Northwestern University wants to help you make your Canvas course sites more accessible! No matter what you teach or how you use Canvas, accessibility is crucial to building an inclusive and usable digital educational experience for all our students. And Mission: Accessible aims to help instructors and staff learn seven core skills to ensure that when they create or revise in Canvas, the content will be accessible. What is Mission: Accessible? Mission: Accessible is an opt-in challenge for anyone with a Canvas course site. After signing up, you’ll receive email prompts outlining a new challenge for you to complete to

Over the last thirteen months of the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant quarantine in the United States, we’ve all had to make a lot of adjustments in how we live, work, teach, and learn. As we look ahead to vaccinations, herd immunity, and the end of lockdown, many people are eager for a “return to normal.” But there are many people who have benefitted, even flourished, from remote working and learning. In education, strategies for remote learning can make classes far more accessible for some disabled students. Remote Learning & Accessibility One of the biggest benefits of remote learning is having

At Northwestern, our 10 week terms are already fast-paced. So what happens when the term is shortened by a week, and you have only nine weeks to accomplish your goals as an instructor? How do you decide which content to combine, alter, or even remove? This short guide will outline a few strategies you can consider to modify your course activities, assessment, and content to meet students’ needs within a constrained timeframe. Download a copy of the Nine Week Assessment Alternatives tip sheet. Pre-Work, Examples, and Best Practices What is pre-work? Pre-work is exactly what you think it is. It