{"id":10806,"date":"2017-05-08T09:19:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T14:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=10806"},"modified":"2017-05-08T09:19:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T14:19:45","slug":"global-accessibility-awareness-day-may-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/global-accessibility-awareness-day-may-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Accessibility Awareness Day&#8211;May 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Karen Nichols<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webinars.blackboard.com\/Global-Accessibility-Awareness-Day?elqTrackId=453c70d61515433d9f7f652bebf38308&amp;elq=00000000000000000000000000000000&amp;elqaid=7854&amp;elqat=2&amp;elqCampaignId=\">Blackboard<\/a> is sponsoring a series of webinars around the world to mark the 6th annual recognition of Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 18, 2017. Please follow this <a href=\"http:\/\/webinars.blackboard.com\/Global-Accessibility-Awareness-Day?utm_campaign=NAHE_2017_Accessibility_GAAD&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Eloqua&amp;utm_content=NAHE_2017_Accessibility_GAAD_Email1\">link<\/a> to register for any of the 8 free sessions.\u00a0 Remember that accessibility features, especially in online and hybrid courses, help <em>all<\/em> students!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10809\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/global-accessibility-awareness-day-may-18\/gaad-2017\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/GAAD-2017.jpg?fit=1280%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GAAD 2017\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Global Accessibility Awareness Day&amp;#8211;Be Part of the Discussion&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Global Accessibility Awareness Day&amp;#8211;Be Part of the Discussion&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/GAAD-2017.jpg?fit=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/GAAD-2017.jpg?fit=625%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10809\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/GAAD-2017.jpg?resize=625%2C500\" alt=\"Global Accessibility Awareness Day--Be Part of the Discussion\" width=\"625\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Global Accessibility Awareness Day--Be Part of the Discussion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Karen Nichols Blackboard is sponsoring a series of webinars around the world to mark the 6th annual recognition of Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 18, 2017. Please follow this link to register for any of the 8 free sessions.\u00a0 Remember that accessibility features, especially in online and hybrid courses, help all students! &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"h-entry","8":"hentry","9":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-2Oi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21435,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/global-accessibility-awareness-day-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":10806,"position":0},"title":"Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2025","author":"Janice Florent","date":"May 12, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Thursday, May 15th, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). 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