5. What do you want from the session
today?
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6. “a physical or mental impairment that
has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’
negative effect on your ability to do
normal daily activities”
Equality Act 2010
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7. “Accessibility is all about the ability to
access. In other words, how easy is it
for people with different needs to
access your services or materials”
JISC TechDis
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Creating accessible electronic learning resources
Laura Hollinshead
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A bit of background…
Practical ideas to try
Useful tools
What do you want from the session today?
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Defining disability
“a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities” Equality Act 2010
Equality Act 2010, https://www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010
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Defining accessibility
“Accessibility is all about the ability to access. In other words, how easy is it for people with different needs to access your services or materials” JISC TechDis
JISC TechDis, http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/resources/definitions
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“provide for diversity through design rather than accommodation.” (Horton, 2006, p xvi).
Horton, S., 2006, “Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers”, New Riders, Berkeley CA. Online version of this book – which has a wealth of resources http://universalusability.com/index.html
What do you understand by the word ‘accessibility’?
The Law?
The law might be considered to be a driver for accessible teaching – and here we’re primarily thinking about the Equality Act (2010) – but in terms of everyday practice, who wants ‘fear of the consequences of breaking the law’ to be the driving factor? Let’s think about some other driving factors…
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Changes to the Disabled Student Allowance (DSA)
Eligible DSAs students assessed as requiring a computer to undertake their studies because of their disability, will be expected to contribute the first £200 towards the cost of their computer.
DSAs will no longer pay for higher specification and/or higher cost computers simply because of the way in which a course is delivered. These will continue to be available where a student needs one solely by virtue of their disability.
Peripheral computer equipment (e.g. printers and scanners), consumable items and books will no longer be routinely funded through DSA, Where specialist student accommodation is provided by the institution or its agent any additional costs will not be met by DSAs. This does not apply to privately rented accommodation.
Note taking facility potentially reduced
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Better teaching practice
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Saves on problem solving later
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Better learning experience for everyone
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How can we unlock these reources?
Demo the Microsoft accessibility tool
How to pull up YouTube captions
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Tips
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Panopto
Bring your own device
Encourage students to bring their own devices like mobile phones, tablets and recorders
Students will have customised these to fit their needs
Lots of apps which can support student learning (note taking, mind maps, audio recording, images)
Text on a device can be easier to read as interface customised to the student
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Blackboard
Checking tools
This helps to identify accessibility issues with Word Documents, PowerPoint Presentations and Excel Spreadsheets
It provides information on the error, explains why it is important and provides advice on how to solve it
However it can not pick on all accessibility problems but is a useful tool to use at the end of creating your resource
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Communication
The key to accessibility and inclusive practice is encouraging communication between you and your students. They need to feel confident that they can be open about what they need and talk with you about what might be a suitable alternative.
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