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Creating ADA Compliant Course Sites: An Online Training Program

Creating ADA Compliant Course Sites: An Online Training Program. John Bowers Director of Academic Technology Western Kentucky University. Western Kentucky University. Located in Bowling Green Enrollment: 21,048

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Creating ADA Compliant Course Sites: An Online Training Program

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  1. Creating ADA Compliant Course Sites: An Online Training Program John Bowers Director of Academic Technology Western Kentucky University

  2. Western Kentucky University • Located in Bowling Green • Enrollment: 21,048 • Percentage of completed credit hours earned through distance learning: 19.6% (2012-2013)

  3. Video tutorials • Short animated screen capture recordings with voiceover narration and captions • Create in Captivate, output to Flash • 343 active videos in 26 categories • About 75% of our users prefer this self-service method of training

  4. The Americans with Disabilities Act provides protection from discrimination for individuals on the basis of disability. True False

  5. Why is accessibility important to students? • At least 10% of the US population has a disability affecting computer use. • Over 8 million people are blind or visually impaired. • Over 20 million are deaf and hard of hearing. • All of the above.

  6. What is an instructor required to do by ADA and WKU policy? • Create accessible materials. • If a student reveals a disability, refer the student to Student Disability Services. • Do not make decisions about how to accommodate the disability. • Follow instructions if you receive a letter of accommodation. • All of the above.

  7. Legal landscape • ADA • Section 508 • DOE Office of Civil Rights • California Community Colleges, 1999 • Penn State • Accrediting agencies

  8. Project collaborators • Academic Technology • University ADA Coordinator • Distance Learning • Faculty Development Center • Student Disability Services • University Libraries • Web Standards Committee

  9. Accessible course sites • Distance learning (online) courses • Blackboard is considered to be an ADA-compliant platform • Course materials can still be non-compliant • Word, PDF, PPT, audio and video • WCAG 1.0 priority 1

  10. When you use a scanner to create a PDF file of a journal article, that PDF file will typically be an image, similar to a photo or a graphic file, and will not be ADA compliant. True False

  11. Solutions to make accessible tests and assessments include which of the following? • Extend time limits. • Provide students the ability to move from sitting position as needed. • Provide a less distracting environment. • All of the above.

  12. Types of student disabilities • Visual • Hearing • Motor • Cognitive/Learning Disabilities

  13. Accommodating: examples • Audio description of the action taking place in a video – for a visually impaired student • Making certain PDF files are properly formatted and are not graphics – for a student using a screen reader

  14. Accommodating: examples • Captions accompanying a video – for a hearing impaired student • Designing menus and pages so that a user can easily tab between links – for a student with a motor impairment or a student using a screen reader

  15. Online accessibility training • Creating ADA Compliant Course Sites • Blackboard course site • Six video tutorials • Associated documents and links • Online assessment • Automated enrollment

  16. Six video tutorials (1-3) • Introduction to ADA Compliance for Online Courses • Providing Equivalent Alternatives to Visual Content • Providing Equivalent Alternatives to Audio and Video Content

  17. Six video tutorials (4-6) • Creating Accessible PDF Documents • Providing Equivalent Alternatives to Online Assessments • Best Practices for ADA Compliant Online Course Material

  18. Standards for production • Adobe Captivate, output to Flash • All tutorials start with detailed scripts • Scripts reviewed by project team • Create all screen captures, then record narration • Verbatim captions • 790 x 545 window size

  19. Captioning should accomplish the following: • Display text in synchronization with the audio portion of a video. • Describe all audio content. • All of the above.

  20. You can add Alt or Longdesc tags in which programs? • Microsoft Word. • Microsoft PowerPoint. • Microsoft Excel. • All of the above.

  21. For more information • All six tutorials are available on the WKU video tutorials site: http://www.wku.edu/it/videotutorials • All tutorial scripts were uploaded to the EDUCAUSE site for this session • Contact me: john.bowers@wku.edu

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