Speaker: Michael Harshbarger Incorporating accessibility into Agile sprints is essential for creating inclusive digital experiences. Treat accessibility as technical debt, addressing it systematically to prevent long-term issues. Begin by recognizing accessibility gaps, then gradually implement improvements within your current sprints, focusing on steady progress rather than perfection. Prioritize accessibility tasks by role, ensuring that content […]
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Leveraging AI to Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the University Classroom
In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) holds transformative potential for enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the university classroom. This presentation will explore how AI tools and technologies can be harnessed to create inclusive learning environments, address biases, and support diverse student populations.Attendees will gain insights into practical applications of AI, such as personalized learning experiences that accommodate diverse needs, data-driven approaches to identifying and mitigating biases in teaching practices, and AI-powered tools that foster more equitable student engagement. The session will also address the ethical considerations and challenges of implementing AI in a way that genuinely promotes DEI.
People who design using social media as a guide are missing key facts about graphic design
People who design using social media as a guide are missing key facts about graphic design. Those facts are the subtle nuances that make a design or a logo good versus great. For example, a subtle nuance like when to use a serif font versus a san serif font. That’s important because fonts have different voices and convey many meanings, feelings, and emotions. Social media is great at supplying a plethora of information. However, learning the tenants of graphic design such as contrast, balance, emphasis, proportion, hierarchy, repetition, rhythm, pattern, white space, movement, variety, and unity fill in the blanks greatly where social media lacks.
Move It! Getting Started with Web Animation
This presentation would explore the power of animation in web design, showing how to bring static visuals to life to create more engaging and dynamic user experiences. You could share techniques and tools you use to animate assets, as well as examples of successful animations you’ve implemented in your projects.Takeaways: Attendees will gain insights into the principles of web animation, practical skills for implementing animations in their own projects, and the impact of motion on user engagement and retention.