Accessibility

Equations and symbols are at the heart of many STEM courses — but making them accessible can feel daunting. Mathpix is a tool that converts handwritten and digital math into formats that are easier for faculty to prepare and more accessible for students to use. 

Learn from your colleagues across the UM System who will share how Mathpix is being applied in teaching and how it can reduce stress for faculty while opening learning opportunities for students.

Presenters:

Vinay Kanth Rao Kodipelly, Assistant Teaching Professor of Mathematics at the University of Missouri–St. Louis - Vinay coordinates and teaches undergraduate mathematics courses at UMSL and designs a range of instructional artifacts, including interactive lecture materials that he coined as Slides on Steroids. These are highly structured, interactive slide-based resources that he has presented at several teaching and learning conferences. In developing these materials—along with accessible course notes, assessments, and student-facing resources—he relies on Mathpix for efficient equation capture, accessibility support, and conversion of mathematical content into polished instructional formats suitable for slides.

Dr. Jagannathan Sarangapani (Jag), Rutledge-Emerson Professor in Electrical Engineering & Interim Director ISC

Working towards a digitally accessible Canvas course can be an overwhelming task, but there are tools to help! This session will introduce two Canvas-integrated tools, TidyUP and Ally, to assist you in your efforts to make your materials in Canvas accessible. TidyUP identifies and can help you remove outdated or unused content, while Ally identifies and remediates accessibility issues in your Canvas content.  

Working towards a digitally accessible Canvas course can be an overwhelming task, but there are tools to help! This session will introduce two Canvas-integrated tools, TidyUP and Ally, to assist you in your efforts to make your materials in Canvas accessible. TidyUP identifies and can help you remove outdated or unused content, while Ally identifies and remediates accessibility issues in your Canvas content.