Re-launching the iTeach Online Podcast

Exciting news! This week we have re-launched the iTeach Online Podcast with a new presenting team, after a few years off air. The podcast re-launches with a special episode focusing on work to support digital accessibility at the University of Nottingham. Your new hosts, Ben and Claire introduce the in studio guest, Nicholas Cameron (Learning …

Ensuring Inclusivity in Moodle: The Importance of Testing Accessibility

(Reading time 3m 29s) As I mentioned at the start of this month, our June blog focus is all things accessibility-related, due to our free-to-attend upcoming Digital Accessibility Conference. Well, it has come around fast, and it’s now just a few days to go before the 2024 Digital Accessibility Conference: Transforming the Culture! With almost …

Digital Accessibility Conference at UoN: Transforming the Culture

(Reading time: 1m 44s) Almost there! It’s just over a week until our highly anticipated Digital Accessibility Conference on June 26th, 2024, which will be taking place online and is free to attend. Why not make a day of it and book out a few rooms for your staff to watch the presentations and take …

Unlocking Inclusive Social Media: Facts, Myths, and Accessibility Tips

(Reading time: 3m 57s) As mentioned in last week’s blog post on PDF accessibility, we are dedicating our June posts to all things accessibility. Why? Well, because on Wednesday, June 26th, 2024, we are very excited to be holding our second Digital Accessibility Conference. Just a bit of an update too: registration for this free …

Making PDFs Accessible: Why and How?

(Reading time – 2 m 51s) As we prepare for our second Accessibility Conference (online and free to attend) on June 26th, 2024, I have decided to dedicate this month to writing a few blog posts focused on accessibility. It’s also timely for me, given that I’ve recently been co-developing training materials that highlight the …

Mathematical Notation In Moodle

There are many disciplines across the University of Nottingham who make use of mathematical notation in their teaching. From the Faculty of Science to Engineering and beyond. Below we have shared some of the tools that you can use to embed mathematical notation in your teaching resources inside your Moodle module and in other formats …

Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Thursday, May 16, 2024, marks the 13th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities. To mark GAAD 2024, a new video has been produced on the ‘Voices of Disability’. Staff and students can access the video on …

Pop-Up Empathy Lab at the University of Nottingham: Understanding Accessibility

Today I share my reflections from attending a very thought-provoking empathy lab. The Digital and Technology Services at the University of Nottingham provides a pop-up empathy lab with simulator kits to offer staff and students the opportunity to gain insight into the potential experiences resulting from certain disabilities. In total, there were seven learning stations, …

Call For Papers: Digital Accessibility Conference 2024

Call for papers is now open for the 2024 Digital Accessibility Conference hosted at the University of Nottingham! Please submit a proposal. The deadline for proposals is May 17th. Please address one of the conference themes. We want to keep the pace high during the day, and so we are keeping sessions quite short. A …

Faculty of Social Sciences SACA Digital Accessibility Project

Throughout the 2023–4 academic year, we are running a new feature on the Learning Technology (LT) blog: a faculty takeover month! Each month, we will feature posts from different faculty members at the university. Every Friday, posts will highlight interesting work and ideas related to technology in teaching and learning and showcase unique projects from within …