Schedule of Events
NWHeat Webinars
Northwest Higher Education Accessibility Technology Group (NWHeat) offers publicly open webinars on accessibility topics for Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC) and Orbis Cascade Alliance members. See upcoming events at https://www.nwheat.org/events/
Recordings and materials from previous events are available at NWHeat Events. A list of most recent events:
- Making AI Work for All: Enhancing Accessibility for Students in Higher Education, presented October 15, 2025
- Session 6 — PDF Accessibility in Practice, June 18, 2025
- Session 5 — Getting Started with PDF Accessibility, June 5, 2025
- Session 4 — Presentation Accessibility in Practice, May 15, 2025
- Session 3 – Getting Started with Presentation Accessibility, May 1, 2025
- Session 2 — Word Processing Accessibility in Practice, April 17, 2025
- Session 1 — Getting Started with Word Processing Accessibility, April 3, 2025
- Collaboration Creates Capacity: Supporting Shared Pathways to Digital Accessibility Maturity, February 11, 2025
- Easing the Transition to STEM Higher Education for Students with Disabilities, presented May 1, 2024
- Digital Accessibility – Legal Update from the Office for Civil Rights, presented May 15, 2024
- Accessible Technology: How A Screen-reader Works with STEM content and More, presented April 16, 2024
- Accessibility in EdTech: How Do Your Products Rate?, presented March 13, 2024
- Introduction to the new NWHeat Knowledge Base, presented December 13, 2023
- Accessibility Considerations in Open Education, Co-hosted by NWHeat and WCET, presented November 16, 2023
- Library Building Accessibility Assessment, presented October 11, 2023
- Untethered teaching and lecture capture. Promoting inclusion and universal design for learning, presented June 14, 2023
- WCET Webcast: Lessons Learned on the Journey Through a Website Accessibility Audit, Co-hosted by NWHeat, presented April 12, 2023