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Assistive Technology: How to Network and Collaborate Within Your College System

Assistive Technology: How to Network and Collaborate Within Your College System. Misty Patinelli, MA Assistive Technology Specialist Wake Technical Community College. Assistive Technology (AT).

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Assistive Technology: How to Network and Collaborate Within Your College System

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  1. Assistive Technology: How to Network and Collaborate Within Your College System Misty Patinelli, MAAssistive Technology SpecialistWake Technical Community College

  2. Assistive Technology (AT) • The U.S. Access Board defines “assistive technology” “as a device or software that substitutes for or enhances the function of some impaired ability. Sometimes referred to as Adaptive Technology.”

  3. Collaborative AT Services • Scanning textbooks • Captioning • Providing course materials in an alterative formats • Setting up and training on equipment • Implementing AT and accommodations in the classroom and online • Evaluating the accessibility of web-based tools and documents

  4. Importance of Networking • Converting and formatting course materials in alterative formats • Obtaining information about textbooks and class locations • Moving and setting up AT equipment • Providing information to students related to course materials and online tools • Problem-solving and trouble shooting issues • Communicating with staff, faculty, and students on multiple campuses

  5. Importance of Networking • Receiving computer assistance for online courses, tools, and software/hardware implementation • Cross-training of other departments, colleges, staff, and faculty • Assisting students with accessing web-based documents, media, and online tools • Being proactive about implementation of student accommodations

  6. Collaboration Between Departments • Bookstore • Computer Services (ITS) • Distance Education • Facility Services • Individualized Learning Center/Tutorial Services • Instructors/Departments • Library • Print Shop • Registrar/Data Management College Departments

  7. Bookstore • Obtaining textbook information for ordering from publisher and agency databases • Determining the textbook ISBN numbers when the books are in bundles • Assisting students with visual impairments with purchasing used textbooks without markings

  8. Computer Services (ITS) • Consulting about purchase of AT software and hardware • Installing AT software • Moving AT equipment • Trouble shooting AT computer-related issues • Communicating when new computers are installed on campus • Assisting with networking of software and maintenance of licenses

  9. Distance Education • Consulting on accessibility of online courses and educational management systems • Assisting with conversion of inaccessible online documents • Trouble shooting problems with online presentations and tests • Assisting with access for students to the college website and external websites • Training on new technology • Collaborating with DSS in captioning online multimedia

  10. Facility Services • Assisting with moving and relocation of AT equipment • Providing general set up of AT equipment in the classroom and other areas for student use • Storing furniture for equipment in the warehouse

  11. Individualized Learning Center and Tutorial Services • Setting up computer stations for students with disabilities to access documents with AT • Training and consulting with staff on AT software/hardware • Maintaining AT software and equipment for student use

  12. Instructors/Departments • Assisting with implementation of student accommodations • Collaborating to facilitate document and textbook conversion and course accessibility • Consulting with instructors on alternative accommodations when online tools are inaccessible • Training with staff and faculty on tools and AT software/hardware

  13. Library • Setting up computer stations for students to access documents, texts, and online tools with AT • Training with library staff on AT software/hardware • Maintaining and updating AT software and equipment for student use

  14. Print Shop • Assisting with cutting bindings off textbooks for scanning purposes • Hole-punching textbooks for students for easy storage and to carry to class

  15. Registrar/Data Management • Having DSS priority registration facilitates: • Early communication with faculty • Equipment set up • Classroom adjustments • Preparation of documents/textbooks in alternative format • Captioning • Training on online tools and AT software/hardware

  16. Questions Thank You

  17. References • (U.S. Access Board, Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards 36 CFR Part 1194 § 1194.4 Definitions. [Published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2000]. (May 04 2001). Retrieved December 10, 2004, from http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/standards.htm

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