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Mizzou Online Digital Accessibility Challenge

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. 

Mizzou Online Digital Accessibility Challenge 2025 badge featuring the universal accessibility icon in a gold hexagonEarn 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  

Registration is required. There are 1,000 seats available.

Event Organizer

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Laura Foley

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.

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