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Digital Accessibility - Division of Information Technology

Six Essential Steps for Digital Accessibility

2026-05-27T13:00:00.000
2026-05-27T14:15:00.000

Get an overview of the six areas that have the greatest impact on making your online content more accessible.

DIT Digital Accessibility Team

ELMS-Canvas Accessibility Tools

2026-05-28T11:00:00.000
2026-05-28T12:00:00.000

Get an overview of the available tools for improving the accessibility and usability of content in ELMS-Canvas.

DIT Digital Accessibility Team

Overview of the Ally ELMS-Canvas Accessibility Tool

2026-06-01T12:00:00.000
2026-06-01T13:00:00.000

Instructors, join us for this overview of Ally, the ELMS-Canvas accessibility tool. This powerful tool provides accessibility features for both you and your students.

Digital Accessibility - Division of Information Technology

Make Your Panopto Videos Accessible with Captions and Audio Description

2026-06-03T13:00:00.000
2026-06-03T14:00:00.000

If you use Panopto to share videos with your students, join us to learn how to make videos more accessible by enabling and editing automatic captions and adding audio descriptions.

Promotional graphic for a webinar series titled “The Business of Journalism in the Age of AI.” The design features a workspace background with a laptop keyboard, camera lenses, eyeglasses, a notebook, and a smartphone. Text reads: “Webinar Series: The Business of Journalism in the Age of AI. Learn how to reinvent the business of news and thrive in the age of AI. Monthly through December.” Logos for JPMorgan Chase, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, and LNN appear along the bottom.

The Business of Journalism in the Age of AI: Using AI to improve newsgathering

2026-06-05T12:00:00.000
2026-06-05T13:00:00.000

Experts from Merrill College and a journalism industry leader describe how newsrooms can ethically use AI to boost their news products.

Digital Accessibility - Division of Information Technology

Six Essential Steps for Digital Accessibility

2026-06-11T10:00:00.000
2026-06-11T11:15:00.000

Get an overview of the six areas that have the greatest impact on making your online content more accessible.

DIT Digital Accessibility Team

ELMS-Canvas Accessibility Tools

2026-06-17T11:00:00.000
2026-06-17T12:00:00.000

Get an overview of the available tools for improving the accessibility and usability of content in ELMS-Canvas.

DIT Digital Accessibility Team

Overview of the Ally ELMS-Canvas Accessibility Tool

2026-06-17T13:00:00.000
2026-06-17T14:00:00.000

Instructors, join us for this overview of Ally, the ELMS-Canvas accessibility tool. This powerful tool provides accessibility features for both you and your students.

Digital Accessibility - Division of Information Technology

Make Your Panopto Videos Accessible with Captions and Audio Description

2026-06-18T13:00:00.000
2026-06-19T14:00:00.000

If you use Panopto to share videos with your students, join us to learn how to make videos more accessible by enabling and editing automatic captions and adding audio descriptions.

Digital Accessibility - Division of Information Technology

Six Essential Steps for Digital Accessibility

2026-06-22T12:00:00.000
2026-06-22T13:15:00.000

Get an overview of the six areas that have the greatest impact on making your online content more accessible.

Promotional graphic for a webinar series titled “The Business of Journalism in the Age of AI.” The design features a workspace background with a laptop keyboard, camera lenses, eyeglasses, a notebook, and a smartphone. Text reads: “Webinar Series: The Business of Journalism in the Age of AI. Learn how to reinvent the business of news and thrive in the age of AI. Monthly through December.” Logos for JPMorgan Chase, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, and LNN appear along the bottom.

The Business of Journalism in the Age of AI: Improving engagement with new models and AI-formatted content

2026-07-17T12:00:00.000
2026-07-17T13:00:00.000

A Merrill College professor will demonstrate an innovative, AI-supported “Smart Story Suite" designed to engage users across varying environments, time constraints and levels of interest — a model that’s already showing signs of success.

Promotional graphic for a webinar series titled “The Business of Journalism in the Age of AI.” The design features a workspace background with a laptop keyboard, camera lenses, eyeglasses, a notebook, and a smartphone. Text reads: “Webinar Series: The Business of Journalism in the Age of AI. Learn how to reinvent the business of news and thrive in the age of AI. Monthly through December.” Logos for JPMorgan Chase, the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, and LNN appear along the bottom.

The Business of Journalism in the Age of AI: Using AI in innovative ways to reach new audiences

2026-08-14T12:00:00.000
2026-08-14T13:00:00.000

Audience engagement through search engines is shrinking. Pros from Merrill College demonstrate new, AI-driven ways to boost engagement.