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
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