Digital Education: Access For All

Manchester Metropolitan University is proud of its diverse community of staff, students and visitors. As sector leaders in equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I), it is vital to us that this is reflected in everything we do.

In order to support the University’s strategic response to the global pandemic, ISDS is leading the Digital Education aspect of the Academic Delivery 2020/21 project. The Digital Education (DE) project builds on the technologies and ways of working established for the University’s response to lockdown and aims to address particular challenges of starting a new academic year under the current circumstances.

We envisage that digital technology will play a key role in enabling our teaching to be more accessible. By harnessing new technology, we hope to improve inclusivity. We also appreciate that not everyone will have the infrastructure to access DE and are committed to supporting students and staff to overcome any barriers, so they can study and work.

The following resources provide guidance on good inclusion ‘standards’ to achieve maximum accessibility and engagement to our community across our Digital Education learning environments and resources:

For Students and Staff: Microsoft Teams have many features that support Accessibility.

For Staff only: TEL Training – Making Resources Accessible and Moodle.

Microsoft Power BI: Consume Power BI Reports with Accessibility Features, Keyboard Shortcuts

If you have any specific needs, or wish to provide us with any feedback on accessibility to Digital Education, please contact us as soon as possible:

For Students:

• Student Support Services
• Disability Support

For Staff: Disability Services, Student Support Services and/or an E&D Champion (ISDS).

We are continuously striving to transform our environment to ensure that it meets the needs of our University community. We have made a commitment to undertake the Business Disability Forum’s Accessibility Maturity Model to improve the use of inclusive design, accessible technology and raise standards.