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Mizzou Online Digital Accessibility Challenge Online
Join Mizzou Online for a 10-day challenge designed to strengthen your digital accessibility skills, one small, achievable step at a time. Each day, you'll receive a short "mission" focused on a key area of accessibility in Canvas and common teaching materials.
Over the course of the challenge, you'll learn how to:
- Streamline your course materials and set accessibility priorities.
- Use plain language, headings, and lists to support all learners.
- Add descriptive links and alternative text to images.
- Ensure color contrast, captions, and tables meet accessibility standards.
- Check accessibility using built-in tools and improve your Ally course score.
How it works:
- You'll receive one challenge per day for 10 days.
- Each challenge includes clear steps and links to quick tutorials.
Earn your badge:
Participants who complete all 10 challenges and share a screenshot of their Ally score before starting and after finishing to teachingonline@missouri.edu will earn the Digital Accessibility Challenge Badge from Mizzou Online.
Why join:
Accessibility isn't just a compliance requirement; it's a civil right and a cornerstone of quality course design. This challenge helps you take practical, meaningful action to make your online teaching more inclusive for every student.
- From:
- Monday, November 3, 2025
- To:
- Friday, November 14, 2025
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Categories:
- Accessibility
Event Organizer
I got my start in instructional design as an editor for online courses, and I still tend to approach instructional design with the eye of a writer and editor. I served on the UM System Digital Accessibility Task Force and strive to find ways to make accessibility less daunting for faculty. In addition to giving presentations and workshops on accessibility, I have presented on online problem-based learning, universal design for learning (UDL), and academic integrity.