Student Success Insights: Live Discussion with National Higher Ed Leaders
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How do you help students take action when the stakes are high—and the barriers aren’t always visible? Join this live discussion to explore new research from Dr. Lindsay Page, revealing what’s necessary for proactive, timely communication to produce measurable results—especially among students facing structural or motivational challenges. Moderated by Dr. Aviva Legatt, Author and Contributor at Forbes, we’ll join national leaders who apply these insights to improve outcomes at scale.
What You’ll Learn How to craft short messages that drive action , When and how often to reach out , What hidden barriers hold students back , Examples from colleges putting it into practice.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Mainstay. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Faculty.
Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Online.
For more info visit mainstay.com. Getting Adoption, Measuring Impact, and Supporting Every Student with AI in Higher Education
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AI is everywhere. But what does meaningful, responsible and impactful use actually look like in higher education? Join a candid roundtable with higher ed thought leaders using AI today to hear how campuses are using it thoughtfully to solve real problems.
Whether they’re streamlining communications, improving equity, or responding to shifting federal policies, each panelist brings practical lessons from the front lines of implementation.
Join to hear them talk specifics of AI in higher ed, like: Measuring the true impact of AI across student outcomes and staff capacity , Building buy-in across campus, even amidst shrinking teams and resources , Using AI to support first-gen, international, and underserved students , Communicating and navigating complex changes with AI (like FAFSA delays or policy shifts) , Leading through change with a focus on human connection and responsible adoption.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Gravyty. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Faculty.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Online.
For more info visit gravyty.com. Hypothes.is Webinar: Activating Annotation in Your LMS
Registration Required
Prepare for the fall term with this workshop focused on getting started with Hypothesis. The Hypothesis team will share how teachers are using annotation-powered reading to help students develop foundational academic skills like deep reading and persuasive writing. In addition to sharing pedagogical best practices for social annotation, we will demonstrate how Hypothesis is used with course readings in your LMS.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Hypothes.is. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty.
Thursday, August 14, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit hypothesis.zoom.us. UW-IT Accessibility Team: Make an Accessibility Plan Workshop Session 1B
REGISTRATION REQUIRED, A key question faculty and staff ask about making their courses and other content accessible is “Where should I start?” In this series of three 45-minute sessions, Mary-Colleen Jenkins from the UW-IT Accessible Technologies Team helps faculty and staff establish a starting point for building their own plan in three steps: an informal audit of your current tools and workflow; , thinking about your ‘first next thing; and , setting up a cleaner, leaner Canvas (or other) course. We’ll end by talking about considerations for setting priorities.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: UW-IT Accessible Technologies https://www.washington.edu/accesstech/. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty, Staff.
Monday, August 18, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. UW-IT Accessibility Team: Make an Accessibility Plan Workshop Session 2B
REGISTRATION REQUIRED, A key question faculty and staff ask about making their courses and other content accessible is “Where should I start?” In this series of three 45-minute sessions, Mary-Colleen Jenkins from the UW-IT Accessible Technologies Team helps faculty and staff establish a starting point for building their own plan in three steps: an informal audit of your current tools and workflow; , thinking about your ‘first next thing; and , setting up a cleaner, leaner Canvas (or other) course. We’ll end by talking about considerations for setting priorities.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: UW-IT Accessible Technologies https://www.washington.edu/accesstech/. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty, Staff.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. UW-IT Accessibility Team: POP Session 4 - Simple Alternative Text
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Join Mary-Colleen Jenkins from the UW-IT Accessible Technologies Team for an informal, guided sessions to learn and apply accessibility skills to your own content. They call them POP groups (aka Progress Over Perfection groups). Come for one or two or all five sessions. Here’s what we’ll do in each time we meet — this is an updated version of the same series announced on June 18, 2025: 15-min. -- Learn or review one digital accessibility skill (e.g. Built-in Headings) , 30-min. -- Practice the skill in your own break out room (or stay and ask questions in the main room) , 15-min. -- Set a personal mini-goal to apply this skill in the coming days POP group sessions are open to everyone at UW, including faculty and staff. This is a fun and easy way to learn and get a bit of work done. Imagine this! You can get from 30- to 150-minutes of digital accessibility work done by attending some (or all) of these informal sessions.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: UW-IT Accessible Technologies https://www.washington.edu/accesstech/. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty, Staff.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Hypothes.is Webinar: Hypothes.is New Features
Registration Required
The Hypothesis team will host a review of recently released Hypothesis features, including autograding, image annotation, instructor dashboards, and video annotation. Ideally, attendees will already be familiar with using Hypothesis.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Hypothes.is. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty.
Thursday, August 21, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit hypothesis.zoom.us. UW-IT Accessibility Team: Make an Accessibility Plan Workshop Session 3B
REGISTRATION REQUIRED, A key question faculty and staff ask about making their courses and other content accessible is “Where should I start?” In this series of three 45-minute sessions, Mary-Colleen Jenkins from the UW-IT Accessible Technologies Team helps faculty and staff establish a starting point for building their own plan in three steps: an informal audit of your current tools and workflow; , thinking about your ‘first next thing; and , setting up a cleaner, leaner Canvas (or other) course. We’ll end by talking about considerations for setting priorities.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: UW-IT Accessible Technologies https://www.washington.edu/accesstech/. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty, Staff.
Friday, August 22, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. Cidilabs Webinar: Managing Accessibility Initiatives and Continuous Improvement
If leading an accessibility initiative feels overwhelming, you’re not alone—coordinating the many parts and players from end to end is no small feat. Are you looking for a way to support and manage it all so that the work is streamlined and can happen at scale? Then don’t miss this session where we’ll showcase a practical accessibility workflow from grasping the state of accessibility at your institution all the way to supporting best practices while editing a Canvas page. Plus, we’ll demonstrate how Cidi Labs tools help streamline efforts, reduce the workload, centralize communication, and document progress all without leaving Canvas—making it easier to stay organized and keep accessibility moving forward as a continuous, sustainable effort.
Registration Required.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: info@cidilabs.com. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Staff & Faculty.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit cidilabs.zoom.us. Hypothes.is Webinar: Annotate Your Syllabus
Registration Required
Engage students from the start by having them annotate the syllabus collaboratively. This low-stakes activity fosters discussion, encourages questions, and sets a tone for engagement. Join the Hypothesis team to explore strategies for implementing this assignment and learn how collaborative annotation can enhance student success throughout the term.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Hypothes.is. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty.
Thursday, August 28, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit hypothesis.zoom.us. Monthly UW Instruction Accessibility Meetup
Faculty and course designers are invited to join an informal, friendly conversation about making online components of courses accessible to students with disabilities. Ask questions about accessibility and universal design for learning (UDL), hear colleagues’ ideas, and share what is working for your own courses!
Meetings are hosted by Mary-Colleen Jenkins, an instruction accessibility specialist with Accessible Technology Services (ATS). Mary-Colleen is a former UW instructor herself, so this is a great opportunity to discuss logistics and how to set priorities for improving course accessibility without feeling overwhelmed.
Meetups are typically on the 1st Tuesday of each month, from 12-1:00 pm on Zoom. Feel free to eat lunch while we meet! All meetups are open to interested members of the UW community but require registration.
Please register for the next meetup on Access Tech's events page to receive the Zoom link.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: UW-IT. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Staff & Faculty.
Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. UW-IT Accessibility Team: Collaborative Accessibility Problem Solving (CAPS)
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Faculty and course designers are invited to join an informal, friendly conversation about making online components of courses accessible to students with disabilities. Ask questions about accessibility and universal design for learning (UDL), hear colleagues’ ideas, and share what is working for your own courses!
Meetings are hosted by Mary-Colleen Jenkins, an instruction accessibility specialist with Accessible Technology Services (ATS). Mary-Colleen is a former UW instructor herself, so this is a great opportunity to discuss logistics and how to set priorities for improving course accessibility without feeling overwhelmed.
Meetups are typically on the 1st Tuesday of each month, from 12-1:00 pm on Zoom. Feel free to eat lunch while we meet! All meetups are open to interested members of the UW community but require registration.
Please register for the next meetup on Access Tech's events page to receive the Zoom link.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: UW-IT. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty & Staff.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. UW-IT Accessibility Team: POP Session 5 - Slide Presentations
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Join Mary-Colleen Jenkins from the UW-IT Accessible Technologies Team for an informal, guided sessions to learn and apply accessibility skills to your own content. They call them POP groups (aka Progress Over Perfection groups). Come for one or two or all five sessions. Here’s what we’ll do in each time we meet — this is an updated version of the same series announced on June 18, 2025: 15-min. -- Learn or review one digital accessibility skill (e.g. Built-in Headings) , 30-min. -- Practice the skill in your own break out room (or stay and ask questions in the main room) , 15-min. -- Set a personal mini-goal to apply this skill in the coming days POP group sessions are open to everyone at UW, including faculty and staff. This is a fun and easy way to learn and get a bit of work done. Imagine this! You can get from 30- to 150-minutes of digital accessibility work done by attending some (or all) of these informal sessions.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: UW-IT Accessible Technologies https://www.washington.edu/accesstech/. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty, Staff.
Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. GenAI in Instructional Design: Survey Findings on ID Use, Challenges, and Needs
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This presentation shares the results of a survey exploring how instructional designers (IDs) in higher education use generative AI (GenAI) in their practice. IDs use GenAI in online and blended course development (e.g. to develop materials) and also guide faculty on GenAI use for teaching. IDs identified several challenges with GenAI, including credibility, ethical, and academic integrity concerns. They reported struggling to keep up with rapidly evolving GenAI technologies and the need for various types of support to successfully implement GenAI at their institutions. We will discuss the implications for our research for IDs and GenAI integration into teaching and learning processes at institutions of higher education.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Describe how IDs are using GenAI in online and blended courses , Identify challenges faced by IDs when integrating GenAI in their practice , Identify support needed by IDs to integrate emerging…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Live closed captioning will be made available for this event. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit fsu.zoom.us. Cidilabs Webinar: Finding Your ‘Why’ to Motivate Action
Instructors’ plates are often full just delivering course content and monitoring student progress. Adding accessibility work to an already overflowing plate can leave educators wondering whether the effort is worth it. Join us for an immersive experience designed to demonstrate why accessibility matters for learners. Once equipped with deeper understanding, you’ll see how Cidi Labs tools help turn that knowledge into action, making it easy for anyone to remediate issues and impact Canvas course accessibility without specialized expertise. Whether you’re an administrator or designer hoping to empower instructors or an educator looking for your ‘why,’ this session will provide a memorable experience and practical strategies for moving the needle on course accessibility.
Registration Required.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: info@cidilabs.com. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Staff & Faculty.
Thursday, September 25, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit cidilabs.zoom.us. Monthly UW Instruction Accessibility Meetup
Faculty and course designers are invited to join an informal, friendly conversation about making online components of courses accessible to students with disabilities. Ask questions about accessibility and universal design for learning (UDL), hear colleagues’ ideas, and share what is working for your own courses!
Meetings are hosted by Mary-Colleen Jenkins, an instruction accessibility specialist with Accessible Technology Services (ATS). Mary-Colleen is a former UW instructor herself, so this is a great opportunity to discuss logistics and how to set priorities for improving course accessibility without feeling overwhelmed.
Meetups are typically on the 1st Tuesday of each month, from 12-1:00 pm on Zoom. Feel free to eat lunch while we meet! All meetups are open to interested members of the UW community but require registration.
Please register for the next meetup on Access Tech's events page to receive the Zoom link.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: UW-IT. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Staff & Faculty.
Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Cidilabs Webinar: Mythbusting...Accessible Courses Need Not Be Boring!
Think you need to limit or avoid interactivity, multimedia, and other engaging design elements in order to make your courses accessible? Then join us as we tackle that myth head on and flip the script on accessibility, showcasing how inclusive design can enhance course design, not limit it. In this exciting webinar, the Cidi Labs team will debunk common myths about accessible course design and explore how thoughtful accessibility strategies can actually lead to clearer, more effective, and more engaging learning experiences for everyone. You’ll see how our tools help you create dazzling and accessible Canvas courses, with practical design ideas that are not only inclusive, but also interactive, visually appealing, and fun to build!
Registration Required.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: info@cidilabs.com. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Staff & Faculty.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit cidilabs.zoom.us. Beyond Barriers - How AI is Revolutionizing Accessibility & Empowering Educators: A 3-Step Process for Integrating A.I. in Teaching
REGISTRATION REQUIRED, Presentation 1: Beyond Barriers - How AI is Revolutionizing Accessibility
AI tools have streamlined the process of creating accessible courses. This webinar showcases free and low-cost AI solutions for developing and remediating accessible course materials. Learn effective strategies for prioritizing accessibility audits and collaborating with institutional departments to leverage subject matter expertise. Discover how AI can reduce faculty and instructional designer's workload while creating equitable learning experiences for all students.
Presentation 2: Empowering Educators - A 3-Step Process for Integrating A.I. in Teaching
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) has been at the forefront of novel teaching and learning strategies and innovations since ChatGPT entered public consciousness in November of 2022. However, not all educators learn about and experience the use of A.I. equally. This webinar is dedicated to demonstrating a 3-step process for instructional designers and educational…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Live closed captioning will be made available for this event. Event Types: Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit fsu.zoom.us. Monthly UW Instruction Accessibility Meetup
Faculty and course designers are invited to join an informal, friendly conversation about making online components of courses accessible to students with disabilities. Ask questions about accessibility and universal design for learning (UDL), hear colleagues’ ideas, and share what is working for your own courses!
Meetings are hosted by Mary-Colleen Jenkins, an instruction accessibility specialist with Accessible Technology Services (ATS). Mary-Colleen is a former UW instructor herself, so this is a great opportunity to discuss logistics and how to set priorities for improving course accessibility without feeling overwhelmed.
Meetups are typically on the 1st Tuesday of each month, from 12-1:00 pm on Zoom. Feel free to eat lunch while we meet! All meetups are open to interested members of the UW community but require registration.
Please register for the next meetup on Access Tech's events page to receive the Zoom link.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: UW-IT. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Staff & Faculty.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Online via Zoom.
For more info visit www.washington.edu.