What is digital accessibility?
The web is a powerful and increasingly necessary way of connecting with one another and the world. In order to provide equal access and opportunity to all, we must do our part to make UNC School of Medicine (SOM) websites accessible to everyone. Continue reading this article for content editors from the School of Medicine ITS.
Digital Accessibility Liaisons
Digital Accessibility Liaisons advocate for an accessible experience that enhances usability for everyone. They promote digital accessibility at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill within their unit. Acting as the main contact for their unit helps to scale up the Digital Accessibility Office’s (DAO) outreach efforts across campus. Each liaison is a volunteer who wants to learn and promote digital accessibility best practices.
Our Liaison
Our new department Digital Accessibility Liaison, Carolyn Clabo, has been attending monthly meetings with UNC Information Technology Services (ITS) since 2017. She is part of the Digital Accessibility office (DAO) working group responsible for establishing UNC’s policy and standards for Digital Accessibility. Carolyn will be our point person and can provide information on resources that are available here at UNC. Ms. Clabo is a member of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals, National Digital Inclusion Alliance, and HighEdWeb Association.
Articles and resources
Please read the Digital Accessibility office launches at ITS. For the DAO Office website and resources please click here. Join the next informational meeting to hear an overview of what the office does, the progress it has made on campus since its launch, and why it’s so important for UNC to be digitally accessible. Read more about the liaison program.
Digital Accessibility at UNC-Chapel Hill
Click the link in the title above for details about UNC policies, tools, services, and training opportunities.
The offices of Accessibility Services and Equal Opportunity/ADA Office offer other resources for the Carolina Community, such as information on accommodations. The offices work closely with the Digital Accessibility Office to support the accessibility of digital content, resources, and technology.
Upcoming training
Want to make sure that your website, course, software, or videos are accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities, but don’t know where to start? This training is for you.
In the Digital Accessibility Awareness training, you’ll:
- hear about different kinds of disabilities and ways to accommodate them
- learn the basics of creating accessible documents with Microsoft Office, PDF, and web
- find out about the Digital Accessibility Office team and services
Other training opportunities
- Digital Accessibility Awareness
- Captioning
- Web Accessibility Basics
- Digital Accessibility in Course Design
- Document Remediation Part 1 – Word and PowerPoint
- Document Remediation Part 2 – PDF Accessibility
- Social Media
- Procurement
- Zoom Accessibility
UNC will be offering this course regularly. See our calendar and sign up now. Digital Accessibility Awareness Training calendar.
To better serve our UNC community we have two forms of registration available. Permanent employees should use the Carolina Talent link so we can ensure you get credit for taking our courses. Temp workers, students, and other affiliates should use the LearningStream link.