Making Events Accessible — a checklist
Upcoming Events:
Digital Accessibility Open Office Hours — Fourth Thursday of every month from 1-2 pm
July 24th, 2025 from 1-2 pm ET
SDS’s Assistive Technology Center (ATC) using AI to generate Alt Text?
But how…but why?
Presented by Kamran Rasul, Assistive Technology and Alternative Format Specialist, Student Disability Services
Join us for this month’s Open Office Hour to discuss and demonstrate how the Accessible Technology Center is utilizing the help of both ChatGPT and CoPilot to generate alternative text for images when remediating documents for screen reader users. We will also briefly discuss how JHU envisions the Guidelines for Responsible Use of AI.
Recorded Digital Accessibility and Disability Events
Technical Topics:
- Designing for All: Making Data Visualizations More Accessible with Pete Lawson, Sheridan Libraries (June 2025) Data Visualization slides
- From Promise to Practice: AI and Accessibility with Dr. Claire Brady (April 2025)
- Communication Access — Accessibility Open Office Hours (Feb. 2025) Communication Access Slides
- Assistive Technology Overview — Accessibility Open Office Hours (November 2024)
- Siteimprove Platform Demo (November 2024)
- Creating Accessible Event Flyers and Announcements (October 2024) Accessible Event Flyer slides
- Planning Accessible and Inclusive Events (October 2024) Accessible Meeting slides
- Intro to Siteimprove (October 2024) Intro to Siteimprove slides
- Demystifying STEM Accessibility for Students Who Are Blind or Low Vision (April 2024)
- Digital Accessibility: A User Perspective (May 2024)
- Best Practices for Accessible Content Creation (JHU Be an Ally Event, April 2023)
- Social Media Accessibility (JHU Be an Ally Event, April 2023)
- Creating Accessible Word and Powerpoint Files (JHU Be an Ally Event, April 2023)
- Practical Strategies for Enhancing Digital Accessibility at JHU by Prof. Jonathan Lazar (May 2023)
- Inclusive Teaching: Math Accessibility, Part 1: Math as a Language (November 2023)
- Inclusive Teaching: Math Accessibility, Part 2: Equation Creation Tools (November 2023)
General Disability Topics:
- Ableism and Unconscious Bias, Part 1 (February 2022) (For JHU community only)
- Accessible and Inclusive Meetings, Events and Conferences webinar (JHM Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Health Equity webinar, March 2022) Link to event slides
- Demystifying Disability — a Fireside Chat with Emily Ladau (JHU community event, July 2022)