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Accessible Technology

Events

The Digital Accessibility Calendar includes ATS and campus-wide events related to digital accessibility.

Monthly UW Web Accessibility and Usability Meetup

These monthly meetups provide an opportunity for UW web developers and designers to discuss accessibility and usability issues in a relaxed, casual setting, and provide friendly feedback on one another’s web projects. We encourage you to bring your accessibility questions or just join us to see what others are working on.

  • Audience: UW web developers and designers
  • Schedule: 4th Tuesday of each month, 11:00am – Noon, on Zoom.
  • Get signed up: Consult the Digital Accessibility Calendar to sign up for the meetings.

Collaborative Accessibility Problem-Solving (CAPS) Meetup (Monthly)

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: 4th Tuesday of each month, 3:00 – 4:00pm
  • Get signed up:  Consult the Digital Accessibility Calendar to sign up for the meetings.

Digital Accessibility Liaisons Community of Practice (Quarterly)

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, on the following dates in AY 2025-2026:
    • Oct. 22—2:00 to 3:30 pm
    • Jan. 21—10:00-11:30 am
    • April 22—1:00-2:30 pm
  • Get signed up: Consult the Digital Accessibility Calendar for registration links for any of these meetings. Recordings of the meetings and the slide decks are posted in the

To join the Liaisons CoP: Simply 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.

Workshops and Training

Spring 2026 Accessibility POP (Progress over Perfection) Sessions

Do you feel like you have no time for accessibility training? POP sessions are 60-minute interactive workshops, each focusing on one particular accessibility topic or skill. Each session consists of instruction (15-20 min.); practice and question time (30-min.); and final reflection.

This spring, why not wrap up your afternoon with a fun and collegial accessibility training session with your peers?

Audience: All members of the UW community, regardless of skill level.

Schedule: Select Wednesdays during Spring Quarter, on Zoom from 3-4:00 pm

Course Accessibility Lunch & Learns (Monthly)

Join us for monthly Lunch & Learns and hear special guests from across the UW community talk about various tools and topics related to course accessibility! There is something for everyone! Recordings of past Lunch & Learns will be posted soon.

Audience: Instructors at all levels, TAs, Faculty Support Staff, the UW community

Schedule: The first Tuesday of the month, on Zoom from noon to 1:00 pm.

  • Oct. 7: A Cleaner, Leaner Canvas Course with TidyUP (video link to come)
  • Nov. 4: Does it really have to be a PDF? A chat about alternatives (video link to come)
  • Dec. 9: Explore UDOIT, our new Canvas Accessibility Checker
  • Jan. 6: Ask Us! Accessibility Resources at the UW Libraries
  • Feb. 3: Seven Practical Moves Toward Disability Justice in the Classroom
  • March 3: Building Space Together: Deaf Students and Hearing Allies in Academia 
  • April 7: What do I do with all these PDFs? Inventorying and Assessing your PDF Backlog   

Save the Date for Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2026

Join the celebration! The UW community has worked so hard on digital accessibility this year! Everyone in the UW community is welcome to celebrate on Thursday, May 21, with a day of community and sharing. Registration is already open; more details on the agenda to come!

Recorded Accessible Technology Webinars, Trainings, and Events

UW-IT Accessible Technology Services (ATS) has offered webinars on a variety of topics, such as teaching an accessible online course, web accessibility, document accessibility, video accessibility, testing with screen readers, and accessibility in procurement. Recordings are available on the Recorded Webinars, Trainings, and Events page.