1. The typed word “Introduction” with a magnifying glass
2. A laptop computer with colorful arrows and education symbols spewing out of it
3. Four students holding notebooks and looking happy
4. Image of a blind student and image of two deaf students signing
5. A computer keyboard with an orange Enter key that has the word Accessibility and the universal wheelchair symbol on it
6. A black and white sign that says “all different, all equal”
7. A line drawing of a man signing the word “look”
8. A Wordle creation with many different words that describe Universal Design for Learning
9. A laptop computer with the world emerging from the screen
10. A stack of colorful books with a computer mouse coming out of the bottom of the stack
11. A cartoon drawing of a student in front of a computer imagining getting only a 2.1 grade average
12. The word “WEB” and a symbol for delivery
13. The words “Online Course” and a stack of books with an open laptop computer resting against the books
14. A line drawing of two people on ladders, reaching out to each other and the word, “Standards” on a banner behind them and a photo of a gavel
15. An SUV driving on a mountainous desert road and the words, “The Educators”
16. A street sign that says “Strategy” and another street sign that says “Resources”
17. The Desire2Learn logo and an image from their website that says, “Take the next step. We’re looking forward to working with you.”
18. Four street signs saying, “option 1, option 2, option 3, and option 4” with a sky with clouds and sun background

Documents

• Creating Accessible Documents - Created for Business & Computer Science by Tiffany and Leslie
  
• Distance Education Accessibility Guidelines for Students with Disabilities - Created by the Distance Education Accessibility Guidelines Task Force for California Community Colleges
• AB 386 – Instructional Materials for Disabled Students, Reducing Access Barriers for Deaf Students
• Report of the Advisory Commission on Accessible Instructional Materials in Postsecondary Education for Students with Disabilities - This 174 page AIM Commission report from December, 2011, goes into great detail on current and future challenges that we face for making instructional materials accessible to all
• Programs for Educators and Students with Disabilities - Different screen readers and captioning software.
  
• TEACH act - Technology, Education and Accessibility in Colleges and Higher Education. This document, H.R. 3505, will be soon put before Congress.
• Captions in YouTube - Learn a simple method for captioning your own YouTube videos.
• Four Principles of Web Accessibility - From WCAG 2.0
• Seven Principles of Universal Design for Learning -From CANNect – “CANnect is a consortium of schools and philanthropists with years of experience. We aim to be the leading online educator of people who are blind or visually impaired.”: http://projectone.cannect.org/universal-design/seven-principles.php

Important Links

• Web Accessibility Initiative - "The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops strategies, guidelines, and resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities."
• WebAIM - Web Accessibility in Mind - "Expanding the web's potential for people with disabilities" - This site clarifies the current Federal laws guiding web accessibility at the United States Laws page.
  
• How-To Guide for Creating Accessible Online Learning Content - From Web Accessibility for Online Learning
• AccessIT - From the University of Washington, and funded by grants, it is The National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education
  
• e-Bility.com - A software list for people with disabilities