Advancing Digital Accessibility at UMD
The UMD Digital Accessibility Advisory Committee has developed interim guidelines and resources to assist with making UMD digital resources accessible by the April 2026 ADA deadline.
Ghosts in Your Google Drive (and Other University Spaces)?
As the year continues to zoom by, we find ourselves nearing the end of October already - it is prime spooky season. You may celebrate Halloween and have some decorative ghosts or skeletons at home, but have you considered that there may be some ghosts lurking in your university spaces? DATA RETENTION! Who said that?!
UMD Digital Badging Service Rebranding
Canvas Credentials will become Parchment Digital Badges on October 31, 2025.
Oversharer? Better over coffee.
Social media has become pretty much second nature for most of us. We share moments, big and small, with a few taps. Posting a dorm move-in video, your first day at a new job, or that perfect photo at McKeldin Mall is fun, social, and it keeps us connected with friends and family no matter where they are.The problem is that, sometimes, those same posts can reveal more than we intend, not just to classmates or followers, but to scammers, identity thieves, and even cybercriminals looking for easy targets.
Digital Accessibility Advisory Committee (DAAC)
The Digital Accessibility Advisory Committee (DAAC) is charged with developing a Digital Accessibility Plan and a set of recommendations to ensure institutional alignment with the University of Maryland Accessible Technology Policy.
As part of this work, the committee will focus on, but not be limited to, the following areas:
PDF Basics
PDF is one of the most frequently used document types in higher education, and one of the most complicated to make accessible. Learn how to use the automated tools Adobe provides to evaluate and modify your documents to be more accessible, often with just a few clicks!
View Event Details for PDF BasicsSoftware Risk Management Program
Review BEFORE you buy.
Start your review by emailing software-risk-mgmt@umd.edu.
Create, Style, and Scale Your ELMS Course content: Build Your Own DesignPLUS Templates
Join us for this webinar and learn how to use the advanced features of the CidiLabs DesignPLUS sidebar.This session was previously titled "Upgrade Your ELMS Course with DesignPLUS (Advanced)."By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
View Event Details for Create, Style, and Scale Your ELMS Course content: Build Your Own DesignPLUS TemplatesCreate, Style, and Scale Your ELMS Course content: Learn to Use DesignPLUS and Templates
Take your course to the next level with DesignPLUS! Join this webinar to learn how DesignPLUS, an ELMS-Canvas plug-in, can help you build and design high-quality courses to enhance engagement and accessibility.
View Event Details for Create, Style, and Scale Your ELMS Course content: Learn to Use DesignPLUS and TemplatesMulti-Factor Authentication--What is it, really?
As our article last week mentioned, it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month! To celebrate, we will talk about various cybersecurity awareness topics during the month of October. This week is all about multi-factor authentication (MFA)--What is it? Why does it matter? Do I seriously need to use it? Let's get right into it.