Events

Thursday, October 2, 2025
Woman in front of computer will testing software open showing errors
Introduction to Digital Accessibility Testing
Speaker:
Sal Santa Ana

Audience: UCLA web editors, content creators, IT staff, and program managers Tools Covered: WAVE Chrome plug-in, Siteimprove Accessibility, manual keyboard testing

By the end of this training, participants will:

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Thursday, September 25, 2025
Accessibility Icons over computer screen
Digital Accessibility Basics
Speaker:
Travis Lee

This interactive session introduces the fundamentals of digital accessibility and why it matters at UCLA. 

Participants will learn what accessibility means in a digital context, gain insight into disability culture, and see a live screen reader demonstration. The training will also cover practical tips for creating accessible documents, websites, and media, including proper use of heading structure, writing effective alt-text, and creating descriptive hyperlinks. 

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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
a group of disabled individuals with different social media logos floating above them
Best Practices for Social Media Digital Accessibility
Speaker:
Travis Lee

Want your events and programs to reach everyone on campus? Join us for a hands-on training where you’ll learn how to make your social media content more accessible and impactful. We’ll cover key topics like writing effective alt-text for Instagram, using captions on YouTube, and ensuring your graphics meet color contrast standards. As social media becomes a central tool for communication at UCLA, this session will help you connect with a wider audience—and do it inclusively.

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Thursday, May 29, 2025
Diverse people interact with a large screen displaying icons for text, audio, images, and universal access, symbolizing digital accessibility.
Introduction to Digital Accessibility
Speaker:
Travis Lee

Please join us for an hour-long introduction to digital accessibility. At this Zoom training session you will learn about the most important aspects for inclusion in digital spaces from UCLA's Disabilities and Computing Program (DCP). The training will take place in Travis Lee's Zoom room.

You will learn the following:

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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Adobe Acrobat PDF icon
PDF Remediation Basics: Creating Accessible Documents in Adobe Acrobat
Speaker:
Mark Agban

Important:  The Register Button will take you directly to the webinar Zoom room.

 

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Friday, May 16, 2025
Accessibility Icons including vision, hearing, wheelchair and phone
Intro to Accessible Research
Speaker:
Travis Lee

What is digital accessibility? How can the research enterprise be more prepared to be inclusive of people with disabilities. What should an IRB be evaluating in terms of digital accessibility? 

Strategic Outcomes: 

  • Increased awareness of digital accessibility issues
  • Improved inclusion of disabled populations in UCLA’s research studies
  • Positions UCLA researchers to better serve disabled populations with research outcomes (Paralympic games 2028 will be hosted at UCLA)
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Friday, April 25, 2025
Data Visualization examples including pie chart
Accessible and Inclusive Data Visualization for Research Publication
Speaker:
Travis Lee

In this workshop the DCP will lead a training on how the design accessible data visualization for publication both into PDF and html in alignment with WCAG 2.1 AA guidance. Many people with disabilities use assistive technologies.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Siteimprove
Leveraging AI for Web Accessibility: An Introduction to Siteimprove and Other Tools
Speaker:
Nicholas Shinghal

Web accessibility experts at the Disabilities in Computing Program (DCP) will discuss how to use automated tools to improve the accessibility of digital materials and websites. This training will discuss the role of AI in increasing digital accessibility on campus. The training will demonstrate how to use Siteimprove, an AI-powered tool, to improve website accessibility and measure impact.

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Friday, April 4, 2025
Mobile Phone with Disability icon
Mobile Accessibility Testing
Speaker:
Travis Lee

Mobile Apps like websites need to be built with accessibility in mind to comply with the WCAG 2.1 standard.  Fortunately, Mobile devices themselves have a lot of accessibility features already built in.  When building  a mobile app, or working with an outside vendor to build a research app as an instrument, you should include this as a requirement upfront.  This will be more important starting in April of 2026 when new ADA compliance deadlines come into play.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Keyboard with disability icons
Introduction to Digital Accessibility
Speaker:
Travis Lee

Please join us for an hour-long introduction to digital accessibility. At this Zoom training session you will learn about the most important aspects for inclusion in digital spaces from UCLA's Disabilities and Computing Program (DCP). The training will take place in Travis Lee's Zoom room on December 18th 10AM-11AM

You will learn the following:

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