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Course Accessibility Workshop

Course Accessibility Workshop . Andrea Blair –Disability Support Services Phyllis Epps –Media Development Center/ Information Technology Assistance Center Jason Maseberg-Tomlinson –Disability Support Services. Examples of Universal Design. 1. Course Accessibility Standards Policy.

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Course Accessibility Workshop

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  1. Course Accessibility Workshop Andrea Blair –Disability Support Services Phyllis Epps –Media Development Center/ Information Technology Assistance Center Jason Maseberg-Tomlinson –Disability Support Services

  2. Examples of Universal Design

  3. 1. Course Accessibility Standards Policy • Approved by Faculty Affairs - May 15, 2007 • Approved by Faculty Senate - June 12, 2007 Background Many of the courses offered at Kansas State University use technology to enhance course delivery, both on-campus and through distance learning (referred to as eLearning). The United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has stated that eLearning must be designed and delivered in such a way that all students, including students with disabilities, have equal access to course content. In 2001, Kansas State University developed a memorandum detailing the University’s responsibility for creating accessible administrative, college, and department web pages. Accessible templates were developed for this purpose. Since 2001 the use of websites, web-based course management systems, and various technologies to routinely provide instruction to students has grown exponentially. Therefore, the Course Accessibility Standards Policy extends beyond the 2001 Web Accessibility Memorandum to include distance education and instructional websites as well as all eLearning course content.

  4. 1. Course Accessibility Standards Policy(2) This policy applies to all faculty and staff developing courses or course management systems for K-State or affiliates. All course delivery mechanisms and course content must be made accessible. This policy refers to new courses, new materials added to existing courses, and “retrofitting” of existing courses. In addition, software that is purchased and utilized in a course must also be accessible. Making courses accessible may include, such actions as saving documents in a universal format such as Microsoft Word, providing a written transcript of audio content, or embedding a text description of graphics inserted into a PowerPoint slide or website. By making courses accessible to students who are sight or hearing impaired, you are also making the same course accessible to students with a wide range of other disabilities.

  5. 1. Course Accessibility Standards Policy (3) Responsibilities All University administrators, faculty, and staff who are involved in course development and delivery share the obligation to ensure that eLearning is accessible to students with disabilities. The Dean of each College will be asked to review for compliance with this policy any new course approval or course alteration. The Office of the Provost will make reasonable efforts to provide professional development, training, and technical support for faculty and staff involved in the creation of accessible eLearning.

  6. Welcome "We know that equality of individual ability has never existed and never will, but we do insist that equality of opportunity still must be sought." Franklin Delano Roosevelt

  7. 2. Demonstration of software commonly used by students

  8. 3. Seven ways to increase course accessibility www.k-state.edu/dss/k-access

  9. 3.1 Adding Real Text to PDFs

  10. 3.2 Converting Text Images into Text Files

  11. 3.3 Adding Styles to Word documents

  12. 3.4 Tagging PDFs

  13. 3.5 Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

  14. 3.6 Purchasing Accessible 3rd Party Software

  15. 3.7 Creating Transcripts

  16. 4. K-Access – k-state.edu/dss/k-access

  17. 5. Resources to aid you with your content • Information Technology Assistance Center (iTAC) • Instructional Designers • Media Development Center (MDC) • Division of Continuing Education (DCE) • Office of Mediated Education (OME) • Axio Learning/ K-State Online • Disability Support Services (DSS) • K-Access

  18. 6. Question and Answer Session • If you have any questions for the panel… • Andrea Blair - Disability Support Services • Scott Finkeldei - Office of Mediated Education • Sue Maes - Division of Continuing Education • Jason Maseberg-Tomlinson - Disability Support Services

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