Essential Accessibility Training

  1. Introduction (5 min)

Color Blindness and the Map

Necessary for some, good for all.

Broad reasons to design accessibly.

Right thing to do

Policy & Legal reasons

Choose a path (Faculty or Staff)

  1. Core Content
    (5-8 min per branch)

LEARNING & TRAINING

COMMUNICATIONS

Heart

Get Involved

Heart (care, value)

Head (knowledge, awareness)

Hands (action and resources)

Head

Hands

Accessibility benefits all of your students.

Student video vignettes

Faculty concerns & Addresses to those concerns

I don't want to water down my course.

I don't have time to make learning accessible.

If I am honest, I don't think it's my responsibility.

Relevant forms of diversity on campus

Culturally/linguistically diverse students

Variation in engagement, interests, and motivation

Ability/Disability

Learning disabilities

Sensory disabilities

Emotional disabilities

Physical disabilities

Cognitive disabilities

Variation in maturity and readiness

Variation in background knowledge and skills.

Methods for improving accessibility

CC

Accessible documents

Multimodal/Accessible textbooks

Multimedia discussion boards

Advance provision of learning materials

3, Concluding Content

Heart

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Head

Hands

OBJECTIVES

Value accessibility (HEART)

Know basic facts about accessibility (HEAD)

Know how to take action for accessibility (HANDS)

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PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS

Head

Heart

Hands

Anecdote re: preparing a reception for a professor emeritus who - it turns out - has come to use a wheelchair since leaving UT....

Rather than waiting for any other group on campus to recognize issues, you can play an important role in speaking up and taking action to ensure that everyone has physical access to spaces and events on campus.

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