Upcoming Events & Workshops
Spring 2026 Events
Accessible Instructional Material Webinar Series
This webinar series focuses on building skills necessary for creating accessible instructional materials and digital content in compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA standards. Sessions are not interdependent, allowing you to attend whichever sessions fit your needs.
Topics covered in this series include:
- creating accessible documents, slides, tables, and D2L pages
- authoring alternative text for both simple and complex images
- optimizing your accessibility workflows at both the course- and file-level
- providing audio description for presentations and lectures
Each session will be offered multiple times throughout the spring semester, and recordings will be made available.
Open Dialogue for Inclusive Curricula: Information Literacy
In the face of the rapidly evolving information landscape, characterized by emerging AI technologies, social media, misinformation, censorship, and robust information access, information literacy skills and knowledge are needed now more than ever. WCU faculty and graduate students are invited to join us for a 60-minute interactive discussion, facilitated by Megan Donnelly, Information Literacy Librarian and Doctor of Education, Curriculum and Instruction student here at WCU.
When: Wednesday, March 25, 11:00am – 12:00pm ET
Where: Online, via Zoom
The goal of this open dialogue is to create a collaborative space to share diverse perspectives, build mutual understanding, and empower our community of educators to apply course design and instructional strategies that foster real, modern information behaviors, and equip students with the information literacy skills needed to navigate the modern information landscape. This interactive discussion will begin with a brief lecture to define and contextualize information literacy within the curricula, as well as the modern information landscape. After a brief lecture, participants will respond to discussion prompts designed to engage, inform, inspire, and empower curricular design for information literacy.
If you are interested in participating in this discussion, please use the link below to register at your earliest convenience! If you have any questions about this offering, please contact Jessica Drass at jdrass@wcupa.edu.
Introduction to VoiceThread Workshop
VoiceThread is an interactive multimedia platform that allows users to create and share collaborative presentations and discussions that may incorporate images, documents, videos, and audio commentary. VoiceThread’s D2L Integration allows instructors to add VoiceThread Assignments to the Content section of their D2L Course Site that link to the Gradebook. This Spring, the Teaching and Learning Center will be hosting an Introduction to VoiceThread Workshop for WCU faculty interested in learning more about the tool.
When: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Where: Online, via Zoom
If you are interested in attending this workshop, please register at your earliest convenience. Questions? Contact Jessica Drass at jdrass@wcupa.edu.