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Accessibility Resources

• 蜜桃影视 Resources
  You can contact the offices of Distance Education (link to DE homepage) and Disabled Student Programs and Services (link to DSPS homepage) to see what resources that they provide.  For example, the Accessibility Technician in DE may be able to audit your OER, or the High Tech Specialist in DSPS could help you create an accessible version.  Also, DE has a Canvas shell with more information (.).
• Evaluate OER Accessbility

  There are many programs and rubrics to help you determine if your OER is accessible to all kinds of students:

  • Use the WebAIM accessbility checker () on any webpage, including OER that are collections of webpages (like LibreTexts).
  • OER Commons offers an accessibility checklist (
  • The has many resources, including printable rubric to assess accessibility (a )
  • Canvas has several features to assess accessbility.  Learn more from .
• Courses and Trainings

  You can complete one or more of these trainings for credit. Don鈥檛 forget to apply for Salary Credit (full-time faculty),  Flex Time (full-time faculty) or professional development (paid for adjunct) BEFORE these courses begin.  

  • Make sure to enroll in the course so that you can take the quizzes and the later modules aren鈥檛 locked.
  • public course, no registration required.
  • You can find trainings around accessibility that aren鈥檛 OER-specific ftom:
    • .
    • Suggestions from TC DE:

  While not yet a full course, you can find more information at the .

• Learn More?

  Other resources can be found through the following:  

  • ASCCC OERI:  The ASCCC OER Initiative provides accessbility resources () and resources for accessbility in terms of Universal Design ().
  • Color Contrast:  with resources to check on color contrast.
    • You can find the hex code by clicking on the color in this  
  • Accessible Documents:
    • Video for from Microsoft
    • Video for from NC State IT Accessibility
  • Names:  Use this Wikipedia page to find common names in a variety of cultures ()
  • Online courses: from Portland Community College
  • Punctuation:  This resource helps understand how screenreaders use puncuation ().  
    • For equations, make sure + and - are in an equation, not just typed because screen readers might not read them.  Or don鈥檛 add space between the numbers and symbols.
  • Toolkit:  BCcampus has an accessbilitity toolkit with resources  
  • Accessible Videos:  Information on making videos accessbility can be found at this   You can also view this or the , which argue that web-based material should be not only designed for technical accessibility but also usability)
  • The Web Contact Accessbility Guide's (WCAG) principles are:
    • Perceivable: Can get info through sight, sound, OR touch
    • Operable: Navigation or tools to help typing.
    • Understandable: Info is ordered logically and predictably, including learning supports (not just the major text)
    • Robust: Can be used on different devices, and using tools.
  • CUNY has many resources on making OER accessible (), but it鈥檚 pretty similar to the ASCCC OERI Canvas course...