A11y to the Rescue: A Villainous Escape Room

Purpose & objective

The purpose of this presentation is to bring better awareness and understanding to individuals involved in student success of the importance of digital accessibility. In participating in this session, individuals will gain empathy and tangibly experience what happens when digital accessibility is not considered.

By participating in this interactive session, participants will:
1. Review who is impacted by digital accessibility
2. Appraise why all digital course content must meet accessibility standards
3. Acquire accessibility resources
4. Solve a digital accessibility escape room

Outline

I. Introduction and Objectives (5 minutes or less)
II. Explanation of activity (5-10 minutes)
A. What’s an escape room
B. What are the rules
C. How we’re going to complete this as a large-group activity
III. Escape room play through (30-35 minutes)
IV. Debrief of play through (10 minutes)
V. Share major resources and tools directly related to accessibility topics from activity covered in the game (5-10 minutes)

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