There is never a perfect moment to start a new habit. It is always tempting to wait: for the new semester, the new year, a quieter week. The habits behind inclusive design do not need a special starting point. They can start with the next item you create. The Title II & Teaching Best Practices […]
Meet TLi’s Updated Course Starter Kit Building a course from scratch takes time that could be spent on what matters most: your content and your students. Teaching and Learning Innovations’ Course Starter Kit 3.0 is a Canvas template designed to give faculty a strong, accessible course foundation— one that already reflects best practices in inclusive […]
Dear Colleagues, TLi is writing to share a brief update regarding federal digital accessibility requirements under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and how they relate to our course materials and online content. The Department of Justice has extended the compliance deadline for public institutions by one year, moving it from April 2026 […]
You’re invited to join OneHE! In the 2025-2026 academic year, the CSU has partner provided each campus with a limited number of licenses to access the resources at OneHE, a pedagogy-focused professional development platform for higher education faculty. The platform works with faculty experts to provide resources on practical, engaging teaching practices that are easy […]
At the Spring 2026 Division of Academic Affairs Kick-off in January, it became clear that many people are still learning that an important deadline is approaching: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II regulations become enforceable on April 24, 2026. Currently at CSUCI, Title II compliance does not reside in a particular office or unit—it […]
Disability does not always look the way people expect. Some people use mobility aids. Others don’t. Some disabilities are visible, and many are not. This simple truth sits at the heart of why inclusive design matters so deeply, especially in higher education. The image above reminds us of something easy to forget in busy classrooms, […]
This is the sixth post of the Carefully Curated Series for the Spring 2024 semester. For my second post of the series, I have explicitly focused on one powerful extension within CI Docs and four ways it enhances accessibility and inclusion. As much as I hope you are already aware and using Grackle Docs, I will present […]
This is the third post of the Carefully Curated Series for the Spring 2024 semester. Before I begin, I want to acknowledge that accessibility is complex, with many guidelines and requirements, and I would never expect you to know everything. As with many other areas, accessibility can be nuanced, and there rarely, if ever, is […]
Teaching and Learning Innovations consists of four, core areas—each led by a specialist: Academic Technology, led by Michael McGarry; Learning Design, led by Megan Eberhardt-Alstot; Academic Media, led by Benjamin Hytrek; and Accessibility & Inclusive Design, led by Kristi O’Neil-Gonzalez. These areas are distinct and yet interconnected as they pertain to digital learning at CSUCI. […]
This month, during the week of April 4-8, 2022, CSUCI participated in a CSU system-wide competition: Moving the Needle Challenge. It was an event to mobilize campuses around improving Canvas course accessibility scores by “fixing” existing content (pages, images, videos, presentations, etc.) housed in those courses. With the smallest FTE count of the participating campuses […]
