Accessibility Everywhere All At Once

Project Mission:

The Longwood Medical Area (LMA) instructional design and technology staff are joining forces with Digital Accessibility Services to standardize and promote accessibility best practices for Harvard courses taught in the Canvas learning management system. Through an in-person and virtual workshop series, Harvard faculty and staff members will learn to make their course materials more accessible, with independent work time built in to resolve accessibility issues in real time with support from staff experts. The ultimate goal of each workshop session is to have every attendee leave with a Canvas course that is more accessible than when they arrived, and that will comply with the Harvard University Digital Accessibility Policy. The community of practice we build in the LMA will provide ongoing support for building accessible materials as new learning content is created in Canvas throughout the academic year and beyond.

Team Members:

Chad Bergeron, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Esther Brandon, Harvard Medical School IT

Tania Lee, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Erich Manser, Harvard University Information Technology

Kate Tullio, Harvard Medical School IT

Pete Viccione, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 

Tamara Will, Harvard Medical School IT