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Global Accessibility Awareness Day – 19th May 2022
Accessibility

Global Accessibility Awareness Day – 19th May 2022

Posted on May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 by Tharindu Liyanagunawardena

Every year the third Thursday of May is the Global Accessibility Awareness Day. This year it falls on the 19th of May.

Badges on Moodle
Accessibility

Badges on Moodle

Posted on February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 by Tharindu Liyanagunawardena

If you have earned a badge on Moodle platform you can view them by going to your profile. Dashboard > Preferences > Badges > Manage badges allow you to download the badges or view them.

Automating Badge Issuing on the Accessibility Course
Accessibility

Automating Badge Issuing on the Accessibility Course

Posted on February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 by Tharindu Liyanagunawardena

Open badges can be offered automatically when certain criteria is fulfilled. If a badge is offered for a reflective piece would offering the badge automatically devalue the badge?

Assistive Technologies
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Assistive Technologies

Posted on December 2, 2021December 3, 2021 by Tharindu Liyanagunawardena

No technology will be able to make badly designed/created content accessible. In simple terms, for the assistive technologies to work, we need to create content that is accessible.

How we view disability
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How we view disability

Posted on November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 by Tharindu Liyanagunawardena

Last week we launched the UCEM Accessibility Awareness Course. Read more about the UCEM Accessibility Awareness Course. Today I am introducing the first section of…

Launch of UCEM Accessibility Awareness Course
Accessibility

Launch of UCEM Accessibility Awareness Course

Posted on November 3, 2021November 11, 2021 by Tharindu Liyanagunawardena

I have been running accessibility awareness webinars and workshops at UCEM with my colleague Graham for almost two years now. We had great feedback from…

Creating Accessible Presentations with PowerPoint
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Creating Accessible Presentations with PowerPoint

Posted on May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 by Tharindu Liyanagunawardena

In our Accessibility: Basics webinar series at UCEM, many participants ask questions about creating accessible presentations. Many Microsoft users utilise PowerPoint software to create slides…

Accessibility Awareness Basics – Webinar
Accessibility

Accessibility Awareness Basics – Webinar

Posted on November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 by Tharindu Liyanagunawardena

Today I ran the first Accessibility Awareness: Basics webinar, first of a series of webinars intended to fill the gap left by abandoning our in…

Interactive H5P presentation template for accessible online learning
Accessibility

Interactive H5P presentation template for accessible online learning

Posted on November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 by Ian Elliott

About the template It’s possible to add more exciting elements to the presentation, such as various quiz types, but we’ve only included elements we were…

Accessibility Tips: Accessible Links
Accessibility

Accessibility Tips: Accessible Links

Posted on October 12, 2020October 13, 2020 by Tharindu Liyanagunawardena

Have you seen “click here” links while browsing? I think this is one of the most common inaccessible elements I have seen. Why is “Click…

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