Resources For Faculty

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 …

Faculty Accessibility Resources Faculty Accessibility Resources:

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…

Faculty Accessibility Resources

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…

Resources for faculty with disabilities who need accommodations while at Rutgers

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…

Faculty Training on Accessibility

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:

Accessibility Basics

1 in 5 individuals reports having a disability. The majority of these students have…

Glean

 

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. 

 

If you are registered…

GUIDELINES FOR HOSTING ACCESSIBLE EVENTS, PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES INTRODUCTION

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…

How to Create an Accessible Powerpoint Best Practice Tips for Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

1. Keep the formatting simple by using existing slide layouts and accessible themes.
2. Every slide should include a title.
3. Use high contrast colors and 18 pt font (or larger). 
4. Ensure that the slides have a…

How to do Live Web Conferencing (Big Blue Button) - and include live captions Setting up Big Blue Button

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…

How to Set Up Exam Accommodations using Respondus Lock Down Browser and Monitoring Respondus Information for Faculty:

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…

How to Use Kaltura to create videos -- and add Captions Using Kaltura

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

Recording your lectures

We recommend using Capture space to record your lecture. Watch this tutorial on how to use Kaltura's Personal Capture to…

How to use SensusAccess

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:

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