Essential Accessibility Training
- 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)
- 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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