Web Accessibility MOOC for Online Educators

Web Accessibility MOOC for Online Educators

Collaboration between •Portland Community College and •Brightspace Teaching and Learning Community

Reg opened: Monday Sept. 29

Course begins Mon. Oct. 20 with 5 weeks of active facilitation (can start early and finish late)

Web Accessibility MOOC for Online Educators

Free on D2L Open Courses

opencourses.desire2learn.com

Mostly activity-based learning

Hands-on, content creation

Facilitated by Barry Dahl of D2L and Karen Sorensen of PCC

Why WAMOE?• The Brightspace Teaching & Learning

Community focuses on the following:– Professional development for educators– Effective practices related to online teaching and

learning– Spotlighting client contributions for the good of all

• Web accessibility for online educators has long been seen as an area of high need and little attention.

Why WAMOE?• Many educational institutions have

not been able to focus their attention and resources on making their online courses more accessible.

• Several lawsuits in the past few years have brought this issue more to the forefront.

• WAMOE is a step towards closing the gap by providing free resources for educators.

Same with Accessibility

Primary Intended Audience• Online Faculty, instructors, teachers

• Secondarily:– Instructional designers, instructional technologists, and

others who support faculty– Technical staff, including LMS technicians– Administrators (management): those who supervise the

faculty and staff– Disability and Accessibility professionals

Primary Learning GoalsGoal 1: Build the personal knowledge base in web accessibility for each participant• Example 1: Learn how to assess the accessibility of software used for online coursesGoal 2: Create Accessible Photo Images, Diagrams, and Charts for Online Courses• Example 2: Learn when alternate text is required for images, and how to properly provide itGoal 3: Create Accessible Audio and Video for Online Courses• Example 3: Learn how to add captions to videos or search for already-captioned videosGoal 4: Create Accessible HTML Content for Online Courses• Example 4: Learn the proper page layout and other items for accessible web pagesGoal 5: Create Accessible Course Content in Other Formats• Example 5: Learn how to make accessible Word documents for use on online courses

Let’s take a quick visual tour of WAMOE

Preliminary Numbers• Nearly 1000 registrants

• About 185 personal introductions

• About 235 demographics form submissions

• 80 have completed week one activity

• 100 have joined a smaller group

Optional Form SubmissionsPlans or Goals for WAMOE

Highest Honors Certificate 32% Honors Certificate 10% Participation Certificate 25% Learn lots, no certificate 25% Just browsing, or lurkers 5% Huh? What? A Plan? 3%

Type of Organization 2-year college 57% University 32% K-12 1% Other 8% No answer 2%

Optional Form SubmissionsRole/Job/Title

Faculty 30% Instructional designers 33% Management 14% Accessibility Services 6% I.T., and similar 6% Other 9%

Accessibility Skill/Knowledge

A11Y Beginner 37%

Advanced Beginner 32%

Intermediate 20%

Advanced Int & Higher 10%

No answer 1%

Let’s take a quick look at OpenCourses

Questions and Answers

WAMOE Tour• D2L Open Courses• Course Catalog and

Registration page• Course Home page• Legal Disclaimer

• Course Content• Discussions• Activities and Assessments

– Basic and Advanced

• Certificate Levels

Open Courses Tour• Getting into the Course

Catalog (Acct Mgr)• Workbook completion• Basic and Premium• Self-registration

• Intelligent Agents• Surveys• Widgets (standard home

page layout, custom widgets by request)