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Accessibility Allies – Making Content Universal
Within the College of Business and Law, a summer internship programme was developed in partnership with the Inclusive UCC project. Four student interns remediated accessible content issues across 18 modules within the College of Business and Law throughout July and August 2022.
The interns' work will positively impact 2000+ students within the College of Business and Law. This figure comes from just 18 modules, which will be almost fully accessible for the coming semester and over the coming years.
Pilots like this provide an excellent opportunity to embed universal design in everything we do at UCC. It helps us build greater awareness of the small changes we can make that compound over time to have a significant impact on the student experience.
A software called Ally, which was integrated with Canvas, reported on accessibility content issues. Ally will be rolled out to all staff in Semester Two, and ahead of this rollout, Inclusive UCC will work with staff to build greater awareness of accessibility and universal design.
If you would like to be one of the first to have Ally on your module this semester, Inclusive UCC is running a small pilot with 20 staff. There are still a few places remaining.
Drop your details here if interested or email James Northridge – jnorthridge@ucc.ie