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Accessible Teaching Digest (September 2025)
To view in your browser, click here. Accessible Teaching Digest (September 2025) Empowering Educators, Enabling Students: A Monthly Newsletter from the Digital Accessibility Help and Support (DASH)...
Making STEM Content Accessible
Writing Alt Text for STEM Images Accessible Teaching Practices Alternative text, also known as alt text, is descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image in digital content. It is a short textual description, usually containing the essential information for...
The Accessible Teaching Digest
The Accessible Teaching Digest Empowering Educators, Enabling Students: A Monthly Newsletter from the Digital Accessibility Help and Support (DASH) team at DTEIWriting Alt Text for STEM Images Alternative text (alt text) providing descriptions of visual elements is...
David Trend’s Journey to Digital Accessibility
From Compliance to Equity: Redefining Accessibility in the Classroom David Trend's Journey to Accessible Teaching When David Trend, a professor at UCI's Claire Trevor School of the Arts, first heard the term “Digital Accessibility,” he wasn’t sure how it connected...
Meet the DASH Team
Alyas Thomas - Bridging Technology and Accessibility When you meet Alyas Thomas, a junior majoring in software engineering at UC Irvine, you immediately sense his passion for using technology to make a difference. Alyas first encountered the concept of digital...
Digital Accessibility Champions: Introducing the New Digital Accessibility Support and Help (DASH) Team
This summer, in preparation for the 2025-26 academic year, the UC Irvine Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI) launched a new initiative dedicated to promoting digital accessibility across campus. Established in partnership with the UC Irvine Office...
Save the Date: UCI Teach Day 2025
The next annual UCI Teach Day will take place on September 18th, 2025. UCI Teach Day is a day-long celebration and conference around effective and inclusive teaching practices, including presentations, discussions, and the Celebration of Teaching Awards ceremony....
DTEI Listening Tour
DTEI is conducting a listening tour at department (and school-level) meetings to better align support and resources with current teaching needs. In addition to gathering input from faculty, DTEI’s leadership introduces key services and facilitates a brief...
ASHE Conference 2024 Recap
From November 20-23, 2024, members of the UCI Postsecondary Education Research and Implementation (PERI) Institute attended the 49th Annual Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ASHE is a U.S.-based scholarly...
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