[CATO] Accessible Syllabus Bot

Thu Jun 12 12:19:10 PDT 2025

I will loop in our eLearning team as they have taken the lead in looking at how AI can help make digital content and technology more inclusive and usable. Generally speaking privacy is a concern with AI as a number of the various tools available use an opt-out model as opposed to opt-in for accessing your data and how they use it. Users may not realize they are consenting to an app storing and using their data when clicking "I accept".

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Monica,

I shared this with the faculty in charge of syllabus review and my Faculty Development colleagues. There some initial privacy concerns, but I believe a few of us are going to test it out and go from there.

Kyle Gonzalez

Digital Accessibility Specialist

South Puget Sound Community College

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Does anyone plan to try this out with their faculty?

Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers)

Policy Associate - Accessible IT Coordinator

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

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¡Hola!

I ran into this Accessible Syllabus Bot<https://www.playlab.ai/project/cm2awcqki0h8vtihy8vfxkt6j> tool today. It might be of interest and/or assistance to others.

Key Functions:

  *   Remediate syllabus for Universal Design for Learning 3.0 alignment.
  *   Correct your Canvas HTML code to create an ADA-compliant, WCAG 2.1 AA syllabus for Canvas.
  *   Integrate critical aspects of the Accessible Syllabus project.
  *   Create a student-centered, inclusive syllabus.
My Notes:
·                     It appears to output in HTML for Canvas and MS Word.
·                     I have not tested it yet.
·                     It offers the possibility of anonymizing your information.

Gracias,
Agnes Figueroa
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Any pronouns will be fine.

Accessibility is not a checkbox. Accessibility is a mindset that can lead to a very powerful sense of inclusion.

~ Maayan Ziv founder and CEO AccessNow

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