1. Question for lunch discussion
What can be done campus-wide at the UW to promote the development, procurement, & use of accessible IT?
Make notes on individual sheet & plan to report out.

2. What Instructional Designers and Faculty Should Know About the Accessibility of Online Learning Courses

3. Access Cyberlearning

4. The first online course at UW
Year: 1995
Instructors: Me & Dr. Norm Coombs
Title: Adaptive Tech. for People with Disabilities
Technology: , discussion list, Gopher server, telnet, file transfer protocol
Online materials: In text format
Postal mailed materials: Publications, captioned & audio described VHS videos

5. In applying UD to online learning:
Provide multiple ways to:
gain knowledge
interact
demonstrate knowledge

6. Access Cyberlearning 20 Tips for Teaching an Accessible Online Course
9 tips for web pages, documents, images, videos
11 tips for instructional methods

7. Web pages, documents, images, videos:
Clear, consistent layouts & organization schemes
Structured headings
Descriptive wording for hyperlinks
PDFs avoided; no scanned image PDFs
Text descriptions of content in images

8. Web pages, documents, images, videos; continued
Large, bold fonts, uncluttered pages, plain backgrounds
High contrast color combinations; problematic ones for those who are colorblind avoided
Content & navigation accessible using keyboard alone
Videos captioned; audio transcribed

9. Instructional methods:
Wide range of tech skills accommodated
Content presented in multiple ways
Acronyms/jargon spelled out/defined
Instructions & expectations clear
Examples, assignments relevant to diverse audience

10. Instructional methods: continued
Outlines, other scaffolding tools provided
Adequate opportunities for practice
Adequate time provided for activities, projects, tests
Feedback on parts & corrective opportunities provided
Options for communicating/collaborating
Options for demonstrating learning

11. Example
In the course there was a group assignment telling students to discuss questions in small groups & submit their answers to the instructor.
How could the assignment be modified to ensure accessibility?

12. Example: @ Voki.com, Create & animate your avatar…
How could you make it accessible?

13. CBI Goal
To increase our collective capacity to develop, procure, & use IT that is accessible to all students, faculty, staff & visitors of all campuses of the University of Washington. Where do we go from here?

14. Final Exam
We should promote the development, procurement, & use of accessible IT at the UW…

15. To support the UW’s vision & values
Final Exam continued
To support the UW’s vision & values
As one strategy for meeting our legal obligations
To minimize the need for accommodations
Because it is the right thing to do

16. Who wants to be an IT Accessibility Liaison?
Questions
Who wants to be an IT Accessibility Liaison?
What are we doing for Global Accessibility Awareness Day May 18?

17. IT Accessibility Team & Resources
Accessible Technology
DO-IT

18. Question for reflection during panel
What can be done within your unit to promote the development, procurement, and use of accessible IT? What support do you need?
Make notes on individual sheet