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Good pedagogy and course development keep accessibility in mind from the inception of course materials.  From the language someone uses, to developing an inclusive environment, and forming bonds with others to help hold each other accountable when it comes to developing accessible materials, these key pieces generate an inclusive, accessible learning environment.

When you start thinking about accessibility, it is not about disability at all.  Accessibility is about ability and making things easier for everyone. Digital accessibility impacts individuals who have visibility, mobility, audibility, or cognition-based disability.  Disabilities are not always permanent in nature; they are also situational or temporary.

While conceptualizing every aspect of digital accessibility is difficult, many people do not realize that they can already tell if something is inaccessible.  Lack of color contrast, incomplete closed captions, and difficult-to-understand audio are things that everyone recognizes are an issue but may not realize are related to digital accessibility.

ISTE Standards

For Educators

Leader

• Advocate for equitable access to educational technology, digital content and learning opportunities to meet the diverse needs of all students.

For Coaches:

Learning Designer

• Ensure all students have skilled teachers who actively use technology to meet student learning needs.

• Model digital citizenship by critically evaluating online resources, engaging in civil discourse online and using digital tools to contribute to positive social change.

For Education Leaders:

Change Agent

• • • Facilitate equitable use of digital learning tools and content that meet the needs of each learner.

Purpose & Objectives

Purpose

The purpose of this session is to bring better awareness and understanding to individuals involved in student success to the importance of digital accessibility

Objectives

By participating in this session, participants will (depending on their choices):

1. Review who is impacted by digital accessibility

2. Recognize basic digital accessibility

3. Recognize what contrast is and how to check for compliance

4. Recognize when closed captioning and/or transcriptions must be applied

5. Review when using PDFs is appropriate in an educational setting and how to apply accessibility standards

6. Discover best practices for transitioning inaccessible course content to accessible course content

7. Acquire accessibility resources

Life, Liberty, and Accessibility: Ring in Digital UDL (Published to web Google Slides)

Resources

• Accessibility Basics

• Alternative Text

• Captioning, Transcripts, and Recordings

• Charts

• Cognition

• Contrast

• Document Details

• Email Accessibility

• Formatting Text

• Images

• Accessible Math

• PDFs

• Slide Presentations

• Spreadsheet Accessibility

• Table Accessibility