Conference Presentations

External Authority: Presenting Accessible Solutions and Strategic Best Practices

My work on digital accessibility and instructional design strategy is recognized across the academic community. This list showcases my extensive experience presenting at conferences on the international, national, and state levels, including major organizations like ISTE, AECT, and AERA. Each presentation demonstrates my ability to translate complex research and technical guidance into actionable strategies for diverse audiences, fostering a wider culture of equitable design and student success across various educational sectors.

2025 Conferences

• Are They Compliant? Are Higher Education Websites Meeting Digital Accessibility Standards?

• The Ripple Effect: Are Instructional Designers Positively Impacting the Accessibility of Higher Education Websites?

2024 Conferences

• It's [Not] for the Birds: Using Grackle to Generate Accessible Google Documents

• Easy, Breezy, Beautiful, Accessible Genially

• Genially Goes to College: Use Cases for Higher Education

2023 Conferences

• A11y to the Rescue: A Villainous Escape Room

• I’m [Not] Gonna Wreck It! Developing Effective Asynchronous Professional Development

• Life, Liberty, and Accessibility: Ring in Digital UDL

• Dig a Little Deeper: The Future of Online Learning Without Inaccessible PDFs

• Be Our Guest! Put Our Digital Accessibility Recipes to the Test

• A Wolf in Sheets Clothing: Accessible Spreadsheets

• Dungeons & [Accessibility] Dragons: Using Gamification to Build Empathy

2022 Conferences

• Look at This Stuff! Isn’t it Neat? Wouldn’t You Think My Basic Accessibility Collection is Complete?

• Neptune’s Fury: Seas the Day!

• POUR Unfortunate Souls: Digital Accessibility Standards

• Can You Tell Me How to Get…How to Get to Digital Accessibility Street?

• I Used to Hate the Water: Swimming into Digital Accessibility

• Supercalifragilistic Lack of Accessibility is Pedagogically Atrocious

• Goosebumps: How to Avoid Frighteningly Inaccessible Fonts and Colors in Your Curriculum

• A Galaxy [Not So] Far, Far Away: Accessible Podcasts

• Avoid It Like the Plague: PDFs and Why You Should (Nearly) Never Use Them

• Operation Accessibility: How to Transition Your Inaccessible Course Content

• How to be a Digital A11y (Accessibility)

• We Are the Champions: A Canvas Panel Discussion with Faculty Champions

• Tainted Love: Blackboard vs Canvas

• Isn’t it Iconic? Using Icons in a Canvas Course to Facilitate Student Engagement

• Can't Touch This: The Limitations of Canvas' Accessibility Checker

• We Don't Talk About Classic Quizzes: Why New Quizzes are Superior to Classic Quizzes

• You've Got a Friend in Me: Building with Accessibility in Mind

• Tweet Others the Way You Want to Be Tweeted: Accessible Social Media

• PDFs: Deactivate: Creating Accessible Digital Documents

• Making Content Engaging and Accessible

• Supercalifragilistic-Lack of Accessibility is Pedagogically Atrocious

• Isn't It Iconic? Using Icons in an Asynchronous Course to Facilitate Student Engagement

2021 Conferences

• Making Content Engaging and Accessible

• Is Your Assignment Leaking? Scaffolding Assignments in College Composition Courses

• Rise and Shine: Using Wakelet to Promote Student Interaction and Collaboration

• Isn’t it Iconic?: Using Icons in an Asynchronous Course to Facilitate Student Engagement

2020 Conferences

• Mysteries of Accessibility

  • Creating Accessible Course Content

  • Using Color and Composing Alt Text

  • Constructing and Using Tables

  • Composing with Microsoft Word and Google Docs

  • Designing Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides

  • Recording Audio and Video

• Using Zoom to Engage Your Students

• Producing POUR Products: Does Your Digital Course Content Meet Accessibility Standards?