LibGuides: Faculty-Student Interaction Playbook: Advance Inclusion

Developing Cultural Diversity Course Activities

Developing Cultural Diversity Course Activities
This document describes how to develop a DEI-focused cultural reflection activity for an online course. The sample activities provided are from Humanities courses, and the concepts and template could be applied to a wide range of disciplines.

Digital Accessibility

Digital Accessibility
Dr. Christine Photinos Zoom Recording
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The presentation starts at 3:39 marker

This is a Zoom presentation that Professor Photinos gave to faculty on how to improve accessibility in our online classes. She brings our attention to the barriers that our digital content may contain and explains how to improve accessibility in our online classes. The accompanying website includes detailed instructions with screenshots showing how to make technical adjustments to improve accessibility in our online classes and also features links to a wide range of resources on making digital content accessible.

Evaluating Learning Resources Through S-JEDI & UDL Lenses

Evaluating Learning Resources Through S-JEDI & UDL Lenses
Dr. Timothy Gladson Zoom Recording
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The presentation starts at 38:13 marker

Accompanying PowerPoint

In this Zoom presentation Tim Gladson (OSI) gave to faculty, he challenges us to think about who we are designing our learning resources for, and he encourages us to strive to make our learning resources accessible to all students. The accompanying PowerPoint explains what S-Jedi and UDL are and how they apply to the content that learners encounter in a course.

Guidelines for Describing STEM Images

Guidelines for Describing STEM Images
This website gives practical tips on how to write descriptions of STEM images so that those with visual impairments can access them via screen readers. These suggestions can have wide-ranging applications for any instructor who is including images, graphs, or tables in a course and wants to make sure that they will be accessible to students using screen readers.

Learning Resources Checklist

Learning Resources Checklist
This is a practical checklist that instructors can review when creating or revising courses to evaluate if their learning resources comply with S-JEDI and UDL principles. The checklist also includes other general best practices for online course content.

Universal Design for Learning Guidelines

Universal Design for Learning Guidelines
This is a link to the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines on the cast.org website. The guidelines are presented in an easy-to-read one-page chart, and the website also provides further information on the UDL framework, and the research used to develop it.

Applications of Screen Reader Technology

Applications of Screen Reader Technology
Ken Christopher Zoom Recording
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The presentation starts at 18:30 marker

Accompanying Document

In this Zoom presentation to faculty and the accompanying document Ken Christopher brings our attention to the issues that those with low vision, visual impairment, and blindness may face when accessing online courses. He brings our attention to some of the screen readers and text amplification tools that are currently available and also gives practical tips for how to improve the accessibility of our courses.