{"id":21,"date":"2020-12-11T16:29:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T21:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/designingforall\/front-matter\/introduction-2\/"},"modified":"2020-12-11T17:25:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T22:25:52","slug":"introduction-2","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/designingforall\/front-matter\/introduction-2\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction","rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"<h1>Welcome to CIEL's Designing for All: A Toolkit for Maximum Digital Impact<em>. <\/em><\/h1>\r\nThis support resource was written for instructors at VIU who would like to make their VIULearn courses and learning materials as accessible as possible.\r\n\r\nWe would like to acknowledge that we are not experts in this field, but recognize its importance. This book is the beginning of our efforts to learn more and assist the university community. 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