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Advisory for Saturday, Feb. 7

We look forward to welcoming students and families to our first Scholarship Competition on Saturday. The event will take place as scheduled. Attendees, please refer to your email for the complete itinerary and additional information.

Hartt School Community Division activities are canceled on Saturday.

Announcing: Mission: Accessible Challenge

Join our 6-week (Sept. 15–Oct. 25) gamified challenge to improve your course accessibility and compete for exciting prizes! Transform your digital content while building essential skills for compliance. 

Mission: Accessible Challenge Registration

Mission: Accessible Weekly Progress Update

Join the Digital Accessibility Resource Org. in Blackboard for all your one-stop-resources and the Leaderboard!

Week 1: Images
  • Sept. 15–21 → Submit by Sept. 21
  • Add alt text and optimize visual content
Week 2: Documents
  • Sept. 22–28 → Submit by Sept. 28
  • Structure headings and improve document flow
Week 3: Tables
  • Sept. 29–Oct. 5 → Submit by Oct. 5
  • Format data tables with proper headers
Week 4: Multi-media
  • Oct. 6–12 → Submit by Oct. 12
  • Add captions and transcripts to videos
Week 5: Advanced
  • Oct. 13–19 → Submit by Oct. 19
  • Address complex PDF and scanning issues
Week 6: Final Push
  • Oct. 20–25 → Submit by Oct. 25
  • Complete final improvements and celebrate!

How Points Work:

   Action Points
    Image fixed 2
   Document fixed 10
   Table fixed 15
   Video captioned 25
   Interactive fixed 20
  Scanned doc replaced  30

Bonus:

  • +50 per 10% Ally score improvement
  • +50 for meeting with an ACTECH team member about accessibility
  • Recruit another 5 faculty to join the challenge: +200
  • Co–present on accessibility topics: +200
  • Weekly Champion: +200
  • Innovation Award: +100

Prizes:

  • Prizes will be given to the weekly top three winners
  • Top 3 prizes at the end of the challenge
  • Swag for all participants
  • Badges will be awarded in the Blackboard Org. (which you can screenshot and put into your file for promotion & tenure and/or shared on LinkedIn