New MCCCD Digital Accessibility Training
Whether you are looking to enhance your digital content or ensure your teaching materials are inclusive for all learners, MCCCD introduces its new professional development resources hosted on EdCast. This platform serves as a centralized hub for mastering digital accessibility, offering a variety of learning pathways tailored to your schedule and preferred learning style. We encourage everyone to explore these tools as we continue our commitment to creating an accessible and equitable environment for all students and staff.
Digital Accessibility Spotlight: Grackle Workspace
Maricopa Digital Accessibility Committee announces the availability of Grackle Workspace, a tool designed to improve accessibility of your Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. This best-in-class tool is integrated directly into the District’s Google Workspace, allowing you to assess the accessibility of your documents. It provides guidance on what actions you may need to take to make your documents more accessible to all users. See Guides & Guidelines for more details.
Digital Accessibility Spotlight: Maricopa Digital Accessibility Committee
Maricopa Community Colleges is committed to fostering inclusive learning and working environments through its district-wide Digital Accessibility initiative. This resource supports faculty, staff, and students by ensuring that digital content is accessible to all users, in alignment with federal standards and legal requirements. Employees can explore practical tools, legal guidance, communications, and committee efforts aimed at making accessibility a shared responsibility throughout the college system.
Meet the Team
Glendale Community College's Digital Accessibility Task Force is meant to guide the college up to and through the date of compliance. We are made up of Administration, Faculty, and Staff. The current Task Force is:
- Beth Eyres
- Bobbi Johnstone
- Dave Fraedrich
- Doug Deiss
- Genesis Toole
- Jake Ormond
- John Heckenlaible
- Julie Nevarez
- Justin Terry
- Karina Sokol-Tinsley
- Lorelei Konopka
- Meghan Kennedy
- Stephanie Burchett
- Yvonne McMillan
Contact Us
The Digital Accessibility Task Force has created a simple contact point for any questions, concerns, or communicating new or better resources. Reach out to us at [email protected] .
What is Digital Accessibility?
On April 24, 2024 the Department of Justice published a new rule on digital accessibility under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act that requires public entities to provide fully accessible digital content by April 26, 2027. As a public institution, this important work impacts all of us and will help make our teaching and learning more accessible to all our students.
A GCC Digital Accessibility Taskforce is working to support faculty and staff in these efforts. We invite you to explore the above resources and submit your questions to [email protected].