Inclusive practice in teaching Alison Lahlafi & Paul Conway

Policy & guidelines Based on input from semester 1 workshops and discussion session, further research into best practice Policy for inclusive practice in teaching hand-outs and presentations, PowerPoint template Guidelines for inclusivity in the classroom Videos - the student perspective Plain English and readabilty

Policy for producing accessible hand-outs and presentations

Activity: Alt-text for images Right click on the picture and choose Format picture Choose Alt Text from the list of options Add title and short description Picture of students working in Adsetts

Guidelines on being inclusive in the classroom

The student perspective University of Sheffield's Inclusive Learning & Teaching website http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/lets/strategy/resources/inclusivelandt With thanks to University of Sheffield for giving permission to use. University of Nottingham's Thinking about dyslexia website http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/dyslexia/video/

Plain English guidelines

Activity: Plain English & readability Click on File Click on Options When the Word Options window opens, click Proofing Check Show readability statistics Click on OK Screenshot of readability statistics

Where can I find out more? https://portal.shu.ac.uk/sites/LTAHelp/IP/Pages/default.aspx https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/using-assistive-and-accessible-technology-in-teaching-and-learning/documents-presentations-and-spreadsheets http://www.webaim.org/ http://www.rnib.org.uk http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk The inclusive learning and teaching handbook http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.18989!/file/The-inclusive-learning-and-teaching-handbook.pdf

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