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Whether new to teaching or more seasoned, you can find accessible resources on teaching topics across the disciplines and modes here.

10 Steps for Creating Alt Text

Resource for Instructors: Find here a quick resource for creating meaningful and accessible alt text for your images.

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Describing People for Alt Text

Resource for Instructors: Find here a quick resource for describing people in the alt text for your images. Audio Version: “Describing People (1)” Text Version: “Describing People: Visual Details Over […]

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Class Progress for Accommodations and Accessibility

Resource for Instructors: Find here our short video about reading Class Progress in Brightspace with an accessibility lens.

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Making Text Communication Accessible in Brightspace

Resource for Instructors: Find here both our infographic as well as its supporting text document on text editing in Brightspace.

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Matthew Dunleavy wearing a pink and purple polka-dot shirt under a grey blazer with red-framed glasses and a long reddish-brown beard smiling into the camera
Matthew Dunleavy

Senior Educational Developer, Faculty Excellence and Development

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Matthew Dunleavy (he/him) is an educational developer and scholarly teacher with over 10+ years’ experience. In addition to working at the CTEI, Matthew serves as the Vice-Chair of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE). Before joining the CTEI, Matthew was an Educational Developer in the Teaching Commons at York University; before entering that role, he served as the Program Director of the Online Learning and Technology Consultants (OLTC) Program at the Maple League of Universities (Acadia University; Bishop’s University; Mount Allison University; and St. Francis Xavier University). In 2022, he was awarded the D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning by STLHE for this work.