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Departmental Newsletter

I create an electronic newsletter for our department on a monthly basis and use this as a forum for getting info to students that I want everyone to know about (new courses, scheduling issues, prepping for internships, etc). I also encourage my faculty to submit short articles on topics of interest to them so that students can start to appreciate their instructor's skills (especially helpful for adjuncts).

Essentials: LMS, Documents, Assessment

What is one easy thing that an online instructor can do when making Word documents that would help those students with a visual impairment?

Making Content Accessible

What are the three main angles that the online instructor should cover when making their course content, including videos, accessible for those with disabilities?

Making Content Accessible

What areas of course components should be accessible to those students with disabilities?

Designing Accessibility: Be Proactive

What is universal design in education?

Learning Management Systems

As an online instructor, discuss two basic steps you would take to ensure your course on an LMS is accessible to all students.

Accessible Hardware

What are devices such as touchscreens, pointers and joysticks called?

Accessible Software

What is one speech recognition software that is used by many people with or without a disability?

Accessible Course Content

What is one of the first places that an online instructor should go for help in making their course materials accessible?

Individuals with Disabilities Act (ADA)

What are some examples of disabilities covered under the ADA?

Section 508

As an online instructor, how would you work with the Office of Disability Services?

Section 504

As an online instructor how would you assess if the rights of a student with disabilities were being violated?

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

As an online instructor, how would you assist students with disabilities to make the transition to post-secondary education?

Course Accessibility

As an online instructor, what are some best practices you have developed to ensure your course is accessible to all students?

Cognitive Disabilities

As an online instructor, what would you do to assist students with cognitive disabilities?

Visual Impairments

As an online instructor, what assignments might you avoid if you have students with visual impairments?

Assistive Technologies

As an online instructor, what assistive technologies do you have available to assist students with disabilities?

Blogs

Do instructors still blog? It seems like FB and Twitter would make more sense today. Thoughts?

Students' Preparedness Level

Blogging is OK if used with students who can effectively read and write in English. Many of my students come from a diverse background. For some, English is their second language, while others lack academic preparedness and possess very basic levels of communication skills. These students may not be able to effectively blog.

Monitoring the Quality of Posts

Microblogging is a time consuming venture for the professors as close monitoring of the quality and accuracy of the posts is required. For example in science course, the information has to be correct. Thus, the instructor must carefully monitor the microblog for accuracy and make corrections as necessary.