We have gathered resources to provide faculty, staff, students, and the community with the tools to make courses, documents, conferences, seminars, and meetings accessible.
A great place to start for UW students, faculty, staff, and visitors is the UW Accessibility website. It lists information, tools, and services for people with disabilities and all of us. Included is the UW’s plan for complying with the new ADA rule on digital accessibility.
Accessible courses, classrooms, and teaching
The AccessComputing website has an array of videos, training, and guides for teaching and supporting students with disabilities, most of which apply to all disciplines:
- Teaching@UW’s Making course materials accessible – Accessible strategies for syllabi, videos and recorded lectures, slide decks, assignments and handouts, and more
- A guide on Advising Neurodivergent Ph.D. Students
Webinar videos on accessible courses and classrooms
Making Courses More Accessible
CREATE faculty members Kevin Lin and Amy J. Ko share strategies for making computing courses more accessible. Presented as part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2025 and supported by AccessComputing.
What to Know About Your Students with Disabilities
From a student perspective: teaching tips, how a student’s disability impacts their access to learning, and the implicit bias and ableism students often experience. Audio described version. Presented by DO-IT.
Supporting Neurodivergent Learners on Campus
Through stories, experiences, and challenges, students and staff share perspectives regarding effective teaching strategies for neurodiverse learners. Presented by DO-IT.
For instructors and TAs: creating accessible class materials that use or represent data and math. Focus on blind, low vision, screenreader users.
Student testimonials on the need for access. Includes captioning, course websites and syllabi, and making lectures accessible.
