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To accommodate their learners, instructors will want to provide scripts and/or captioning for lectures and videos, for example. These scripts are often smaller information packets while lectures or videos are much larger information packets. Instructors may also want to provide rubrics for assignments and assessments and engage learners in helping them to imagine ways to demonstrate progress towards and mastery of learning objectives. These practices also accommodate instructors and learners who find multiple modalities for accessing information and achieving course objectives essential to their learning.
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- For example: to check accessibility in Word,
- Click the “File” tab in the Ribbon to open the Backstage View.
- In the “Info” section, click the “Check for Issues” drop-down button in the “Inspect Document” area.
- Then click the “Check Accessibility” command to launch the task pane.
- A list of “Errors” and/or “Warnings” may appear.To check accessibility of pdfs:
- For example: to check accessibility of PDFs (Acrobat Pro)
- Choose Tools > Accessibility. ...
- In the secondary toolbar, click Full Check. ...
- In the Report Options section, select options for how you want to view the results. ...
- Select a page range if you prefer to check individual pages of a document. ...
- Select one or more of the Checking Options.
Use the heading and list functions in Word
- Use an accessible font, like Veranda
- Use high contrast colors
- Avoid using underlining and bold to make a point
- Provide links to online resources and/or order a digital course packet for hard to come by resources instead of scanning and uploading as a PDF
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Use captioning when you record lectures and edit for accuracy. You can record with captioning and edit closed captioning in your Panopto and Zoom. You can also edit captioning in recordings you upload into YouTube.
Follow these steps to To assess digital content you collect for accessibility:
- Test that PDFs you find online are tagged and searchable
- Ask publishers to provide online or digital content (like PowerPoints) that meet accessibility standards
- Provide links for websites with working links and accessible font and contrast colors
- Check that third-party YouTube videos have accurate captioning (if they do not provide a transcript
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- Check to see if the tools provide learners with accessibility statements and contact information for online tools like Blackboard, Zoom, VoiceThread, YouTube, Poll Everywhere, Flip Grid, etc.
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