How To Get Started
Make your course significantly more accessible with just a few straightforward tweaks. In fact, if you check off these three items, you’re 90% of the way there. Here’s your starting line:
Step #1 - Delete:
Declutter your files. Delete anything you aren't using in your Spring 2026 Camino shell to simplify the accessibility cleanup process.
Step #2 - Check:
Once you’ve cleaned up your files, use the UDOIT accessibility checker in Camino (instructions) to identify remaining accessibility issues in your courses.
Step #3 - Convert:
If you have created documents yourself that are flagged as inaccessible, they can be fixed by following these instructions for Microsoft Word and for Google Docs.
Our Faculty Associates have also trained in the basics of accessible document design and are available to come to your department meeting to do a demo, or to meet with you individually. Contact facultydevelopment@scu.edu to request a one-on-one or group session. Most of the remediation will not be hard, but when you come up against a tricky case, know that you can reach out to caminosupport@scu.edu for expert assistance with those challenging cases.
Faculty Development is hosting two separate full day working session dedicated to helping you get your Spring course materials ready for the upcoming WCAG Accessibility deadline! Breakfast and lunch provided. Faculty who complete the session and submit an accessible course (or significantly improved accessibility score) at the end of the event receive a $300 stipend.
Session dates:
Additional working sessions will be offered by Faculty Development and the Center for Teaching Excellence, where you can work on making your materials accessible alongside a group of other faculty working to remediate their own documents and files.
Faculty and staff with expertise will be on site to support you.
Instructional Technology is offering workshops targeted to support common accessibility issues: making any documents you created yourself accessible, finding accessible versions of documents you didn’t create, and making your Camino course accessible. These workshops come with a small stipend, and are also followed by working sessions.