Accessibility for Instructors and Faculty

The following page overviews accessibility as it pertains to online courses. The meaning of accessibility and its importance to disabled students is presented. The three main disability groups addressed by Section 508 compliance guidelines are identified. Appropriate techniques and tools to aid in student accessibility to online courses are demonstrated throughout the page.

Videos:

• What is Accessibility?
• Why is Accessibility important?
• Accessibility for the Blind
• Techniques for the Partially Blind and Color Blind Student
• Techniques for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Student
• Motor/Sensory Disabled Students 

Documents

Resources:

• Section 508 ADA Compliance Guidelines
• Web Access Initiative
• Web Aim Organization
• JAWs software
• Screen Reader
• National Federation for the Blind
• American Foundation for the Blind
• Center for the Visually Impaired
• Color Blind Homepage
• TTY Telephone
• American Sign Language
• National Association for the Deaf
• Auditory Disabilities
• Assistive Technologies
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Cerebral Palsy
• Multiple Sclerosis 
• NCDAE accessibility cheat sheets (for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat YouTube and InDesign)