Resources For Faculty

This document is for all Professors and Teaching Assistants who wish to enlarge font of a document/Exam in word format. Typically, students’ Letter of Accommodation has the approved font size, if it is absent then consider 22, as a least font size for enlargement. Also, such students use a computer or separate set of sheets to record their answers for exams. Hence, the formatting will be done considering such factors. 

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To extend the time limit on an exam or quiz in Pearson's MyMathLab or MyStats lab before students start an assignment

1. From the Assignments list, click the assignment title.

2. On the Overview page, click Edit Grading and Presentation Settings in the Actions box. View image.

3. On the Basic tab, change the time limit under Assignment Has a Time Limit, and…

We have developed a faculty training module for providing information about working with students with disabilities.  Also, we have many resources for faculty including:

• How to Add Extended Time to Tests
• How to Create Accessible…

As courses are moved to an online environment, we have developed faculty resources for accessible online learning to provide the most critical accessibility and accommodation considerations when moving courses, content and assessments from in-person to online formats in a constrained time frame.  The University has also created overall 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. 

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Welcome to our online training. These series of videos have been designed specifically for those teaching students with disabilities. It is broken down into three sections which will cover:

1 in 5 individuals reports having a disability. The majority of these students have invisible disabilities, such as ADHD, a Specific Learning Disability or heart disease.

In this section, you will learn:

• What are the common types of disabilities?
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Glean is an application that can be used from a computer or mobile device for recording lectures. Users can embed PDFs to accompany the audio recording. Students can add their own text notes alongside the recording and can highlight sections of the audio for future reference. 

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is committed to maintaining an inclusive, welcoming and accessible educational, working and living environment for people of all abilities across all of the University campuses. Rutgers University strives for our campus experiences to be universally designed and useable by all people to the extent possible.

It is everyone's responsibility at the University to ensure that our campus activities, events, programs, and services provide inclusive participation for all attendees.…

WebAim: PowerPoint Accessibility (Links to an external site)

Our office has found that many faculty create their own PowerPoint slides which make up a large percentage of what faculty upload to their LMS. Below is a step by step video guide on how to create accessible PowerPoints.

For written documentation, please…

For those using canvas, you will need to use the Conferences tool:

1. Go to your course in canvas, and click on the conferences tool
2. Click the blue + Conference Button
3. Enter in the details of your session and click update

1. Start your session
2. on the bottom left you'll see a blue plus (+) sign, click on it to open the opens menu
3. Click on 'Write Close Captions'
4. Select your language
5. Select…

What is Respondus?

How do I set up Respondus in my course?

How do I set up Extra Time Quiz/Exam Accommodations when using Respondus?

What if the accommodation the student is requesting is not listed on the Letter of Accommodation submitted by the student? 

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The world is filled with a lot of PDFs. In your course, this may be one of the most used content types.  The above video outlines the difference between a searchable PDF, meaning that you can highlight the text, and an image only pdf.

Below are a few things to consider about PDFs. We'll go through each in detail in the following sections.

Many times you may be converting your own content from an accessible powerpoint/word…

For recording lectures, we recommend using Kaltura. See the TLT site for detailed tutorials on how to use Kaltura.

We recommend using Capture space to record your lecture. Watch this tutorial on how to use Kaltura's Personal Capture to create voiced over videos, screen recordings, and more.

Once you…

SensusAccess (Links to an external site.) is a free online software that allows you to convert files into a PDF format. Users upload files to the system and it is then converted by the software and emailed back to the user. 

SensusAccess works best to create accessible PDFs when:

• You have created an accessible document (i.e Word, powerpoint files)
• You have an imaged PDF that you want to create a…