Accessible Online Courses

For professors looking to teach synchronous online classes, our office recommends using WebEx. If you require live captioning, below are the steps to enable them:

First-time users will need to activate your WebEx service. Please follow the steps below:

1. Go to netid.rutgers.edu
2. Click Service Activation on the left side menu
3. After you've logged in, click the box that reads 'Rutgers WebEx'.
4. Click Activate Services

A confirmation page will…

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 heading style

1. Select a text that you want to add a header to.

2. Select Home > Styles (or press Alt + H,…