Are you new to accessibility? This resource is meant to be your entry point into the creation of accessible content with familiar tools such as Microsoft Office and Google Docs. You will learn about five practices that can have a significant impact on the learner experience for all students, especially those who rely on assistive technology for their access to the curriculum.
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Students describe the impact of technology on their learning. They share specific examples of accessibility tools and highlight how each has supported their engagement and learning in school in powerful ways. This video is a great tool for highlighting the importance of making sure that instructional materials are accessible to all students. It is easier to ask instructional material providers before adopting curriculum rather than trying to retrofit materials (if that is even possible) after adopting materials.
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This resource contains all of links and materials for the Accessibility in OER Webinar One that is co-facilitated by CAST and ISKME.
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Guidance and sample language for agencies looking to include accessibility requirements and/or guidance in communications with publishers and developers of digital materials and technologies.
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Checklist of best practices for creating accessible resources.The Accessibility Checklist is adapted from BC Open Textbook Accessibility Toolkit, CC-BY 4.0 International License.
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A set of questions that can be used to evaluate the accessibility of materials considered for procurement.
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An explanation of what it means to say educational materials are "accessible" and why accessibility is important.
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This page is meant to be an entry point into the creation of accessible content with familiar tools such as Microsoft Office and Google Docs.
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Learn how to make your posts on a number of social media platforms more accessible by including alternative text for images, properly using hashtags to make your posts searchable and more.
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Information and video tutorials to help teachers create closed captioned videos.
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Practical tips for implementing the four principles of accessibility that are the foundation for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
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Learn about the benefits of EPUB, a standard for creating accessible publications, as well as how to find, use and create EPUB content.
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The purpose of the Protocol for Creating Accessible OER is to provide detailed yet easily implemented techniques for creating accessible OER with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. These are the two most commonly used authoring suites in schools, and documents created with them are often the source files for other formats, such as PDF and EPUB publications.The techniques presented can be implemented by any educator who creates or adapts materials for use by students and families.
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Ten tips for creating high-quality, accessible videos that also engage learners and promote understanding.
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Self-paced module on the selection, use and creation of videos with high-quality captions that support access and learning for everyone.
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Information and video tutorials to help teachers and students take advantage of built-in features, apps and extensions on a variety of devices to support a personalized and accessible reading experience for everyone.
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Information on tools for making math notation more accesible to learners.
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Resources to help educators enhance and enrich their teaching with accessible videos that include captions and/or audio description.
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This guide provides a primer on copyright and use permissions. It is intended to support teachers, librarians, curriculum experts and others in identifying the terms of use for digital resources, so that the resources may be appropriately (and legally) used as part of lessons and instruction. The guide also helps educators and curriculum experts in approaching the task of securing permission to use copyrighted materials in their classrooms, collections, libraries or elsewhere in new ways and with fewer restrictions than fair use potentially offers. The guide was created as part of ISKME's Primary Source Project, and is the result of collaboration with copyright holders, intellectual property experts, and educators.
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The main objective of the MADA ICT-AID competency framework is to provide the community with a framework that can be used as a template to assist educational institutions, organizations and individuals in delimiting the required relevant competencies in the ICT accessibility and inclusive design field. This framework can help in creating learning resources and teaching materials on ICT accessibility and inclusive design, and also to make other courses accessible.
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