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

Digital Accessibility Liaisons Fall 2026 Meeting

Join us as we welcome new and existing Digital Accessibility Liaison members to our first Community of Practice meeting of the 2026-2027 academic year!

Agenda

Time Topic
10:00 am to 10:10 am Opening and Welcome
10:10 am to 10:15 am Digital Accessibility Initiative Workstream: Training Team Overview
10:15 am to 10:25 am Digital Accessibility Product Review Process (Beth Somerfield and Erik Steen)
10:25 am to 10:30 am Break
10:30 am to 11:00 am Little Forest discussion and demo (Gaby de Jongh)
11:00 am to 11:15 am Community Partners: Working together to build digital accessibility (Aiden Sizemore, College of Education)
11:15 am to 11:25 am Open Q & A to our members: Your input for building our community?
11:25 am to 11:30 am Updates & What’s next

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, 11:00 am to 12:00 Noon, on Zoom.
  • Register: Consult the Digital Accessibility Calendar to sign up for the meetings.

Workshops and Trainings

Autumn 2026 Accessibility POP (Progress over Perfection) Sessions

Do you feel like you have no time for accessibility training?

This autumn, make an afternoon cup of tea or coffee and join a fun and collegial accessibility training session with your peers!

POP sessions are 60-minute interactive workshops, each focusing on one particular accessibility topic or skill. Each session consists of instruction (15 to 20 minutes), practice and question time (30 minutes), and final reflection.

Accessibility POP session are not recorded. Slide decks are shared during sessions and are also available upon request.

Audience: All members of the UW community, regardless of role or skill level.
Schedule: Select Wednesdays during Autumn Quarter, on Zoom, from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

Date Session: Topic/Skill
October 14 Session 1: Readability & Document Design (NEW!)
October 21 Session 2: Simple Tables in Digital Documents (NEW!)
October 28 Session 3: Simple Alternative Text
November 4 Session 4: Accessible Slide Deck Design
November 18 Session 5: Accessible Presentation Delivery
December 2 Session 6: Accessibility Checkers
December 9 Session 7: Accessibility and Library Resources (NEW!)
December 16 Session 8: Basic Accessibility in Excel (NEW!)

Course Accessibility Lunch & Learns (Monthly)

Join us again in Autumn 2026 for the return of our monthly Lunch & Learns. We’ll continue to hear special guests from across the UW community talk about various tools and topics related to course accessibility. There will be something for everyone!

Lunch & Learn sessions are recorded and will be posted below after being edited for accessibility.

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.

Save the date for our first Lunch & Learn of the year: Tuesday, November 3!

Schedule coming soon!

Fix Your Content Day, Autumn 2026

Thank you for participating in the Fix Your Content Day event. Session materials are now available on the Fix Your Content Day, Autumn 2026 page.

Recorded Accessible Technology Webinars, Trainings, and Events

UWIT 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.