2026 Recordings

Making Learning Accessibility Easier: Tips for Educators and Trainers

Wojtek Kutyla

It's one thing to have accessibility knowledge - and another one to lead a good training session. It's very easy to make people bored and unengaged, especially as they come from different domain backgrounds! I want to give you a few simple tips that will make any session more effective. I have been training software and design teams for years, and whilst I regularly interact with different people, I have learned to adjust my teaching methods to offer them the best content I can. I'll happily share them with you.

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Beyond the Accessibility Checker: From Technical Accessibility to Truly Inclusive Design

Donna Boucher

Passing an accessibility checker is only the beginning. This session explores the difference between technical accessibility and truly inclusive design, offering practical strategies to reduce cognitive load, create clear information hierarchy, and design learning experiences that help everyone succeed.

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Accessible Design in Articulate Rise

Jared Speight

Identify common accessibility issues in Articulate Rise courses and learn practical strategies, best practices, and actionable tips to build more inclusive, compliant, and learner-friendly e-learning experiences.

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Vibe Coding for Accessibility using Canva

Ericka Tinsley

This session demonstrates how designers and educators can use Canva’s AI-powered vibe coding capabilities to create accessible, interactive learning games for blind and low vision students—without traditional programming experience. Participants will see how accessible design principles, thoughtful prompting, and assistive technology can be combined to rapidly develop engaging educational activities that support equitable learning and inspire creative approaches to inclusive instructional design.

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Accessible in the Wild: Designing Slope Notes App for Special Olympics Ski Teams

Toddi Norum

Discover how Slope Notes—a mobile coaching app built for Special Olympics ski teams—applies inclusive design to real-world performance-support tools operating under extreme physical and environmental constraints.

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Accessible Visual Design

Connie Malamed

Learning professionals must design for a wide range of human abilities and experiences, including people with low vision and other visual impairments. This session explores practical guidelines and best practices for making text, graphics, color, and layout more accessible in eLearning and presentation materials. Participants will learn how thoughtful visual design choices can improve usability, comprehension, and access for more learners.

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Accessibility Theft: Protecting Designers from “Accessible” Tools That Fail

Jacob Wood

Examine how misleading vendor claims impact learners, learn to identify red flags in new authoring tools, and master quick, practical methods for evaluating software accessibility before adopting it.

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True Cultural Appreciation and Integration in ID: Creating Learning That Respects Diverse Ways of Knowing

Vishali Narayanan

Explore the Indigenous Mi'kmaw concept of "Two-Eyed Seeing" to thoughtfully integrate diverse cultural perspectives and traditional ways of knowing into instructional design, creating more holistic and inclusive learning experiences.

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Designing with Empathy: Best Practices for Enhancing the Student Experience

Marni Levett

This session explores intentional design strategies to boost connection, clarity, and engagement. Participants will learn to humanize learning environments, apply inclusive design, deliver meaningful feedback, reduce cognitive load, and strengthen instructor presence. Attendees will leave with actionable, student-centered ideas suitable for online, hybrid, or face-to-face courses across academic and corporate environments.

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Developing an Accessibility Champion Network

Adam McLean

This interactive session introduces the "Accessibility Champion Network," a grassroots professional learning community designed to overcome a lack of organizational accessibility guidance. Adam McLean shares the background and outcomes of launching this network across six campuses, empowering participants to initiate, facilitate, and join similar inclusive networks within their own organizations.

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Accessible by Design, Verified by Testing

Dr. Nicole L'Etoile

Whether learning content is human-designed or AI-assisted, accessibility must be tested. This session teaches you how to evaluate digital content against WCAG using W3C’s methodology, highlighting emerging risks in AI-generated code. Walk away with a practical, repeatable testing process to catch critical accessibility issues before your learners do.

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Better Prompts, Better Representation: Inclusive AI Images for Learning

Christy Tucker

AI image tools often reflect and amplify social biases, but strategic prompting can create remarkably inclusive visuals. This webinar provides strategies and frameworks to write prompts that minimize bias and authentically represent diverse audiences. Participants will leave with a collection of sample prompts, practical tactics, and solutions for AI’s ongoing representation challenges.

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