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Color Blindness Awareness Month: Ensuring Perceptually Supportive Experiences

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Jun 15, 2026

Table the Tables

Whether you want to display information side-by-side, break up a paragraph or conserve space in a document, it can be tempting to use a table. However, for individuals using screen readers and other read-allowed devices, tables can be challenging to navigate. Imagine closing your eyes and suddenly hearing, “Entering Row 2, Column 4, 20.” Without…
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May 4, 2026

Quick Sweeps for Panopto’s Closed Captions

Yay! You’ve uploaded your latest lecture video to Panopto. Now, it’s time to add closed captions to it. Closed captions are a text equivalent of what is said, which appear synchronously on-screen. From Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, to English-as-a-Second-Language students, to caregivers learning statistics after finally putting their toddler to sleep, closed captions create a…
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Apr 7, 2026

Making Digital Math Expressions Accessible Workshop Series

DELTA, along with campus partners, are offering a miniseries on accessible math expressions. We’ll cover ways to both remediate inaccessible math (think images of equations, handwritten notes and more) and how to create accessible math proactively. Our first of these lunch and learn sessions is April 15, and details about the following sessions will be…

Mar 4, 2026

A File By A Descriptive, Relevant Name

While “a rose by any name smells just as sweet,” files are a whole different story. Have you ever rummaged through your folders for a particular file just to find 10 “Document 1s”? You are not alone! Thankfully, we can make the search easier by following accessibility guidelines, which emphasize the importance of describing what…
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Feb 4, 2026

Accessibility for Your Future Canvas Course

A new LMS is coming, and you may be wondering if the accessibility updates you’re making to your Moodle course now will carry over when we transition to Canvas. We fully expect that your content in Moodle will retain all of its accessibility formatting when transferred into Canvas. If you have used Brickfield to make…

Jan 9, 2026

Smart Spacing: Beyond the “Enter” Button

Do you ever feel the urge to press “Enter” repeatedly to create space in your documents? Blank space in a document helps reduce cognitive load by allowing learners to pause and process content before moving on. However, repeatedly pressing the “Enter” button to create space between lines or push text to a new page creates…
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Dec 8, 2025

Join the Accessibility Journey this Spring

A 3D memo in October announced NC State’s new university policy on digital accessibility requirements for all content and applications. If you’re interested in growing your knowledge and skills necessary to bring your course materials up to the new standards for digital accessibility, DELTA is here to help! Join us in the spring for Join…
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Dec 4, 2025

The Busy Instructor’s Guide to Course Accessibility

This guide offers realistic, step-by-step recommendations for busy instructors like you to effectively work toward WCAG 2.1 AA compliance without sacrificing your well-being.

Nov 5, 2025

Spatial Contiguity in Moodle Quizzes

Spatial contiguity is a multimedia principle that recommends placing graphics and relevant text close together to indicate their relationship and reduce cognitive load.

Sep 9, 2025

Color Blindness Awareness Month: Ensuring Perceptually Supportive Experiences

September is Color Blindness Awareness Month! The National Eye Institute defines colorblindness as difficulty distinguishing between specific pairs of colors.  Join the NC State Libraries on September 24th 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the DH Hill Jr. Library Lobby to learn more about colorblindness and try out the EnChroma Colorblind Glasses, plus enter to…