Part II:Universally-Designed Course Materials
Applying the UDL principles
Two sides of the UDL coin
Students with Diverse Learning
Needs
Mainstream Technologies
Usability
Students with Disabilities
Assistive Technologies
Accessibility
Mandates vs. UDL
• Legal Mandates – Address individual needs
• UDL approach– Speaks to diverse types of learners– Benefits many students beyond those with
disabilities– More timely access; equivalence– Proactive vs. Reactive
What makes a document Universally
Designed?
Searchability
Copy and Paste
Bookmarks or an Interactive Table of Contents
Text to Speech capability
Accessibility Keyboard access, alternative to images, etc.
Microsoft Word, Universally Designed
MicrosoftWord Dos
Add alternative text to images and objects Specify column header rows in tables Use styles in long documents Use short titles in headings Ensure all heading styles are in the correct order Use hyperlink text that is meaningful Use simple table structure Include closed captions for any audio or video Increase visibility for colorblind viewers
Don’ts Avoid using blank cells for formatting Avoid using repeated blank characters Avoid using floating objects Avoid image watermarks
Things you can do for Word documents
Present Information in Multiple Ways Images, Tables, etc.
Organizing and Adding Style Content, Structure and Presentation “Structure” enables navigability
Headings, Lists, Table headers
Other things you can do Save documents in multiple formats Make hyperlinks informative Simplify readability
Content, Structure, and Presentation
Content The actual information you are providing in a
document: text, images, videos, or multimedia.
Structure The organization of content is structure: headings,
lists, tables, emphasis, etc.
Presentation (Styles) One can add style rules to structural elements to give
documents a particular appearance.
Return
Word demo
Open unstyled Word doc (w/ image and table) Should include other readability issues, too
View Navigation pane
MS Accessibility checker
Add headings
Add alt text
Repeat MS Accessibility checker
Images and Alt Text
Alternative text for images should describe the meaning, based on context
• Ice Cream manufacturer
• Girl Scouts of America
• My niece's blog
• Diversity website?
Microsoft PowerPoint,
Universally Designed
MicrosoftPowerPoint
Dos Add alternative text to images and objects Specify column header rows in tables Use hyperlink text that is meaningful Use simple table structure Include closed captions for any audio or video Increase visibility for colorblind viewers Ensure that the reading order of each slide is logical Ensure that all slides have unique titles
Don’ts Avoid using blank cells for formatting
PowerPoint demo
Adobe PDF, Universally Designed
Adobe PDF Dos
Create PDFs from electronic sources, not scanned images
When scanning is unavoidable, apply OCR Add bookmarks when not already present Where feasible, add tags Check for accessibility
Don’ts Discard accessibility features when
“optimizing” a PDF Prohibit selecting and copying text Prohibit printing
Adobe PDF Demo
Scanned OCR and Tags
Make Your Own PDF - Results
Acces
sibilit
y
Search
-Abil
ity
Copy/P
aste
Bookm
arks
Text
to Spe
ech
Print to PDF
Save As PDF
Adobe PDF Plugin
Scanned PDF Results
Acces
sibilit
y
Search
-Abil
ity
Copy/P
aste
Bookm
arks
Text
to Spe
ech
Scanned PDF
Scanned PDF with OCR
OCR and Tags
Video Captions
Alternative Text for Video
Transcripts A written or text-based record of dictated or recorded
speech. May contain additional relevant information, such as descriptions or comments.
Captions A transcript is timed to display with the video track, it
displays on screen as a caption.
Descriptive Audio The narration of key visual elements in a video or
multimedia product.
What is captioning?
Captions are on-screen text descriptions that display a video product's dialogue, identify speakers, and describes other relevant information.
Captions are synchronized with the video image so that viewers have equivalent access to the content that is originally presented in sound.
Captioning Models
Disability services office on-demand, hopefully in time
In-house, fee-based, centralized service
Complete outsourcing
Mixed model (some of the work outsourced)
DIY (the “yourself” may be individual faculty or their departments)
Course content that may require captioning
YouTube
Instructional DVD’s
VHS – Yikes!
Lecture Capture
Lecture Capture Systems
Captions and/or Transcripts
Searchability
Navigation Options
Keyboard Accessibility
Example
Learning Management
Systems
LMS as repository
You may not be able to change the system . . . but you can make the course materials you store there usable and accessible.
Also, think about consistency of design and navigation
Two sides of the UDL coin
Students with Diverse Learning
Needs
Mainstream Technologies
Usability
Students with Disabilities
Assistive Technologies
Accessibility
Two sides of the UDL coin
Students with Diverse Learning
Needs
Mainstream Technologies
Usability
Students with Disabilities
Assistive Technologies
Accessibility
UDL Tech Tutorials
Microsoft Word Styles and Headings Images
PowerPoint Adobe PDF Video Captioning HTML E-Text
http://accessproject.colostate.edu
Thank you!Craig Spooner
Professional Development CoordinatorACCESS Projecthttp://accessproject.colostate.educraig.spooner@colostate.edu970-491-0784
Marla RollDirector, Assistive Technology Resource CenterAssistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapywww.atrc.colostate.eduMarla.Roll@colostate.edu970-491-2016
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