On May 20, we joined forces with our Blackboard Ally community to celebrate the 10th annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking, and learning about digital access, inclusion, and the more than one billion people on the planet with disabilities/impairments. 

To support the mission and spirit of the day, we hosted our second annual Fix Your Content Day, a 24-hour global competition that creates more accessible and inclusive digital learning content. 115 colleges and universities spanning 4 continents, 7 countries, and 30 U.S. states participated in the challenge. Collectively, these participants improved over 108,000-course files, nearly doubling last year's Fix Your Content Day total.  

“Around the world and in a big way, colleges and universities took up the challenge and shined a light on accessibility in the digital classroom,” said Dan Loury, Senior Product Management Director at Blackboard. “As a community, we know one day and one competition isn’t the end, rather the beginning in a journey toward learning experiences that are more inclusive, equitable and accessible.” 

While all participants in the Ally community are champions of inclusion in their own right as each and every day, they strive to improve the educational experience for all learners on their respective campuses. We’d like to recognize the global and regional Fix Your Content Day winners and the achievement club recipients.  

Global Winner and Regional Winners  

• Global and North America: Ogeechee Technical College* 
• Asia Pacific: Charles Darwin University  
• Europe: York St. John University  
• Middle East and Africa: British University in Dubai  
• State College System: Technical College System of Georgia  
• Global Overall Fixes: Florida International University Online (FIU) ** 

Diamond Club (>1.4 fixes per student or >4,000 fixes)   

• Augusta Technical College 
• California State University-San Marcos 
• Central Georgia Technical College 
• Coastal Pines Technical College  
• Florida International University Online (FIU) 
• Ogeechee Technical College   
• Texas A&M International University 
• Wiregrass Georgie Technical College  

Gold Club (>1 fixes per student or >2,000 fixes)  

• Coastal Carolina University 
• Concordia University Texas 
• Charles Darwin University 
• Georgia Piedmont Technical College 
• Kansas City Kansas Community College 
• Oconee Fall Line Technical College 
• Wichita State University 

Silver Club (>.5 fixes per student or >1,000 fixes)   

• California State University – Stanislaus 
• The British University in Dubai 
• Medical University of South Carolina 
• Southern Crescent Technical College 
• University of Aberdeen 
• Utah State University 
• Webster University 
• Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College 
• York St John University 

Bronze Club (>.1 fixes per student or >500 fixes)   

• Angelo State University 
• Cowley College 
• James Cook University 
• Kentucky Community & Technical College System 
• Lanier Technical College 
• North Georgia Technical College 
• Southeastern Technical College 

NOTES  
*Highest number of fixes per student   
**Highest number of total fixes