USING ACCESSIBLE COURSE MATERIAL – WHAT IS INVOLVED?

Presenters:Kathy Buob, M.A.Lyn Clemons, B.A.

Benjamin Tzeng Sengoku, B.S.

PRESENTERS

Kathy Buob, M.A. Learning Disability Specialist

Lyn Clemons, B.A. Alternate Media Technology Supervisor********Benjamin Tzeng Sengoku, B.S. Tech Expert from across the systems

and Problem Solver

TOPICS

TRAININGSERVICESMETHODS

(EQUIPMENT/TECHNIQUES) IMPLEMENTATION

TRAINING

Faculty Concerns Regarding Technology

Additional Workload on FacultyAdditional Workload on Faculty Academic FreedomAcademic Freedom Academic IntegrityAcademic Integrity Copyright of course materialCopyright of course material

Faculty Conversions Of Course MaterialUniversal Design For Learning

What is Universal Design for Learning? How can Faculty include it into their

course material? Why is it important to use it for all

students? Collaborative partnerships???

SERVICES

Applications Faculty Can Use To Convert Course Material

LecShareABBY PDF Transformer 2.0Kurzweil 3000Assistance from Alternate Media

Center on Campus

Use Of Alternate Media Services For Students And Faculty

Get course materials converted ahead of time for student use to:

•E-text•Audio format (MP3)•Braille•Enlarged Text•Tactical Graphics

•Videos Captioned •Text books scanned for conversion to other alternate formats

Example of how the “tiff” file can be used for different e-text in alternate formats.

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Scan written material or textbook to get tiff file.

Specialized Applications

LecShare – makes MS PowerPoint presentations usable by all students in different alternate formats

ABBY PDF Transformer 2.0 – makes PDF files usable by all students in different alternate formats

Specialized Applications (continued)

Kurzweil 3000

Inspiration

Audio Formatted Course Material

Accessible Campus Computer Labs For Students

High Tech Center computer labs Universal Learning labs Other computer labs set up for student

access, such as Project Impact at CSU East Bay

Department computer labs, such as Business, Science, Math, Social Science, Education, Library, etc.

METHOD

Use Of FM Systems, Captioning, Remote Captioning Or Real-Time Captioning

FM Systems usage in classrooms – In classroom radio broadcast.

Open/Closed Captioning – As seen on broadcast TV/movies

Use Of FM Systems, Captioning, Remote Captioning Or Real-Time Captioning

(continued)FM or amplification systems

Infrared Real-time Captioning

Remote Captioning Real time Captioning

Closed Captioning

Use Of Braille, Enlarged Text Or Electronic Text (E-Text)

Braille Enlarged Text material Electronic Text (E-text)

Use Of Voice Recognition For Students With Mobility

Differences

Voice Recognition Other Voice Recognition software

Environmental Access

Movement Sensory AppealSmart Wiring in Classroom

IMPLEMENTATION

Training Faculty To Use Technology

Information Technology (IT) Department Faculty Support Media Academic Technology Support

(MATS) Alternate Media Center (AMC) High Tech Center Training Unit (HTCTU)

Difference Between Screen Readers And

Document Readers

Screen Readers – to translate all screen elements to spoken text

JAWS SuperNova

Document Readers – to capture printed material to digital spoken medium

Kurzweil 3000 OpenBook WYNN

Equable AccessWhat Can Be Done To Make It

Happen?

Equable Access to Course MaterialsEquable Access to ClassroomsWhat can be done to work together

to make course materials universally designed for all students?

Buy-In For Faculty Or Minimizing Rejection

Appeal to “Wow” and “Learning”Reduce workload or friction on

instructor.Emphasize functional over ideologicalDefine clear role boundaries.

Walking toward knowledge and achievement!!

You are not walking alone!

QUESTIONS???

You are invited to ask questions about any of the material we have

presented.