EASI Online Course: Barrier-free E-learning

Month-long, online, asynchronis course based on the book: ‘Making Online Teaching Accessible’

(Sory for duplicate postings)

Learning management systems are being used more and more both for distance learners and to support courses taught on campus. These systems are becoming accessible and, at the same time, provide help for faculty providers to create their content in an accessible format. The course will assist colleges in making a level learning space for all students.

Course outline:

Lesson 1 Introduction to Online Learning and to Learning Management Systems

Part 1: Creating a Level Learning Space: Accessibility and Usability

Part 2: Universal Design

Part 3: Issues Common to Most Learning Management Systems

Lesson 2: creating accessible content with MS office (word, PowerPoint and Excel)

Part 1: Structured documents

 part 2: Understanding and modifying the style feature in Word

Part 3 Creating a Table of Contents and Providing Alternate Text for Images

Part 4: Designing accessible PowerPoint presentations

Part 5:PowerPoint Features to Use and Avoid

 Part 6: Excel

Lesson 3: Creating Accessible content for STEM and for Multimedia

 Part 1: Problems and Solutions in Creating Accessible STEM Electronic ContenT

 Part 2: Problems representing scientific and technical diagrams

Part 3 Providing Synchronized Captions for an Accessible Video

Part 4 Providing synchronized Audio Description for an Accessible Video

Lesson 4: Supporting and Managing Online Accessibility

 Part 1: Create an interdepartmental team to support online students with disabilities

 Part 2: Develop written policies and procedures on Accessibility that include accountability 

 Part 3: Provide on-going training for faculty and staff

 Part 4: The Role of the Administration 

Read about EASI’s 5 online courses and register at:

http://easi.cc/workshop.htm

A limited number of scholarships are also available:

http://easi./scholarship.htm

Norm Coombs