GTA Orientation, August 14, 2014 Allison Kidd & Shannon Lavey

GTA Orientation, August 14, 2014 Allison Kidd & Shannon Lavey

Marla Roll Director Shannon Lavey Service Coordinator and Provider Allison Kidd Assistive Technology IT Coordinator Accessibility Specialist

Diversity in the Classroom Students with disabilities Various learning styles Assistive Technology and Accessibility Universal Design Tips Creating Inclusive and Usable Learning Materials Word, PowerPoint PDF

Ethnicity & Culture Gender Nontraditional ELL/Native language Disabilities Learning/Cognitive Styles

Apparent Nonapparent Mobility Impairments Visual Impairments / Blindness Hearing Impairments / Deafness Learning Disabilities Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD) Autism Spectrum Disorder Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Mental Illness

Apparent disabilities Non-apparent ⅔+

Nationally, 11.3% of undergraduates report some type of disability 1 At Colorado State University 2 8% 11% report a disability Non-apparent disabilities are the largest proportion and growing Even among students who say they have a disability, many do not seek accommodations 1 National Center for Education Statistics, 2008; U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2009 2 Schelly, Davies & Spooner, Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability (Feb. 2011)

VARK (Fleming, 1992 and 2006) 1. Visual 2. Aural/Auditory 3. Reading/Writing Multimodal (multiple preferences) 4. Kinesthetic Fleming, N. D., & Mills, C. (1992). Not another inventory, rather a catalyst for reflection. To improve the academy, 11(1), 137. Fleming, N., & Baume, D. (2006). Learning styles again: Varking up the right tree! Educational Developments, 7(4), 4.

Build in accessibility from the start Curb cuts Ramps and automatic door openers TV closed captions Ergonomic kitchen utensils Everyone benefits from a more flexible, user-friendly environment Fix the environment, not the individual

The way the ramp is built in to these steps makes them both functional and attractive.

Digital ramp Technology that increases access to computers or electronic information Text-to-speech Voice recognition Literacy Support Software Word completion Spell check Ergonomic office equipment

Can technology interact with the electronic content? Not Automatically! Content must be designed to interact well with technology This is Accessibility

Searchability Copy and Paste Bookmarks or an Interactive Table of Contents Text to Speech capability Accessibility Keyboard access, alternative text to images, etc.

Use Headings & Styles to Create Structure Provide Descriptive Alternate Text for: Images Links Graphs Video Content Audio Content (Transcript or Captions) Make Scanned PDFs Searchable

Use Headings View Navigation Pane for Table of Contents

Alternative text for images should describe the meaning of the image in its context Ice Cream Manufacturer Girl Scouts of America My Niece's Blog Diversity Website Source: Jesse Hausler, ATRC & The ACCESS Project

Stands for Optical Character Recognition Software that takes an image-only PDF and converts it to text that a computer can recognize. Creates a document with text that is: Selectable Searchable Text-to-Speech Capable More Usable for Everyone

Scanned Image PDF Searchable PDF

OCR at the Scanner or Copier Look for Searchable PDF or OCR options before saving. OCR with Adobe Acrobat Professional After the PDF has been created Morgan Library Course Reserves E-Reserves staff can locate articles or chapters for your class They scan, OCR, and post the PDF online for your class to access Morgan Library Course Reserves (http://reserve.colostate.edu)

Add these three tips to your workflow to help all students succeed. Universally designed documents are Helpful for many Essential for a few

Services for CSU students, faculty and staff with disabilities Shannon Lavey Service Coordinator & Provider ATRC Website (http://atrc.colostate.edu) (970) 491-6258 atrc@colostate.edu Trainings on UDL and accessibility Allison Kidd Accessibility Specialist Hands-on TILT course offerings throughout the year Ongoing help for making your materials universally designed Tutorials at Accessible By Design (http://accessibility.colostate.edu) atrc@colostate.edu

Burgstahler & Cory (2008). Universal design in higher education: From principles to practice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press. Davies, Schelly & Spooner (in press). Measuring the effectiveness of universal design for learning intervention in postsecondary education. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability. Rose, D., et al. (2006). Universal design for learning in postsecondary education: Reflections on principles and their application. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 19(2), 135-151. Schelly, Davies & Spooner (2011). Student Perceptions of Faculty Implementation of Universal Design for Learning. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 24(1), 17-28.