October 21 is a great day to expand your assessment-related professional development!

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:16:26 -0400
accessibility, professional-development

Consider making the afternoon of October 21st dedicated to your assessment-related professional development! Following our scheduled October Assessment 365 session that day from 1-2pm, Dr. Mariann Hawken, Director of Instructional Technology will be leading a virtual presentation open to all UMBC faculty and staff on Accessible Complex Images: Charts, Diagrams, and Infographics. From the workshop description:

"Take your image descriptions to the next level. This session explores practical strategies for describing complex visuals -- such as graphs, conceptual diagrams, and multi-layered infographics -- so that all learners can access the content they convey. We'll also discuss how AI-generated descriptions can support this work, and when they fall short."

Register to attend this session here.