Faculty Training on Accessibility
Tips for working with different disabilities
- Not all disabilities are visible, such as heart disease, learning disabilities, ADHD, depression, or asthma.
- Many people have temporary disabilities which are equally as limiting as permanent disabilities.
- Not everyone with a disability wishes to discuss…
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Top 3 ways to improve Word document accessibility
3. Build Structure into your documents by using the Style EditorHow to Add Styles to Headings
- Highlight the word(s) or heading to which you would like to add a style.
- In the Home tab, look in the Styles section.…
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Using PDF's in Courses
Preparing to teach a course is a lot of work, and sometimes you might have a book or article in your files that were scanned and saved as PDF's. Unfortunately, if not scanned properly, PDF's are very inaccessible, and create lots of challenges for all students to read and study effectively.
When you come…
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Web Based Course Content Accessibility Quick Guide
Accessibility and disability-related accommodations must be taken into consideration throughout preparations and planning your online course to ensure that all students can fully participate.
This quick guide that will enable you to evaluate the most critical elements of your …
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ZoomText
Another software students might use is called ZoomText. ZoomText is a screen magnifier that enlarges everything on the screen and then smooths out the text and images so they are still identifiable (and not pixelated). ZoomText also allows for the student to adjust the screen colors (or students with contrast impairments, issues…