HE Community - Accessibility by Sue Attewell https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a en-us 2025-05-12 10:13:54 UTC 2025-05-14 15:29:20 UTC hello@padlet.com SenusAccess https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450686385 2025-05-14 14:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450686385 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450686410 We are about to launch Yuja panorama, but we also use the inbuilt accessibility tester in Canvas for academic content

]]> 2025-05-14 14:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450686410 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450686587 Anthology A11y is embedded in the VLE

]]> 2025-05-14 14:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450686587 Goblin tools https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450686817 been reading about and sharing links with students for Magic ToDo - GoblinTools

]]> 2025-05-14 14:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450686817 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450686938 Providing tools like Glean to disabled students.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450686938 We identify online resources and try our best to reach out to students who have identified 'accessibility' issues. https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450687098 2025-05-14 14:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450687098 Ally in Ultra https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450687350 2025-05-14 14:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450687350 Brickfield https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450687473 2025-05-14 14:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450687473 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450687479 SensusAccess. We also have a resource list of free tools that have been recommended to us by students/staff. Most of them aren't AI, though, I'd say. Some of our students get the full version of Grammarly funded by their DSA.


]]> 2025-05-14 14:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450687479 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450687513 We already use Ally, but it's not really an AI tool.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450687513 Yuja Panorama https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450688232 We use Yuja Panorama to:

  • offer alternative formats to students

  • help staff identify accessibility issues in their content and files

  • provide students a way to customise the look of our Moodle


]]> 2025-05-14 14:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450688232 Userway https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450688315 The UserWay Accessibility Widget is a tool that offers on-the-fly adjustments to a website's visual presentation, making it easy for users with disabilities to engage with its content.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450688315 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450688737 Using copilot and other tools to aid staff and students in discrete scenarios.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450688737 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450688873 JamWorks or Glean for students where this is identified as a tool by a needs assessor


]]> 2025-05-14 14:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450688873 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450689387 Concerns around digital poverty and accessibility tools with a cost implication.


]]> 2025-05-14 14:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450689387 Recite Me https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450690741 in our Moodle VLE


Plus Ally..


Plus auto captions in Panopto

]]> 2025-05-14 14:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450690741 Grammarly https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450690964 Tricky this as it's only approved by our disability service but not by our IT service

]]> 2025-05-14 14:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450690964 NotebookLM https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450691167 This is not an accessibility tool. However the ability to create an summary podcast has really got some of my students doing more reading.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450691167 Ally in Ultra https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450691231 I know there's other tools supported by the disabilty team at the uni, but I don't know what they are, sorry.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450691231 Grammarly https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450691362 We have students who through their diasbility funding have been given access to the Pro version of Grammarly and some staff are very unhappy about this. They do not like the fact that it suggest writing ideas.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450691362 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450691834 Building accessibility tools using AI, the tools don't necessarily use AI, but we can build tools fast for very discrete and niche scenarios. This helps us fill gaps that are not provided commericially.


]]> 2025-05-14 14:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450691834 As a distance learn provider, the difficulty is in finding out students' accessibility issues. Some students are happy to declare, but others aren't and I have to rely on my intuition to determine where there are 'undeclared' accessibility issues. https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450693822 2025-05-14 14:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450693822 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450695012 JamWorks and data protection (concern from staff)

]]> 2025-05-14 14:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450695012 Grey area! aliciaowen1 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450695463 The grey area around tools recommended as assistive technologies and built-in AI tools and where the line is around 'acceptable' levels of use within assessments etc.

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]]> 2025-05-14 14:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450695739 Accessibility checker in MS365 eharrison75 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450696333 Teaching staff and students about how to use it and its limitations

]]> 2025-05-14 14:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450696333 Quantification of accessibility https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450696645 We have concerns about tools that give you a percentage score around the accessibility of your content because:

  • it does not reflect the reality that automated testing can only test for around 30% of issues.

  • create a false sense that content is more accessible than it actually is

  • it doesn't account for nuance and complexity of having things that are both in/accessible simultaneously

]]> 2025-05-14 14:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450696645 readwrite davies2s https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450696723 google chrome extension


Given we are a google college

]]> 2025-05-14 14:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450696723 The OU can help by providing hardware to support accessibility. Finance is a support that supports students. https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450697661 Different design of materials and modes of delivery help. Having varied tutorial times. Recording tutorials.


But I am not au fait with how students are resourcing AI for their studies.

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]]> 2025-05-14 14:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450698391 Move towards assessing free tools https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450699780 Before purchasing. Concern as to the availability of staff with time and skill to survey the field.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450699780 Ethical concerns about AI https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450700925 If AI becomes the 'quickets/cheapest option' for digital accessibility, there's a risk that disabled students will be forced to rely on AI tools that are not always accurate or replicate bias, which doesn't seem fair.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450700925 ChatGPT https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450702360 How many people are using the voice version of ChatGPT. Having a conversation and asking questions in real time allows students to think in a more critical way. It really helps for those with CP or with disabilities that mean writing and reading is difficult.


]]> 2025-05-14 14:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450702360 Ai in assessment statements https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450703147 I have concerns that the idea of AI assessment statements on student assessments may prevent people from using the accessibility tools that they legitimately have a reason to use because the statements say they should not use AI. which would disadvantage them.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450703147 Data Protection https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450703578 Understanding the data issues when university teaching materials are uploaded outside of the university into the accessibility tools


]]> 2025-05-14 14:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450703578 Extra scrutiny of AI tools blocking access to accessibility tools https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450704385 Slower or less likely to obtain approval to buy for students.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450704385 Use of AI davies2s https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450705439 Learners ebecoming too reliant on AI tools eg creating bots to support learning - validity of information that they receive


The need for more transparent guidance to be available to students about what can and what can't be used within our AI policy / guidelines


The disparity of what learners have access to depending on if they have the means to pay for different tools


]]> 2025-05-14 14:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450705439 Speechify eharrison75 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450705571 I've come across Speechify text to speech but I haven't used it much yet.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450705571 AI tools from DSA https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450707474 We're having issues with the students being given tools that will generate notes/quizzes/help using AI, but it requires the student to upload the lecture recording to the tool.


Staff are not happy letting their lecture recordings being downloaded and shared with AI tools.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450707474 Increased staff training https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450714493 CPD for staff is absolutely key to ensuring that all are aware of the best tools to use, so that they in turn can support accessibility for all students.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450714493 Knowledge of premium tools https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450714885 I don’t currently use premium AI tools or agents, but I know some students do. How can we, as educators, evaluate the impact of tools we can’t access ourselves, and how do we tackle the equity/accessibility issues that might create?

]]> 2025-05-14 14:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450714885 Reluctance to use AI tools for ethical reasons eharrison75 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450726502 If students are unwilling to use AI tools (in general or particular ones) for ethical reasons, then they may well end up being disadvantaged.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450726502 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450726731 I think we need agreed and share guidelines in the academic context in the same way as there are guidelines for citing and referencing. I've seen students copying whole paragraphs of books in their essays but they knew that was not acceptable!. With AI tools, what is considered student's own work is harder to tell and very few institutions have a clear policy of approved uses A) for accessibility and B) for general academic use.

]]> 2025-05-14 14:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450726731 Employability https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450731936 We need to understand how employers ensure accessibility for their employees and check we are aligned with this.

]]> 2025-05-14 15:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450731936 Institutional understanding of accessibility taylorst6 https://padlet.com/JiscAI/lvw8pdsnhab736a/wish/3450751522 This is a huge problem - so many staff, including those in charge of governance, haven't got a clue what is legally required from an accessibility front.


How do we get the message across to the sector as a whole that the Equalities Act 2010 has been updated in January, and its now been made very clear what the baseline accessibility requirements are in general.

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