TITLE: Building Accessible Math Materials

DATE:  Monday, April 13

TIME: 5:00 pm Eastern / 4:00 pm Central / 3:00 pm Mountain / 2:00 pm Pacific

PRESENTER:  Kelly Spoon
Kelly Spoon is a Professor of Mathematics at San Diego Mesa College whose work centers on accessibility, equity, and student-centered course design across disciplines. She developed her expertise in accessibility through her work as an online instructor and has supported faculty in accessibility and course design as Mesa's Online Faculty Mentor, a member of the Online Success Team, and a faculty lead on a district-wide OER grant.

ABSTRACT: This hands-on session focuses on concrete, faculty-ready practices for making course materials fully accessible across Word, PDF, LaTeX, and Canvas. We will walk through core accessibility standards including structure and headings, alt text, reading order, color/contrast, tables, and mathematical content and discuss when it is more efficient to remediate older documents versus rebuilding from scratch. The session includes live demonstrations of AI-supported tools that can assist with accessibility and document conversion before the April DOJ deadline, along with a clear look at their limitations and the manual review steps still required. Faculty will leave with actionable workflows, examples, and resources they can apply immediately.

A Zoom link for the webinar will be sent on the day of the webinar.