The University IT Accessibility Office is once again sponsoring the NC State Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) Website Challenge to encourage campus website owners and designers to make accessibility improvements to their websites. GADD is held annually “to get people talking, thinking and learning about digital accessibility and users with different disabilities.”

The contest, which runs today through Wednesday, May 20, includes two categories:

• sites that improve their overall accessibility by the greatest percentage
• sites that link at least their homepage to the Accessibility @ NC State University
  Website owners and designers are asked to link to this site so their users can easily find campus accessibility services and to follow the Office of Civil Rights recommendations.

Individuals who need help identifying and correcting accessibility issues can attend the following workshops and informal drop-in sessions:

• Website Accessibility Tune-Ups (Lunch & Learn series)
  Thursday, April 23, noon to 1 p.m.
  Room 110, Avent Ferry Technology Center
  To register, visit Classmate.

• Web Accessibility Testing and Techniques
  Thursday, April 23, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
  Room 110, Avent Ferry Technology Center
  To register, visit Classmate.

• Co-Working Day Drop-in Session
  Friday, May 1, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  Room 106, Avent Ferry Technology Center
  Registration is not required.

• Web Accessibility Testing and Techniques
  Tuesday, May 5, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  Room 108, Avent Ferry Technology Center
  To register, visit Classmate.

• Website Accessibility Tune-Ups (Lunch & Learn series)
  Tuesday, May 5, noon to 1 p.m.
  Room 108, Avent Ferry Technology Center
  To register, visit Classmate.

• Co-Working Day Drop-in Session
  Friday, May 8, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  Room 106, Avent Ferry Technology Center
  Registration is not required.

The University IT Accessibility Office will post contest winners on the 2015 NC State Global Accessibility Awareness Day Website Challenge page on Thursday, May 21.