Creating Accessible PowerPoints for Your Teaching Date: Friday, March 7th, 2025 Time: 1:00-2:30pm (AT) / 12:00-1:30pm (ET) / 9:00-10:30am (PT) Register here! Workshop Description: At Yorkville U and TFS, we are committed to building inclusive communities. Ensuring that students can access and meaningfully engage with their learning materials is foundational to an inclusive learning environment. […]
Accessibility Basics and Your Teaching Practice Date: Friday, February 21st, 2025 Time: 1:00-2:00pm (AT) / 12:00-1:00pm (ET) / 9:00-10:00am (PT) Register here! Webinette Description: This CTEI “Webinette” (a 15-minute pedagogical presentation followed by 45 minutes of interactive discussion and Q&A) will outline the basics of accessible practices in our teaching when it comes to document […]
Accommodations and Accessibility in Brightspace Date: Monday, December 2nd, 2024 Time: 1:30-3:00pm (AT) / 12:30-2:00pm (ET) / 9:30-11:00am (PT) Register here! Session Description: How can Brightspace support student accommodation? What are the accessibility features and how can I ensure that I am thinking about some UDL principles in my teaching. This session will address these […]
Matthew Dunleavy (he/him) is an educational developer and scholarly teacher with over 9+ years’ experience. He immediately joins our CTEI from York University where he was an Educational Developer with the Teaching Commons; before entering that role, he served as the Program Director of the Online Learning and Technology Consultants (OLTC) Program at the Maple League of Universities (Acadia University; Bishop’s University; Mount Allison University; and St. Francis Xavier University). In 2022, he was awarded the D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) for this work.
