News

Open your accessible source file in Microsoft Word. Go to the Acrobat tab in the ribbon (requires the Adobe Acrobat plug-in). Click Create PDF. In the pop-up window, make sure “Best for electronic ...
PowerPoint’s built-in layouts are structured to support accessibility. They include tagged placeholders for titles and content that help screen readers understand the slide’s organization. Avoid using ...
Automated accessibility tools play a key role in identifying common issues and improving digital content across William & Mary platforms. While automation is a valuable first step, it is not a ...
Users with visual, hearing, motor, or cognitive disabilities often face barriers unless specific accessibility considerations are built into websites. Fortunately, many of these adaptations are ...
All videos uploaded to Panopto are automatically captioned using machine-generated speech recognition (ASR). While these captions provide a useful starting point, they must be reviewed and edited to ...
The Strive for 85 initiative offers support and resources for instructors to use Blackboard Ally to improve the accessibility of digital course materials, enhance teaching, and create inclusive ...
Designing your Blackboard Ultra course with accessibility in mind benefits all students, not just those with documented accommodations. The strategies below improve clarity, usability, and ...
Google Docs includes some built-in accessibility features, and you can install helpful add-ons for testing and improving accessibility. Go to Tools > Accessibility settings. Check boxes for “Turn on ...
The Center for Student Diversity (CSD) strives to foster inclusion, collaboration and relationship-building within our campus community so that every student feels that they belong. Subscribe to ...
The student’s level and domicile determine student tuition charges. William & Mary reserves the right to make changes to charges for any and all programs at any time after approval by the Board of ...
The Department of Computer Science offers an undergraduate major leading to a B.S. or a B.A. degree and a graduate program leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. As a department with very high research ...
Religious studies allows you to consider a variety of human experiences, intellectual pursuits and ritual practices within different cultural and historical contexts. This program includes multiple ...