News

The following story is part of a series of profiles on the recipients of the Arts & Sciences Teaching Faculty Grants Fund. Grants are available to Teaching Faculty, and to Professional Faculty or ...
Users with visual, hearing, motor, or cognitive disabilities often face barriers unless specific accessibility considerations are built into websites. Fortunately, many of these adaptations are ...
Open your accessible source file in Microsoft Word. Go to the Acrobat tab in the ribbon (requires the Adobe Acrobat plug-in). Click Create PDF. In the pop-up window, make sure “Best for electronic ...
PowerPoint’s built-in layouts are structured to support accessibility. They include tagged placeholders for titles and content that help screen readers understand the slide’s organization. Avoid using ...
All videos uploaded to Panopto are automatically captioned using machine-generated speech recognition (ASR). While these captions provide a useful starting point, they must be reviewed and edited to ...
Designing your Blackboard Ultra course with accessibility in mind benefits all students, not just those with documented accommodations. The strategies below improve clarity, usability, and ...
The Strive for 85 initiative offers support and resources for instructors to use Blackboard Ally to improve the accessibility of digital course materials, enhance teaching, and create inclusive ...
Below are helpful resources from various animal welfare oversight bodies. It is advised that PIs familiarize themselves with these resources prior to submitting protocols to the IACUC to ensure ...
Shaping tomorrow’s changemakers through leadership, communication, and global insight — in partnership with Georgian Strategic Analysis Center. Created in collaboration with the Georgian Strategic ...
The Authentic Excellence Initiative is a multi-layered program designed to promote flourishing and resilience. The program explores the difference between “fear-based excellence” and “authentic ...
The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) program in Computer Science at William & Mary provides students with a broader understanding of computing and its applications in the ever-generalizing fields of computing.
Google Docs includes some built-in accessibility features, and you can install helpful add-ons for testing and improving accessibility. Go to Tools > Accessibility settings. Check boxes for “Turn on ...