Starting April 2026, colleges like ACC must meet new Americans with Disabilities ACT regulations. Are your courses ready? Our training sessions give you the skills to design accessible, inclusive online learning.
Go beyond compliance—learn practical strategies to remove barriers and create courses that welcome and support every student.
Blackboard Ultra Ally: Your friend in Accessibility
Ally is a great tool for making our courses more accessible. In this session, we will cover how to use Blackboard Ally, discuss how to interpret Ally reports, and what items we can fix quickly to bring up our accessibility scores. We will also explain how Distance Education can help you make your course accessible.
Professional Development: 1 hour
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Your Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets need to be accessible for your students, and Blackboard Ally does not scan them. In this session you will learn to use Grackle, a tool for scanning Google Docs and Slides and making them accessible to your students.
Professional Development: 1 hour
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Microsoft Office Accessibility
Word, PowerPoint, and Excel have built-in tools to help you make your online documents accessible to your students. In this session, you will learn how to remediate existing documents for accessibility and create future documents to be accessible from the start.
Professional Development: 1 hour
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In this session, we will explore how to utilize Adobe to create and edit PDF documents to meet accessibility standards. We will explore many built in Adobe tools that will develop your understanding of accessibility and document generation skills.
Professional Development: 1 hour
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Fall 2025 Offerings
SEPTEMBER, 2025
ACCESSIBILITY TRAINING: Blackboard Ultra Ally: Your friend in Accessibility
| Dates | Times | Location | Registration Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 3 | 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | Zoom meeting | Applications Closed |
ACCESSIBILITY TRAINING: Google Docs Accessibility
| Dates | Times | Location | Registration Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 17 | 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | Zoom meeting | Applications Closed |
OCTOBER, 2025
ACCESSIBILITY TRAINING: Microsoft Office Accessibility
| Dates | Times | Location | Registration Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | Zoom meeting | Applications Closed |
ACCESSIBILITY TRAINING: Adobe PDF Accessibility
| Dates | Times | Location | Registration Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 15 | 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | Zoom meeting | Applications Closed |
NOVEMBER, 2025
ACCESSIBILITY TRAINING: Blackboard Ultra Ally: Your friend in Accessibility
| Dates | Times | Location | Registration Form |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 5 | 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | Zoom meeting | Apply Now |