New Sites resources, site admin training, and project phases

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:12:58 -0500

Hello site admins!

This post has a lot of information in it. Please read carefully!

New Resources

The Sites team is excited to debut a few new self-help resources!

1. New Sites table class: Having table problems? Is Silktide flagging your table as causing 2D scrolling issues? Our new Sites table class "umbc-table" may be able to help.

1. How to Add Alt Text in Sites: Not sure how to add alt text to an image in Sites? This article will walk you through the options.

2. The 3R Framework for PDFs: This resource will help with decisions about what to do with PDFs - reduce, remake, or remediate?

3. Two articles for site admins participating in the digital accessibility remediation process that walk through our new Sites accessibility tools:

Accessibility Tools for UMBC Sites

Archival Tools for UMBC Sites

Site Admin Training

All Site admins with a Silktide account need to complete 2 Silktide training courses to get full access to Silktide. Site admins identified for the Digital Accessibility Remediation Project will be asked to complete 3 additional digital accessibility training courses in Silktide.

Project site admins: The timeline of when your training should be completed will depend on when we begin working with your site, however we encourage site admins who are able to complete theirs in advance to do so. If you aren't able to complete it in advance, we ask that you at minimum ensure you have a Silktide account established.

To request a Silktide account, go to umbc.edu/request and fill out the "Silktide Accessibility Scanning," which has a drop-down option to request a new account.

All site admins should complete these 2 courses in order to get access to the full Silktide capabilities:

Getting Started with Silktide (20 mins)

The Accessibility Module (10 mins)

Project site admins should complete these 3 additional courses:

Don't Be Afraid Of… (15 mins)

What in the World is WCAG? (60 mins)

Introduction to Web Accessibility (40 mins)

These trainings will be available to you once you have a Silktide account and are available in Silktide's Academy under Courses, which can be found at this link: https://app.us.silktide.com/baltimorecounty/everything/academy/courses

Future Project Phases

The remaining phases of the Sites Digital Accessibility project have been identified. The full list of phases and websites in each phase is available on the Sites website. These phases are based on our best estimate, and timelines may not be exact.

Each phase is broken out internally into multiple waves in order for us to better track progress and to stagger how many websites we have at each step of the process, meaning not all sites in each phase will be contacted at the beginning of that phase. If you are concerned about when we will begin work on your site, you are welcome to fill out a Sites RT to inquire, but we ask folks to be patient with us as well.

Questions? Concerns?

Questions or concerns about Silktide, please head to umbc.edu/request and fill out the Silktide Accessibility Scanning form.
Questions or concerns related to any other Sites topic, please fill out a Sites RT.