AIDC 2024
who it's for
instructional designers, accessibility specialists, elearning developers, learning technologists, disability services coordinators, higher education administrators, training managers
topics
WCAG 2.1 and 3.0 compliance; LMS and SCORM interoperability; accessible assessment design; neurodivergent learner accommodations; accessible PowerPoint authoring; automated accessibility audits (WAVE, axe); AI plus OER course generation; captioning and translation workflows; assistive technology tools (NVDA, JAWS); ADA and Section 508 legal risks; inclusive classroom design practices; visual design for accessibility
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Price of Not Making Courses Accessible - Literally! | Kris MacDonald | 55m |
Laws named: ADA/Section 504, Section 508, IDEA and web standards WCAG 2.1/3.0 determine penalties and obligations for course materials, LMS content and school… | ||
| Why Do We Forget About H d n Disabilities? | Kris MacDonald | 01h 05m |
Shows that most hidden-disability needs are specific and solvable: claims that ~75% of people with invisible disabilities don’t use assistive devices and that… | ||
| Designing Future-Ready Classrooms: Leveraging AI & OER to Support Diverse Learners | Dr Chris Smith | 01h 04m |
Generates full, usable lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes and leveled reading passages by prompting ChatGPT Pro, pulls culturally grounded word problems… | ||
| Ack! My accessible SCORM isn’t working in my LMS! | Leah Chang | 40m |
Shows that accessible content can still fail at delivery: a blind tester using a screen reader cannot register (Coassemble redirect issues), so the course… | ||
| Accessible Assessment Creation | Donna Boucher | 49m |
Claims that well‑written MCQs can be valid, fair and accessible with concrete rules: map learning objectives to item counts (example: 20% of course → 2 of 10… | ||
| Auditing Online Courses for Accessibility | Nicole E'Toile | 50m |
Shows how to install and run WAVE and axe DevTools on a course page, map findings to WCAG success criteria (examples: 1.1 non‑text, 1.2 time‑based media… | ||
| Accommodating Neurodivergent Learners | Kayleen Holt | 01h 08m |
Claims that roughly 1 in 7 people are neurodivergent and common prevalences like autism ~1% and dyslexia up to 20% lead to concrete design rules: avoid… | ||
| Pretty is Accessible | Michelle Engstrom | 50m |
Argues that “pretty” and accessible are the same goal and shows concrete fixes: runs the Adobe Acrobat accessibility checker and fixes tag/reading order, adds… | ||
| Holistic Inclusive Learning Experiences: Beyond Compliance | Tejaswini Mulay | 49m |
Argues that following W3C and UDL is necessary but not sufficient and that a persistent intentional inclusion mindset—made of awareness, reflection, involving… | ||
| Empowering Instructors: Mastering Accessibility for Inclusive Learning Experiences | Michelle King | 01h 00m |
Workshop argues that accessible learning must remove barriers, not only accommodate, and cites US data (~30% of adults report a disability) and the updated UDL… | ||
| Empowering Everyone: Strategies for Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations | Maureen Boland | 40m |
Step‑by‑step PowerPoint guidance: set file title and language metadata, use slide layouts and Slide Master, keep fonts at or above 20 pt, avoid color as the… | ||
| Empathy: The Secret Ingredient to Exceptional Learning Experience Design | Jennifer Yaros | 56m |
Claim: empathy raises engagement and retention by aligning training to real learner needs. Uses an empathy map plus learner analysis (one‑on‑one interviews… | ||
| Executive Persuasion: Crafting the Business Case for Accessibility | Rebecca Prejean | 57m |
Company data shows 16% of people globally have a disability and only about 35% of working‑age people with disabilities are employed, while roughly 29% of… | ||
| Accessible Design Doesn't Have to Be a Drag | Jared Speight | 32m |
Shows how a standard drag‑and‑drop becomes usable by blind and motor‑impaired learners by layering keyboard triggers, motion paths and states on top of the… | ||
| Workplace Disability Accomodation | Toddi Norum | 47m |
Gives a step-by-step roadmap for filing workplace accommodation requests: document needs, tie each request to job performance, expect to provide limited… | ||
| Exploring Inclusion: Barriers, Burdens, and Breakthroughs | Deborah Harris | 45m |
Describes specific barriers (missing lactation room forced a 10–15 minute walk and a written lactation room proposal), organizational pushback on mandatory DEI… | ||
| The Importance of #a11y-ship | Alan Natachu | 40m |
Argues that accessibility matters now with concrete numbers — ~15% of people (~1+ billion) have disabilities, 26,000 permanent cases and 13 million temporary… | ||
| Accessibility Through Visual Design | Connie Malamed | 46m |
Practical steps for making eLearning visuals accessible: focus on color, contrast and alt text; use Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and tools like WebAIM… | ||
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