people Worldwide have disabilities. Some common disabilities and impairments include visual, hearing, motor and cognitive. The goal of Global Accessibility Awareness Day is to shine a light on digital access and inclusion for people with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Every user deserves a first-rate digital experience on the web. Someone with a disability must be able to experience web-based services, content and other digital products with the same successful outcome as those without disabilities.&nbsp;<\/p><cite>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org\/<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside our ongoing \u2018Build Accessible\u2019 campaign, we are excited to to support GAAD and we will also be taking part in the Global<strong> \u2018Fix Your Content Day 2021 \u2013 Blackboard Ally\u2019.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/04\/T-GAAD2021-5.png\" alt=\"Fix Your Content Day Graphic.\" class=\"wp-image-8993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/04\/T-GAAD2021-5.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/04\/T-GAAD2021-5-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/04\/T-GAAD2021-5-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/04\/T-GAAD2021-5-500x250.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This 24-hour competition (taking place on Thursday 20th May 2021) is committed to creating accessible and more inclusive digital learning content across institutions globally.&nbsp;The objective of the day is simple, make as many \u2018fixes\u2019 as possible to your Blackboard course files through using Blackboard Ally.&nbsp;During the day Blackboard will track the activity of participating Universities and award a champion at the end of the day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It would be great if lots of staff could engage with this competition, even just making a couple of fixes to your files would help push our accessibility score up and get Edge Hill on the leader board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To support staff with accessibility and GAAD why not attend our \u2018Build Accessible\u2019 drop-in session taking place on the day? Learn top tips on how to make your content more accessible and get support with any accessibility queries. Further details about the drop-in session can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/go.edgehill.ac.uk\/display\/staffdevelopment\/Getting+Digital+Ready\">Getting Digital Ready wiki page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This short video (1:06) provides an overview of accessibility scores: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ik_-ECvVWYs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ik_-ECvVWYs<\/a><\/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=\"View File Accessibility with Ally in Blackboard Learn\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ik_-ECvVWYs?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>For additional support with accessibility, visit our bespoke Accessibility wiki pages: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.edgehill.ac.uk\/display\/ls\/Accessibility\">https:\/\/go.edgehill.ac.uk\/display\/ls\/Accessibility<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read our latest blog posts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/2021\/03\/30\/blackboard-ally-course-accessibility-report\/\">Blackboard Ally Course Accessibility Report<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/2021\/02\/23\/build-accessible-student-use-of-alternative-formats\/\">Build Accessible-Student Use of Alternative Formats<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/2021\/01\/13\/build-accessible-inclusive-content-by-design\/\">Build Accessible \u2013 Inclusive Content by Design<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><strong>You can also tweet your accessibility good deeds throughout the day by using the hashtags #GAAD <\/strong>and <strong>#FixYourContentDay.<\/strong> Tag us @LTDatEHU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information or support please contact the LTD Team via email at <a href=\"mailto:ltdsupport@edgehill.ac.uk\">ltdsupport@edgehill.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 20th May 2021 it is the tenth Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).&nbsp;The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access, inclusion and accessibility. 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