{"id":55,"date":"2024-12-02T17:03:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T17:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-udl-collaborative\/?p=55"},"modified":"2025-02-18T17:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T17:05:02","slug":"end-of-fall-2024-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-udl-collaborative\/2024\/12\/02\/end-of-fall-2024-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"End of Fall 2024 Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>This post contains announcements and details of past UDL Collaborative events<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, thank you to everyone who joined our November meeting last week! We appreciate you taking the time, and are grateful for your questions, ideas, and feedback.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Save the date for our January 2025 meeting!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned at the meeting, with December being such a busy month including holiday preparations, celebrations, and final grades, we decided to skip our monthly meeting. In its place, we\u2019ll be in touch with a few (festive!) UDL tips, resources, and ideas to keep our momentum going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And please join us for our first meeting in the new year scheduled for&nbsp;<strong>Monday, January 13 from 12.30-1.30pm ET<\/strong>. All faculty and staff are welcome. Please&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZcrcOmgrDooGNcRRo8-tOzDEAoX2wEF2ms6#\/registration\">register here<\/a>, thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Resource Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See below for a list of resources our team and other participants had shared in the last meeting chat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fudlguidelines.cast.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJesse.RiceEvans%40cuny.edu%7Cbe287843efa54a78ba0808dd4169e11d%7C6f60f0b35f064e099715989dba8cc7d8%7C0%7C0%7C638738645185045463%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=GrYmBXbED0M24Mp%2B0sUHZeXhOqBci8fzqRh5%2FrEgo3E%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UDL Guidelines by CAST<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Direct link to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fudlguidelines.cast.org%2Frepresentation%2Flanguage-symbols%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJesse.RiceEvans%40cuny.edu%7Cbe287843efa54a78ba0808dd4169e11d%7C6f60f0b35f064e099715989dba8cc7d8%7C0%7C0%7C638738645185057416%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=PDr7rwPlX7zFUf0YvNfWWuyTvQhnvJTWid0MZ62ujAw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guideline 2: Language and Symbols<\/a>, which we covered in more detail during our meeting.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mightycitizen.com%2Finsights%2Farticles%2Fbite-snack-meal-are-you-making-your-web-content-digestible&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJesse.RiceEvans%40cuny.edu%7Cbe287843efa54a78ba0808dd4169e11d%7C6f60f0b35f064e099715989dba8cc7d8%7C0%7C0%7C638738645185068623%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JNr1MJOmnlEY65KNv19pPnk0%2FfpMZCau1NzfMRa5rRc%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Making Web Content Digestible<\/a>\u00a0via bite, snack, and meal metaphors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falt-text-as-poetry.net%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJesse.RiceEvans%40cuny.edu%7Cbe287843efa54a78ba0808dd4169e11d%7C6f60f0b35f064e099715989dba8cc7d8%7C0%7C0%7C638738645185079674%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YmLntrr08Y1vfKlvAttwq4ATAdi830LjvFMWWd21POM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alt-Text as Poetry<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accessiblesyllabus.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJesse.RiceEvans%40cuny.edu%7Cbe287843efa54a78ba0808dd4169e11d%7C6f60f0b35f064e099715989dba8cc7d8%7C0%7C0%7C638738645185093856%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IdCAPBFpFWL5RTkAbN18bX2x%2FOJYt6ikWy8mbBU34YU%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Accessible Syllabus Project<\/a>\u00a0website.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Image section of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpressbooks.cuny.edu%2Faccessibilitytoolkit%2Fchapter%2Fimages%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJesse.RiceEvans%40cuny.edu%7Cbe287843efa54a78ba0808dd4169e11d%7C6f60f0b35f064e099715989dba8cc7d8%7C0%7C0%7C638738645185107046%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=CxkASq36dEnSE2VubsXaZWfnLJdahLVNUOC6PyvElUE%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPS Accessibility Toolkit<\/a>. We encourage you to browse through the Toolkit (via\u00a0<em>Content<\/em>\u00a0in the upper right, or by clicking forward or backward in the blue bar at the bottom of the page) for more practical accessibility tips and how-to\u2019s!\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.menti.com%2Faljx657iqr8s&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJesse.RiceEvans%40cuny.edu%7Cbe287843efa54a78ba0808dd4169e11d%7C6f60f0b35f064e099715989dba8cc7d8%7C0%7C0%7C638738645185118008%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0f8f1sdRAhUZMj45ldZCUvyQSMonZ2uOEQRyUgIbNdM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Future Topics Mentimeter<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 we\u2019ve left this poll open so please feel free to add more ideas via the link!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, re-sharing from our last meeting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fquickguideword&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJesse.RiceEvans%40cuny.edu%7Cbe287843efa54a78ba0808dd4169e11d%7C6f60f0b35f064e099715989dba8cc7d8%7C0%7C0%7C638738645185129488%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6UY1rYSXAc%2BAqLxKJFbrIm4pAmqjHgpUQa1SkvpVZfQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quick guide<\/a>\u00a0for creating accessible Word documents (PDF)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2FChecklistWord&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJesse.RiceEvans%40cuny.edu%7Cbe287843efa54a78ba0808dd4169e11d%7C6f60f0b35f064e099715989dba8cc7d8%7C0%7C0%7C638738645185141254%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XXC2JKWnyGCPCRaCWRwzPP1vM4fXqaJa1dya30sr8Qg%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Checklist<\/a>\u00a0for accessible Word Documents (PDF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CUNY UDL Collaborative<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We forgot to mention this during our meeting\u2026 For context, our Community of Practice is part of the broader UDL Collaborative, an&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cuny.edu%2Facademics%2Ffaculty-affairs%2Fcuny-innovative-teaching-academy%2Fdisability-accessibility%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJesse.RiceEvans%40cuny.edu%7Cbe287843efa54a78ba0808dd4169e11d%7C6f60f0b35f064e099715989dba8cc7d8%7C0%7C0%7C638738645185152899%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2%2BZmzKMSUvs7G2bS2%2FvCdQHP07SPTSbTi89wGuhnAnw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">initiative<\/a>&nbsp;created by the CUNY Office of Student Inclusion to foster accessibility and active learning across all CUNY campuses. To support this effort, the CUNY Innovative Teaching Academy is offering a year-long asynchronous training course on UDL guidelines, for which you can&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fcuny-udlc&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJesse.RiceEvans%40cuny.edu%7Cbe287843efa54a78ba0808dd4169e11d%7C6f60f0b35f064e099715989dba8cc7d8%7C0%7C0%7C638738645185165170%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=tY0ffKc7mNbsBADWmv9U1n95ceNqxAKN8n%2B%2Ff4E%2B7mQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\">register here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post contains announcements and details of past UDL Collaborative events First of all, thank you to everyone who joined our November meeting last week! 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