Accessibility

Accessibility Resources

Digital Accessibility Guide – This guide walks through how to improve the accessibility, usability and inclusivity of your course content including updating how you present images, text, audio, video and tables and the organization and navigation of your course. Use it in conjunction with the Online Course Usability and Accessibility Checklist to proactively make your course more accessible.

Creating and Recording Accessible Lectures and Presentations — Course content is often delivered through lectures and presentations. This article will offer tips to help reduce and remove barriers to lecture and presentation content.

Quick Course Content Checklist – Include these simple accessibility features when creating or using content in your course.

Digital Accessibility Basics —  No matter your role at the University, you can cultivate a more inclusive, accessible, and equitable community for everyone. Learning and understanding how to apply these six basic core skills and thinking about how to apply them across environments will go a long way to making what you want to say be heard, read, or interacted with by everyone. 

NC State IT Accessibility Quick Guide – A high-level how-to for using different types of campus technologies accessibly.

Closed Captioning Resources – An overview of the approaches and options for captioning your live classroom videos and pre-recorded lectures. (This link will take you to a DELTA News article)

Alternatives to Alt Text – Consider the intention, context, and purpose of an image before creating the Alt Text is important.  You will also learn some tips to make images more accessible in this article. (This link will take you to a DELTA News article.)

Supporting Neurodiverse Students Through Course Design – Chances are very high that your classes will include neurodivergent students whose unique perspective, creative thinking, and innovative ideas can benefit you and all the class members. In this article, we will discuss neurodiversity in our students, and how we can support neurodivergent students through course design.

Universal Design for Learning

Reaching All Students with Universal Design for Learning – When we recognize that variability exists in student populations along many spectra, we strive to design learning experiences that present as few barriers to success as possible for anyone and everyone.

Boost Motivation with Universal Design for Learning – An overview of the barriers that might exist to motivation and engagement, and how applying UDL principles can help identify and remove those barriers and smooth the pathway to interest and persistence in our students.

Elevate your Content with Universal Design for Learning – Barriers can exist to how students perceive, understand, and comprehend content. Applying UDL principles can help ensure that content does not rely on just one sense to perceive it and can support students as they interpret and internalize new information.

Optimize Student Performance with Universal Design for Learning – An overview of the barriers that might exist to student performance, including those related to physical abilities, brain function, knowledge and skill, and executive function, and how applying UDL principles can help identify and remove those barriers to emphasize learning outcomes and optimize student performance.