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Accessibility Evaluation
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This activity guides students through the evaluation of a website that they have created to see if it is accessible for users with disabilities. Students will simulate a number of different disabilities (e.g. visual impairments, color blindness, auditory impairments, motor impairments) to see if their website is accessible; they will also use automated W3 and WAVE tools to evaluate their sites. Students will consider the needs of users with disabilities by creating a persona and scenario of a user with disabilities interacting with their site. Finally, students will write up recommendations to change their site and implement the changes.

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Although this activity can be used in isolation, it is intended to be part of a series guiding students towards the creation of a front-end of a website. The series (all published as OER) consist of:

a) Needfinding
b) Personas, Scenarios and Storyboards
c) Front-end Website Design and Development
d) Accessibility Evaluation

Subject:
Computer Science
Computer, Networking and Telecommunications Systems
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
CUNY Academic Works
Provider Set:
Brooklyn College
Date Added:
04/11/2023
Accessibility Mindfulness
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This animation seeks to lead students to a deeper understanding of the challenges that come with online learning for those with disabilities, and a newfound or renewed sense of empathy towards others.

Music by VYEN.

Subject:
Education
Higher Education
Material Type:
Lecture
Date Added:
04/06/2023
Accessibility: the Whys and the Hows
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This presentation introduces Computer Science students to the notion of accessibility: developing software for people with disabilities. This lesson provides a discussion of why accessibility is important (including the legal, societal and ethical benefits) as well as an overview of different types of impairments (visual, auditory, motor, neurological/cognitive) and how developers can make their software accessible to users with those disabilities. This lesson includes videos and links to readings and tutorials for students.

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These slides use Poll Everywhere polls; to use them, create your own Poll Everywhere account and duplicate the polls.

Subject:
Computer Science
Computer, Networking and Telecommunications Systems
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
CUNY Academic Works
Provider Set:
Brooklyn College
Date Added:
04/11/2023
American Sign Language II (ASL 122)
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ASL II is a sequential course following ASL I, which continues to build knowledge of the naturally existing language widely used by Deaf people in North America. Since ASL is a visual-gestural language, students will need to continue to develop unique communication skills. These consist of using the hands, body, face, eyes and space. In order to achieve progress in this class, it is important to become comfortable communicating with your whole body and listening with your eyes.

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Arts and Humanities
Education
Elementary Education
Higher Education
Languages
Professional Development and Training
Special Education
World Languages
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
Provider Set:
Open Course Library
Date Added:
03/29/2023
Bailey's Story
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Case study of a K-12 learner illustrating the impact of accessible educational materials and technologies.

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Education
Material Type:
Case Study
Provider:
AEM Center
Author:
AEM Center
Date Added:
06/21/2023
Documentation:Open UBC/Guide/OER Accessibility Toolkit
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The focus of many open education projects is to provide access to education. But what does access mean? If the materials are not accessible for each and every student, do they fulfill the mandate to deliver fully open education? The open education movement has helped people in different parts of the world access content that they would otherwise not be able to view or interact with. Open education resources reduce costs for students and allow for greater flexibility for instructors. Accessibility can help push the movement even further forward.

The goal of the OER Accessibility Toolkit is to provide the needed resources needed to each content creator, instructor, instructional designer, educational technologist, librarian, administrator, and teaching assistant to create a truly open and accessible educational resource — one that is accessible for all students.

Subject:
Education
Educational Technology
Material Type:
Case Study
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Amanda Coolidge
Sue Doner
Tara Robertson
Date Added:
06/12/2023
E-Text Template
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This is a template for creating an accessible, mobile-friendly e-text using other openly licensed content. It can be customized and re-branded to work for any subject area at any institution. A working knowledge of HTML and CSS is required.

Subject:
Applied Science
Arts and Humanities
Business and Communication
Career and Technical Education
Education
English Language Arts
History
Law
Life Science
Mathematics
Physical Science
Social Science
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Schoolcraft College
Date Added:
04/08/2023
Legislative Framework Slides
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Lecture slides developed to accompany ARTID 569A: Inclusive Environments, an Interior Design course offered at Iowa State University. These slides cover the history of disability rights in the United States, design standards, and more. Questions are included within the slides for assessment.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Material Type:
Lecture Notes
Provider:
Iowa State University
Author:
Julie E N Irish
Julie Irish
Date Added:
05/11/2023
Mada ICT-AID Competency Framework
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ICT accessibility and inclusive design is considered as a relevant and essential topic that needs to be well covered and integrated within capacity building, training and education curricula and programmes. Despite this urgent need, there is a lack of integration of ICT-AID aligned courses in educational institutions and professional development services based on a comprehensive Global competency framework delimiting all required relevant competencies and capabilities in the field of ICT accessibility and Inclusive Design. It is in this context that Mada center has developed an open competency framework in a bid to guide globally training of students and workers on ICT accessibility and inclusive design, so that they will be well prepared to excel in their accessibility professions and contribute in the creation of accessible products, contents and services.

Subject:
Applied Science
Computer Science
Computer, Networking and Telecommunications Systems
Education
Engineering
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Higher Education
Information Science
Special Education
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Syllabus
Date Added:
04/11/2023
Making Everyday Curriculum Materials Accessible for All Learners
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A free online course to assist all educators, including those new to the profession, in improving the accessibility of the materials their students use for learning...

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
AEM Center
Author:
AEM Center
Date Added:
06/21/2023
OER Rubrics | Achieve.org
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Open Educational Resources (OER) offer opportunities for increasing equity and access to high-quality K–12 education. Many state education agencies now have offices devoted to identifying and using OERs and other digital resources in their states. To help states, districts, teachers, and other users determine the degree of alignment of OERs to the Common Core State Standards, and to determine aspects of quality of OERs, Achieve has developed eight rubrics in collaboration with leaders from the OER community.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Business and Communication
Material Type:
Assessment
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Achieve
Provider Set:
Individual Authors
Author:
Achieve
Date Added:
06/12/2023
Procuring Accessible Digital Materials and Technologies for Teaching and Learning: The What, Why, Who, and How
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This resource explains what accessibility means, why it’s important, who requires it, and how educational agencies can meet their responsibilities.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
AEM Center
Author:
AEM Center
Date Added:
06/21/2023
Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy: Essential Skills for Web Developers, Content Creators, and Designers
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Digital accessibility skills are in high demand, as the world becomes more aware of barriers in digital content that prevent some people from participating in a digital society. These are essential skills for web developers, and essential knowledge for organizations that want to ensure their web content is reaching the broadest audience possible.

Subject:
Applied Science
Computer Science
Computer, Networking and Telecommunications Systems
Engineering
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Ryerson University
Date Added:
04/11/2023
STEM OER Accessibility Framework and Guide
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This guidebook was created by ISKME, in partnership with the Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College. The document provides a practical reference for curators and authors of STEM OER, and contains 23 accessibility criteria, or elements, to reference as they curate, design and adapt materials to be accessible for STEM learners.

The primary audience of this resource is STEM postsecondary faculty, instructional designers, and others responsible for course design and pedagogy who seek to:

- Expand their knowledge about accessibility and ways to integrate it into their STEM curriculum and instruction
- Design openly licensed STEM courses and course materials that support both access and use by learners
- Curate existing STEM content that expands upon traditional textbooks and courseware to address variability in learning
- Identify and add meaningful keywords, or tags, to the STEM OER they create, so that their OER can be more easily discovered across platforms

Professional learning teams on campus are also encouraged to use this framework as part of training to facilitate integration of accessibility concepts into STEM course design and pedagogy.

The framework and guide development was supported by a mini-grant program facilitated by Bates College and the SCORE-UBE Network (Sustainability Challenges for Open Resources to promote an Equitable Undergraduate Biology Education), with funding from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The framework and guide were developed by ISKME and SERC with input from 21 STEM faculty members from across the United States, and in collaboration with the project’s Working Group of accessibility experts: Andrew Hasley and Hayley Orndorf, both with BioQUEST’s UDL Initiative and the Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) Project; Hannah Davidson, Plymouth State University; and Cynthia Curry, National Center on Accessible Educational Materials (AEM)/CAST.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Reading
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Carlton College
ISKME
SERC
Date Added:
04/08/2023
Static Web Publishing for Digital Scholarship: Lesson Plan
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This lesson plan provides an assortment of learning modules for teaching static web technologies for digital scholarship and scholarly communications librarianship. Each topic includes a learning objective and recommended readings, viewings, or tutorials for use in workshops or seminars.

Subject:
Communication
Computer Science
Computer, Networking and Telecommunications Systems
English Language Arts
Information Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
Chris Diaz
Date Added:
04/11/2023