Faculty Resources for Accessible Online Courses

Rutgers Access and Disability Resources Support for Faculty:

RADR has created many resources for faculty below and throughout this web site related to accommodations and making online courses more accessible.  

Faculty/instructors who still have questions related to technologies and providing accommodations for students with disabilities, please connect with us by emailing us at: radr@echo.rutgers.edu. 

Exams

Extended time:

• How to create and extend time on exams (Canvas, Blackboard)
• How to extend time on Pearson's MyMathLab and MyStatsLab

Proctoring and Remote Assessment:

• Alternatives to Proctored Exams as a way to think through the options.
• However, if the need to utilize remote proctoring is the best option, then we have developed tools on:
  • How to set up student accommodations when using Respondus LockDown Browser or Monitoring.

Assignments:

How do I add additional time on an assignment in Canvas for a student with a disability that is different than the rest of the class?

Other Online Tools

• Zoom and Zoom Accessibility- Zoom is a Web conferencing tool with combination of video, voice, content sharing, and chat functions for online meetings or courses and one of the most accessible web conferencing tools available.
• Web Ex and Web Ex Accessibility- Web ex is a Web conferencing tool with video, voice, content sharing, and chat functions for online meetings, events, training, and courses. 
• Accessibility of Turnitin -An online tool that enables professors to identify plagiarism.

Building your course in an accessible format:

• Online Course Content Accessibility Quick Guide

Adding accessible content:

• Accessible Word Documents
• Making Accessible PowerPoints
• Identifying Accessible PDFs
• Making your own PDFs
• Converting image PDFs to searchable PDFs (Sensus Access)
• Top 3 Ways to Make Word Documents Accessible
• Creating Accessible Headings/Navigation
• Adding Alt Text to images/managing Content

Videos/Multi-media

• How to Do Live Web Conferencing (WebEx) - and include live captions
• How to Do Live Web Conferencing (Big Blue Button) - and include live captions
• How to Use Kaltura to record videos -- and add captions
• How to add captions to VoiceThread
•  Automated captioning in zoom

Accommodation Resources at Rutgers:

• For Student Accommodations: The Office of Disability Services
• For Employee Accommodations: The Office of Employment Equity

Next Faculty Training Topic: Exam Accommodations

Other University Resources Available for Faculty:

Rutgers has a great network of instructional designers, technologists, and support specialists along with a plethora of online resources to assist you in taking your course online. Below you will find contact information for the various learning technology groups at Rutgers as well as links to training, documentation, and resources to help you get started.

You should first direct your requests for assistance to the group that normally provides this type of support for you.  If you don’t know who that is or have never needed this type of support before, please reach out via to the relevant help desk using the following contact information:

Rutgers University–Camden
Phone: 856-225-6090
Email: idt@camden.rutgers.edu
Website: https://idt.camden.rutgers.edu/support

Rutgers University–Newark
Phone: 973-353-1713
Email: atshelp@newark.rutgers.edu
Website: https://tls.newark.rutgers.edu/ats

Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Rutgers Health (formerly RBHS)
Phone: 848-932-4702
Email: oid@docs.rutgers.edu
Website: https://tlt.rutgers.edu

Need Help with a Learning Management System:

Canvas Support

Website: Canvas Support Center (Links to an external site.)
Email: help@canvas.rutgers.edu
Phone: 877-361-1134 (Available 24/7)