Rachel S. Thompson

Alabamian, Lover of cooking, fiction, irreverent humor. Views are my own. Higher ed a11y director and linguist.

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

@OITatUA @MicrosoftTeams Fishing for compliments?

[Billy West @TheBillyWest]

Didn’t think this could be any funnier... but now it is

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

@AllanGuenther @ReggaeFlavaLLC @BJGUENTHERLPC We love @ReggaeFlavaLLC! Looking forward to seeing their new home!

[Jessica Rafuse @JessicAccess]

Obsessed. @Microsoft I can call the elevator with my foot or wheelchair or maybe my hands are full or I ordered two lattes or I’m pushing a stroller or I’m super into #InclusiveDesign. #AccessibilityScavengerHunt #a11y #wheelchair #MicrosoftLife #LifeHack #Disability

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

Way to go, Bb! Captions on the big screen. ☺️ #a11y #BbWorld19

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

Front-row seat for an exciting day with higher ed leaders from around the world! #bbworld19

[UA Tech A11y @UATechAccess]

Bring your accessibility questions or work to improve the accessibility of your digital content. We’re here to help! Accessibility Office Hours and Work Session, Thursday, July 25, 2019, 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM in A232 Gordon Palmer: https://t.co/KzZ4VoEaMG

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

And a huge timesuck during upgrades...we have to manually check. Every. Single. Privilege. Pre and post UG.

[Tom Salyers 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 @salyers_tom]

Blackboard, I love your REST APIs, but let's get real...the Privileges page in Learn is a shrieking pit of horrors that badly needs updating so we can more easily map REST users to entitlements.

Going through nearly 600 (on my system) options is less than ideal.

#BbWorld19

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

@OITatUA

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

@CareySmouse Disclaimer: I totally get it, but it still cracks me up. 🤣🤣🤣

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

#WhyIBbWorld @CareySmouse knows how much I love those forward looking statements

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

@OITatUA will be proud of me... in a session on secure code best practices for REST APIs #BbWorld19

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

21 days of BbData! Invite your friends and fam! 🤣 #BbWorld19 https://t.co/k1HKHdYhvN

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

@jspradlin Any time frame on its availability for BbMH?

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

The biggest lesson imho? Don’t sell us something you can’t fix or control & hold 3rd parties to the same standards you follow

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

Whoohoo! Updated inline grading and annotation coming soon #BbWorld19 #Devcon19

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

Defining ‘platform’ as an integrated whole. Aka more than a collection of tools #BbWorld19

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

#WhyIBbWorld the beards. And the huge brains behind them #Bbworld19

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

Bb is not just a tech company; they are an EdTech company. Agreed. Truer and truer over time. #WhyIBbWorld #Bbworld19 @timtomlinson says it well.

[Rachel S. Thompson @rshuttle]

#WhyIBbWorld well, beanbags are a big part of it!