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Creating ADA CompliantCourse Sites: An OnlineTraining Program

John Bowers

Director of Academic TechnologyWestern Kentucky University



Western Kentucky University

Located in Bowling Green

Enrollment: 21,048 Percentage of completed credit hours

earned through distance learning:

19.6% (2012-2013)



Video tutorials

Short animated screen capture

recordings with voiceover narration

and captions

Create in Captivate, output to Flash

343 active videos in 26 categories

About 75% of our users prefer thisself-service method of training



The Americans with Disabilities

Act provides protection fromdiscrimination for individuals on

the basis of disability.

True

False



Why is accessibility important to

students?

A. At least 10% of the US population

has a disability affecting computer use.

B. Over 8 million people are blind or

visually impaired.

C. Over 20 million are deaf and hardof hearing.

D. All of the above.



What is an instructor required to

do by ADA and WKU policy?

A. Create accessible materials.

B. If a student reveals a disability,

refer the student to StudentDisability Services.

C. Do not make decisions about how

to accommodate the disability.D. Follow instructions if you receive a

letter of accommodation.

E. All of the above.



Legal landscape

ADA

Section 508

DOE Office of Civil Rights

California Community Colleges, 1999

Penn State

Accrediting agencies



Project collaborators

Academic Technology

University ADA Coordinator

Distance Learning Faculty Development Center

Student Disability Services

University Libraries Web Standards Committee



Accessible course sites

Distance learning (online) courses

Blackboard is considered to be an

ADA-compliant platform

Course materials can still be non-

compliant

Word, PDF, PPT, audio and video WCAG 1.0 priority 1



When you use a scanner to

create a PDF file of a journalarticle, that PDF file will typically

be an image, similar to a photo

or a graphic file, and will not beADA compliant.

TrueFalse



Solutions to make accessible

tests and assessments includewhich of the following?

A. Extend time limits.

B. Provide students the ability to

move from sitting position as

needed.

C. Provide a less distractingenvironment.




Types of student disabilities

Visual

Hearing

Motor

Cognitive/Learning Disabilities



Accommodating: examples

Audio description of the action taking

place in a video – for a visually

impaired student Making certain PDF files are properly

formatted and are not graphics – for a

student using a screen reader



Accommodating: examples

Captions accompanying a video – for

a hearing impaired student

Designing menus and pages so that auser can easily tab between links – for

a student with a motor impairment or

a student using a screen reader



Online accessibility training

Creating ADA Compliant Course Sites

Blackboard course site Six video tutorials

Associated documents and links

Online assessment

Automated enrollment



Six video tutorials (1-3)

Introduction to ADA Compliance for

Online Courses

Providing Equivalent Alternatives to

Visual Content


Audio and Video Content



Six video tutorials (4-6)

Creating Accessible PDF Documents


Online Assessments

Best Practices for ADA Compliant

Online Course Material



Standards for production

Adobe Captivate, output to Flash

All tutorials start with detailed scripts

Scripts reviewed by project team Create all screen captures, then

record narration

Verbatim captions 790 x 545 window size



Captioning should accomplish

the following:

A. Display text in synchronization with

the audio portion of a video.B. Describe all audio content.

C. All of the above.



You can add Alt or Longdesc

tags in which programs?

A. Microsoft Word.

B. Microsoft PowerPoint.C. Microsoft Excel.




For more information

All six tutorials are available on the

WKU video tutorials site:

http://www.wku.edu/it/videotutorials All tutorial scripts were uploaded to

the EDUCAUSE site for this session

Contact me: john .b [email protected]

http://www.wku.edu/it/videotutorials

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