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Approach failed as it was seen as a team project, and failed to get the traction needed to make it a priority area. Needed to pin it to something to make it happen

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Align / include within current high-level strategies and policies for sponsorship and buy-in etc.

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In terms of training, Digital Accessibility needs to be embedded in all sessions, not only specialist digital accessibility sessions. [A few people said this]

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Global accessibility day is an opportunity to promote some of this (if nothing else, raising awareness)

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Consider Data and Reporting

How can we use Ally institutional reports to inform what we do?

‘Required accessibility score’ for each module - 90%

[What do we need to find out in the upcoming evaluation?]

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Consider Student Partnership - How can we use student partnership to support this work?

Student Voice is crucial to underline and promote why this is important. Student experience is the ultimate goal.

Student Interns – courses opt-in to work with a student to improve the accessibility of their course [A few people mentioned ‘student interns’ - in theory this could be wider than the VLE]

Use of Ally reports can support this.

[Other student partnership stuff – champions etc – we need to get some student champions involved asap]

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Consider the culture at your institution:

Top-down (institution level) sponsorship is important. [A few people said this]

We need sponsorship at Faculty / Department Level (targeted sessions work better)

Are mandatory training courses the way to go [I wonder if there is something about leveraging existing mandatory courses?]

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Consider the Approach:

Incremental change (I.e. through templates) is important

Need to find allies e.g. EDI, Library, Marketing

Need to talke opportunities as they arise (e.g. COVID, Programme Revalidation, challenge of AI)

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Consider the audience - who is the content creator (and hence our audience)

Academics

Professional Services Staff [really important – also as advocates]

Content Developers [are there synergies with flexible learning project?]

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Our challenge – no school-level support to do this

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Using teaching awards to help promote the approach

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We have accessibility officers at school level to help support approach

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EDI Team leads student accessibility within our institution

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Capacity - this is a big area for development, so the capacity of academic staff to take this on is low, but support resource to embed is also needed.

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Marketing - If you do this, tell students that you do it! Market it!

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Currently, only keen academics are taking this approach within the Institution

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Digital Core Essentials training / resources – highlight common accessibility fails

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Lack of "mandatory anything" - difficult to get this on the table as a priority, so no mandatory approach (not understanding it's importance)

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Interdisciplinary practice is difficult ("we do it this way")

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Develop training packages for staff - mandatory etc. But also offer resources, drop-ins, training etc - multi level approach

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Training – develop accessible online teaching approaches for your institution

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Encouragement to try new practice (but must offer space to learn)

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Blackboard Checklist - Working with L&T lead with data to back up decisions and improvements

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Initiate conversations with faculty:

Reflective practice - where am I and how can I improve

Different ways of teaching - bring in new ideas

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Reflective practice - consider your own efforts in this area, and consider how you can improve your practice.

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Not just top-down, compliance approach, needs an approach that is across the institution, student scntered

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Approach from the lived experiences of students

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Need clear messaging, the messaging needs reinforcing

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Challenging subject given current climate, and roll-out of technologies. Staff are over-worked and time poor.

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Focus on easy tasks initially (accessibility tips etc), then build up from a base level.

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Suitable comms approaches, delivering the message - clear, concise, repeating the high level messaging. Must model good practice within the comms approach - accessible and inclusive language and delivery methods!

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Mandatory training is possible, but there have been struggles to make this a priority - buy-in, sponsorship etc.

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Messaging has to be clear, repeated and consistent. There needs to be accountability on a high-level, and on all stakeholder levels.

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Institutional values and behaviours / inclusivity policies

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The Institution Education Strategy

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Drive should come from student perspective, using TEL practices and approaches

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How the messaging is framed is important - student first / student centred approach

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Centralised support & resource, with the use of Ally

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Via the accessibility regulations route...

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Consider legal requirements

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Consider what is needed for your materials to be delivered in alternative formats

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Recruitment practices

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Embed inclusivity and digital accessibility into practice

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Definitely align to existing & high-level policies! Otherwise not a priority

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University A - aligned to accessibility Policy

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University A:

Student and Education EDI

Accessibility Working Groups

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Embed within Institutional policy - eg teaching & leaning, curriculum frameworks, assessment and feedback policy

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Inclusive Curriculum Framework (for us, this includes a digital learning environment enhancement working group)

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Education and Students Sub-Strategy - this is then Sponsored by ProVC for Education and Students