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

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Search

-Abil

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Copy/P

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Bookm

arks

Text

to Spe

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Print to PDF

Save As PDF

Adobe PDF Plugin

Scanned PDF Results

Acces

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Search

-Abil

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Copy/P

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Bookm

arks

Text

to Spe

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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