Creating Inclusive Materials PACADA Retreat I will share these slides with you if you send me an email. Session statement: How do I create documents and videos that are usable by a diverse student population, including students with disabilities? This learning session will demonstrate simple techniques and provide resources for creating inclusive materials. September 21, 2016 Dean Brusnighan, ITaP Teaching and Learning Technologies dabrus@purdue.edu

Why is this important? Ask the attendees

We will talk about Importance of captioning videos Word and PDF – why and how to make documents usable by diverse students

Background Universal (inclusive) design Don’t wait for a person with a disability to ask for an accommodation

Video Video Who benefits from captions? Options for captioning videos Copyright concerns Donna Ferullo, Purdue Copyright Office Video showing the importance of captioning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33krnU_juFE Who benefits? English language learners People with certain learning disabilities Visual learners Researchers reported in Journal of the American Medical Association (2010) that 1 in 5 adolescents have hearing loss Anyone in these situations: Environments that are loud or quiet Captions are searchable so can find your video content through a search engine Video with poor sound quality Speaker with a heavy accent Other benefits: Show correct spelling of new terms, especially helpful in STEM courses Videos with captions improve student comprehension, engagement, and performance. Retention and comprehension levels are more than doubled, research shows. Videos with captions can be watched at an increased speed – 1.25 or 1.5 times the standard speed – with little or no loss of comprehension Videos with captions are watched longer Copyright concerns: Adding captions to a video without permission of the copyright owner is not allowed by copyright law Experts disagree

Options for captioning videos Professional closed captioning by vendor Captions requested through Kaltura Email tlt@purdue.edu for department liaison Kaltura automatic captions Free, and require editing Caution: YouTube automatic captions require editing Harvard and MIT were sued in 2015 over missing or inaccurate captions on free educational content Quote from the complaints: “Just as buildings without ramps bar people who use wheelchairs, online content without captions excludes individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.” Captioning contracts Cielo24 ($1.60/minute, 99% accuracy, 48 hours) 3Play Media ($2.10/min, 98+% accuracy, 4 business days)

MS Word Headings Images Lists Links Tables Accessibility Checker Save as PDF

PDF Image only PDF Document properties to see if Tagged Adobe Acrobat Pro not Adobe Reader Accessibility Wizard Demo of recognized PDF

Training Hands-on training session October 11 Training handouts https://www.training.purdue.edu/ITAP.aspx Training handouts https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/TLR/TLT+Trai ning+Materials+Index Creating Accessible Word Docs and PPT Slides Creating Accessible PDFs

Resources Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM) http://webaim.org Portland Community College http://www.pcc.edu/resources/instructional- support/access/

So Much to Do! So much to do. 1/27/2015 So Much to Do! So much to do. Don’t try to eat the elephant all at once!

Moving forward Make a collective decision to improve accessibility Determine priorities Set goals Make progress We’ve talked about a wide range of things. There’s a lot to do here – don’t try to eat the elephant all at once! Make a decision that improving accessibility is important, and let folks internal and external know that With input across staff and administrators, gather information so priorities can be determined What is most critical that needs improvement? Set realistic goals for timelines Just start somewhere and make progress

Contact Dean Brusnighan dabrus@purdue.edu Campus: 494-9082