Nearly everyone at the University of Washington contributes to our digital community. We are collectively building new awareness and skills to make sure our digital content is accessible to all users, including students, staff, faculty, and visitors with disabilities.
If you create documents and course content in Word, PowerPoint, or PDF; produce videos; design or contribute content to websites; or choose which technology tools to buy, you play a role in creating our online presence and share in the responsibility to make it accessible.
We encourage you to get involved in the University of Washington’s accessibility community. Together, we can break down barriers and build a university that is truly accessible and welcoming to everyone. Here are a few ways to get connected.
Digital Accessibility Liaisons
Join the Digital Accessibility Liaisons, a Community of Practice of colleagues who are excited to learn more about digital accessibility and to build their own skills so they can share what they learn with their units. Among other activities, they meet as a group several times per year for training and discussion. For more information, see the Digital Accessibility Liaisons page.
- Audience: Open to everyone in the UW community, all skill levels.
- Schedule: Quarterly. Dates for AY 2026-2027 will be announced in August.
- Register: Consult the Digital Accessibility Calendar for registration links for any of these meetings.
- To join the Liaisons CoP: Send an email to itaccessliaisons@uw.edu requesting access, and you will be added to the Digital Accessibility Liaisons workspace in Microsoft Teams. Recordings of the meetings and the slide decks are posted for Digital Accessibility Liaisons community in the Teams channel.
Collaborative Accessibility Problem-Solving (CAPS)
Join colleagues for this informal networking series with other faculty support partners across the UW system for collaborative problem-solving. We’ll talk about challenges we face and how we can support faculty in accessibility efforts in the coming academic year.
- Audience: Faculty support staff across the UW community, instructional designers, communications staff, learning technology staff, administrative staff, librarians
- Schedule: On hiatus, reconvening in October: Stay tuned for an updated schedule!
- Register: Consult the Digital Accessibility Calendar to sign up for meetings.
Events
The University of Washington offers a wide variety of events related to digital accessibility, including ongoing events such as a Monthly Web Accessibility & Usability Meetup, Course Content Lunch & Learns; and a variety of trainings, workshops, and special events throughout the year. Visit our Events page for current upcoming events.
Digital Accessibility News at UW
Visit the following resources for the latest in digital accessibility news: