{"id":29898,"date":"2026-02-03T09:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29898"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T21:34:15","slug":"course-content-accessibility-for-instructors","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/course-content-accessibility-for-instructors\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Content Accessibility for Instructors"},"template":"","news_categories":[91,65],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-29898","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_categories-accessibility","news_categories-inside-ahs"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"","hide_subtitle":false,"intro_text_body":"<p>This week, I am sharing resources on <strong>course content accessibility for instructors<\/strong>. If you need support with your course content, there are resources and events to help you make it accessible to all.<\/p>\n<p>Learning Technology Solutions is hosting the event <strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/events\/yuja-panorama-overview\/\">YuJa Panorama Overview<\/a>\u201d today (February 3) at 2 pm<\/strong>, which introduces key features of YuJa Panorama to make your Canvas course and its content more accessible. <strong>We strongly recommend that all instructors attend this event or one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/learning.uic.edu\/learning-lab\/events-2\/all-events\/\">upcoming LTS Canvas and Panorama events<\/a>.<\/strong> You can also watch <a href=\"https:\/\/learning.uic.edu\/lms-transition\/webinar-recordings\/\">past recordings of LTS Canvas and Panorama events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0<strong>resources <\/strong>on course content accessibility, explore the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/faculty-and-staff-resources\/accessibility\/#accessible-courses\">accessible courses<\/a>&#8221; section on the <a href=\"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/faculty-and-staff-resources\/accessibility\/\">Inside AHS accessibility resources hub<\/a>. There, you will find accessibility information for Blackboard, Canvas and overall course content.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One-on-one support<\/strong> is also available if you need more assistance with a specific issue. For issues related to instructional design, schedule <a href=\"https:\/\/outlook.office365.com\/book\/UICInstructionalDesignOfficeHours@UIC365.onmicrosoft.com\/?ismsaljsauthenabled=true\">online course support with an instructional designer<\/a>. For general digital accessibility questions, attend a <a href=\"https:\/\/it.uic.edu\/accessibility\/digital-accessibility-events\/\">UIC Digital Accessibility Services drop-in consultation<\/a>. AHS also offers one-on-one support. You can drop in during an <a href=\"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/faculty-and-staff-resources\/accessibility\/#accessibility-news-and-eventshttps:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/faculty-and-staff-resources\/accessibility\/#accessibility-news-and-events\">AHS accessibility specialist&#8217;s office hours<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/help.uillinois.edu\/TDClient\/37\/uic\/Requests\/ServiceCatalog?CategoryID=301\">submit a support ticket<\/a>.<\/p>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"","content_author":"Ryan Lemke","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"news_include_thumbnail":false,"components":false,"SEO_meta_description":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29981,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29898\/revisions\/29981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=29898"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=29898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}