On Tuesday, November 18, Marshall University will join institutions worldwide for Anthology's Fix Your Content Day 2025. Each "fix" you make in your course through Blackboard's Ally tool during this 24-hour competition moves Marshall up the leaderboard!

Join us as we host accessibility and UDL workshops and events throughout the day, sponsored by Marshall Online, MUIT, Anthology, and Adobe. You can participate in-person, on Teams, or work in Ally on your own. However you plan to participate, please register for this event to commit to making accessibility updates and to be entered for prizes!

Every fix, big or small, contributes to a more inclusive learning environment for all students and helps us move toward ⁠WCAG 2.1 AA digital accessibility standards. 

Lunch Reservation: If you would also like to attend lunch, from 12-1 in Drinko 349, please reserve your spot with this form: FYCD Lunch. 

FYCD Schedule of Events

Drop in and out of workshops throughout the day:

• POUR and SCULPT
  Come for the coffee bar and play-doh, stay to learn about accessibility best practices!
  Time: 9am–10am

• Fix-a-Thon
  Kick off the competition with an Anthology Ally workshop (Marshall Instructional Designers).
  Time: 10am–11am

• Accessible PDFs
  Learn how to auto-tag and format accessible PDFs in Adobe (MUIT and Adobe).
  Time: 11am–12pm

• Lunch
  Enjoy lunch and learn about students' experiences with assistive tech. Lunch sponsored by Anthology; please register.
  Time: 12pm–1pm

• Copyright and Blackboard
  What’s fair use? Copyright info and how Blackboard supports accessibility (Sarah Mollette and Dena Laton, Marshall Copyright Specialists, and Blackboard Engineers).
  Time: 1pm–2pm

• Alt Text
  Create auto-generated alt text in Blackboard and learn about best practices for manually adding it in different contexts (Blackboard Engineers).
  Time: 2pm–3pm

• Copilot and Accessibility
  Learn how Copilot aids digital accessibility and saves time (MUIT).
  Time: 3pm–4pm