Resources For Faculty

A guide for faculty, staff and administrators regarding confidentiality for students with disabilities enrolled at Rutgers.

Contacts for Rutgers Offices of Disability Services Rutgers University-Camden

The Office of Disability Services-Camden

Paul Robeson Library
300 4th Street
Camden, NJ 08102
Offices 133,134,135
Phone: 856.225.2717
Fax: 856.225.6084
E-mail: disability-services@camden.rutgers.edu

Website for Disability…

Course Accessibility Plan Why Do We Need a Course Accessibility Plan (CAP)?

On June 24, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) published a new rule on digital accessibility under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This rule requires that all public University’s digital…

Create and Use Accessible Video Content

Videos are a valuable learning opportunity that is used in many settings. To ensure they are accessible for all students, it is important to select and/or create accessible videos for your course(s). The main components to consider when using videos are closed…

Creating a Kaltura Channel - and sharing it with a captionist

This page is for professors moving their courses online as a result of COVID-19. We have arranged for all of your videos to be captioned by 3Play media. To do so, please follow the instructions below:

 

Set up your Channel

Go to: https://rutgers.mediaspace.…

Creating Accessible Math

Creating accessible math is hard. As you heard in a previous video, depending on the type of browser, its version, the type of screen reader and its version, the same equation may be read in multiple ways to the student. 

Below is a video tutorial on how we would recommend you create your math, that…

Creating Accessible Tables

Tables are a helpful way to organize and present data, but they can pose challenges for students who use assistive technologies like screen readers. Poorly structured tables can make it difficult to understand relationships between data or navigate the content efficiently.

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Creating Navigation

In our introduction to screen readers part 1, we looked at how  a student would navigate your course content. Below is a tutorial on how to set up structure with in your documents to allow a student to easily navigate through them.

 

 

To add a…

Determining accommodated exam length

In order to use this calculator, refer to the accommodations listed in the Letter of Accommodation (LOA). To use this calculator:

1. Next to Time provided to class for exam/quiz, enter the total amount of minutes that the class will have for the exam
2. Next to Approved for extended time…

Digital Access Plan (DAP) What is Digital Accessibility?

On April 24, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) published a new rule on digital accessibility under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This rule requires that all public University’s digital technologies and content,…

Disability Language and Etiquette General Disability Etiquette Link to this section.Remember: 

• No two people with a disability are exactly alike 
• Always ask first and follow their lead

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Dragon Naturally Speaking

Dragon Naturally Speaking by Nuance has become the leader in Speech to Text and Speech Command. They offer several different products, each which have been enhanced to fulfill a specific need. It is important you review the specification of each product to choose the right one for you.

Speech Command

It…

Enlarge font for exams

Introduction 

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…

Extended Time in Pearson's MyMathLab and MyStatsLab

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

For the entire class:

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

2. On the Overview page, click …

Extensions on Assignments What is the accommodation of Extensions on Assignments?

Course policy states that students are expected to complete and hand in assignments on the due date listed by the faculty member. At times, students may experience a severe flare-up of their symptoms that does not allow them…