# ‘Digitally Enhanced Education webinars’ 2 October 14:00 to 16:30 BST
Next week’s event in the University of Kent’s ‘Digitally Enhanced Education webinars’ series has a presentation about Ally.
[Amy Giles](mention:9d9d85a3-ded0-4c60-9b52-8f321b411ff2 "/u/amy.giles1/") will do a talk on “Building Awareness around Blackboard Ally”.\
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**If you are not already on their mailing list and would like to join, [complete the Digitally Enhanced Education registration form](https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DVvqpUTI_mkSnIT4_Sapemm3tLYMRSP5Ngy45odQ0WohUMVAyV1VMRzAwNlFVNzI2TE8xM0pYUjcxQy4u&data=05%7C02%7Cm.deeprose%40soton.ac.uk%7C3cfde8e77a55413fb0ab08dcd7d5968d%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C638622559603052068%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rkbc9CWVvZO3a0XLVGitlO0qZulmkAwB1SorVy09ZGQ%3D&reserved=0) and you should be sent an invite to the meeting.** \
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I’ll also be doing a follow up to my presentation to the user group in July about using AI tools, with a summary of the use cases I originally covered and a focus on how I am now using Claude AI to help me create tools that will help academic colleagues to make more accessible content.
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Agenda (all times in BST)
- 14:00 - 14:05 – Dr Phil Anthony (University of Kent): Introduction
- **14:05 - 14:35 – Matthew Deeprose** (University of Southampton): **Using generative AI to improve digital accessibility efficiency, featuring Copilot, Whisper, and Claude**
- **14:35 – 14:50 – Dr Juliane Thieme** (University of Greenwich): **Co-creating a non-digital classroom game with AI and human collaborators**
- **14:50 – 15:05 – Helen Todd** (University of Sussex): **Universal Design for Learning: Enhancing Online Distance Learning at the University of Sussex**
- **15:05 – 15:15 - Break**
- **15:15 – 15:30 – Dr Sam Penrice** (BPP University): **Seeing learners when you can't see them - practical tools for teaching diverse needs in the online environment**
- **15:30 – 15:45 – Jess Beeley, Dr Elaine Walsh and Dr Maria Rieder** (University of Limerick): **Creating an Inclusive Teaching Community and Designing Resources to Support Faculty**
- **15:45 – 16:00 – Nithya Ramadoss & Dr Sandra Morales** (University of Oxford): **Optimising Inclusivity: Using Digital Tools to Enhance Teaching Practices**
- **16:00 – 16:15 – Amy Giles** (University of South Wales): **Building Awareness around Blackboard Ally**
- **16:15 – 16:30 – Mike Clapp** (University of Exeter): **Breaking the Ice to Build Inclusion: Creating Inclusive Ice Breakers\
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I’m not organising this event, just sharing here since the Ally talk will be of particular interest to this group.
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Discussion
Matthew Deeprose ·