Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy. In this month’s newsletter we focus on captions for video content and how it is useful for all visitors. Captions are required for videos with dialog The University of Maine System (UMS) […]
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UMS Human Resources will be launching a newly envisioned UMS Academy for compliance and other employee training needs later this summer. As of June 12, 2024 the existing UMS Academy resoruce is no longer available. The videos for this training are available in a playlist for reference. 2024–25 compliance training is expected to launch in […]
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Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy. In this month’s newsletter we focus on decisions that will inevitably come up as websites are reviewed to remove Content Blocks: what to do about old content that is not adequately accessible? […]
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UMS Human Resources will be launching a newly envisioned UMS Academy for compliance and other employee training needs later this summer. As of June 12, 2024 the existing UMS Academy resoruce is no longer available. 2024–25 compliance training is expected to launch on Aug. 1, 2024. New users added before August 1 will be expected […]
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Microsoft Office 365 has robust accessibility features you can utilize to ensure your documents meet these important standards. Following the above checklist will ensure a smooth accessibility review process using the accessibility review feature in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. Once a document is ready to publish online, a good option to consider is the […]
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Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy. This month, we discuss the new accessibility checking tool DubBot and training available. Coming in September: DubBot Accessibility Checker DubBot is a new website compliance checking tool (replacing Monsido) that we will be available for use […]
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This month, we discuss accessibility checkers. WebAIM WAVE Accessibility Checker WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) has provided comprehensive web accessibility solutions since 1999, and their free online service is available to anyone for free use to evaluate a web page. Simply navigate to the WAVE web accessibility evaluation tool website, and enter your web page address. […]
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WPCampus is an annual conference focused on the use of WordPress in higher education. This year’s event was held in mid-July, and recordings of the sessions will be made available soon in their Learning Library. This resource offers a convenient filter to view sessions from 2016–20 on topics from Accessibility to Writing, all with the […]
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Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy. This month, we share upcoming online sessions from the online 2023 WPCampus conference. Accessibility and inclusion sessions at WPCampus 2023 Everyone interested is encouraged to register online for these sessions. Note: while […]
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WPCampus is a non-profit three-day conference focused on the use of WordPress in higher education. In addition to the in-person event, WPCampus will be streaming their events to everyone who registers online for their free online access to this hybrid event. Digital Communications team members will be attending this conference, and we encourage anyone interested […]
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