Location: Virtual
Start the spring semester strong by ensuring that course materials, workplace documents, and student organization content are accessible to all learners, colleagues, and peers. The USM Digital Accessibility Spring Cleaning event offers faculty, staff, students, and administrators across all 12 USM institutions and 3 Regional Higher Education Centers (RHECs) dedicated time, resources, and support to assess and remediate digital content. As a System, we can move the needle toward meeting the new Title II requirements for digital accessibility.
Event Overview
When: Thursday, January 8 - Friday, January 9, 2026
Who should participate: Faculty preparing spring courses, staff managing shared resources, student organization leaders getting their spring recruiting materials ready, and anyone else creating digital content associated with our institutions.
Format: Asynchronous learning opportunities, system-wide synchronous sessions, and campus-specific events
Why Participate?
- Prepare for Spring: Get your content ready before the semester begins!
- Clean Up Files: Apply accessibility principles to courses in the LMS, content in shared drives, presentations, templates, reports, and other shared documents
- Learn Practical Skills: Gain hands-on experience with accessibility tools and techniques
- Connect with Colleagues: Share strategies and solutions with peers across USM
- Meet Compliance Goals: Work toward meeting the April 24, 2026, Title II digital accessibility requirements in a supportive environment