Phil Graves Assistive Technology Specialist Josh Murdock Manager, Learning Support Services U NIVERSAL D ESIGN : B LENDING A CCESSIBILITY WITH A VAILABILITY IN A SSISTIVE T ECHNOLOGY

W HAT TO EXPECT IN TODAY ’ S PRESENTATION H a r d w a r e S o f t w a r e C o l l a b o r a t i o n S u c c e s s O p t i m i z a t i o n

U NIVERSAL D ESIGN  Universal design strives to be a broad-spectrum solution that produces buildings, products and environments that are usable and effective for everyone!

R EGINA S EGUIN – L IBRARIAN V ALENCIA

C OLLABORATION

A SSISTIVE T ECHNOLOGY T RAINING  Office of Students with Disabilities  Training Students on Equipment/Software  Academic Affairs  Training Staff & Faculty on Equipment/Software and Disability Etiquette  Office of Information Technology  Software and Network Configuration  Building Images

L EARNING S UPPORT S ERVICES T HE P OWER U SER OF A SSISTIVE T ECHNOLOGY  A collaboration of the Communications, Math, Tutoring, and Testing Centers at West Campus to provide quality learning assistance to Valencia’s student population.  350 Student Accessible Computers  A learner who is supported outside of the classroom by learning support services is an engaged learner. An engaged learner is a successful student.

D ISABILITY C ATEGORIES  Hearing Impairment/deafness  Physical Impairments  Learning Disabilities  Visual Impairment/Blindness  Psychological /Emotional Disorders  Speech Impairments

 Learning Disabilities42%  Psychological Impairments32%  Physical/Health Impairments16%  Deaf/Hard of Hearing 7%  Blind/Low Vision 3%  Speech Impairments<1%  Comorbidity (multiple disabilities) 9% S TUDENTS R EGISTERED WITH OSD ( F ALL T ERM 2009)

A CCESSIBILITY S OFTWARE  Available on all student accessible computers  Network license, managed with a license server, license only used when software is activated  ZoomText, JAWS, KURZWIEL 3000

Z OOM T EXT  Magnifier / Screen Reader  1x to 36x Magnifications  8 Zoom Window Types  Color, Contrast, and Brightness Controls  Visible Pointers and Cursors MOST USED

 Screen reader (OCR)  Keyboard access  Key combinations in Braille JAWS

KURZWIEL 3000  Reads documents and websites  Definitions and synonyms  Spell check and syllables  Reads program menus

D RAGON N ATURALLY S PEAKING V 10  Individual license  Turn talk into Type  3 x faster then most people type with up to 99% accuracy  Control commonly accessed applications

D RAGON N ATURALLY S PEAKING

A DOBE R EADER 9  FREE!  Reader Accessibility Feature  Tagged Documents  Compatible with JAWS

H ARDWARE : EVAS & SARA  Self-contained scanner that reads aloud, and magnifies  Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

H ARDWARE : CCTV  Magnifies documents and changes color settings

H ARDWARE – S ENSE V IEW D UO Portable Magnification System

S IMPLE P ERIPHERALS Trackball Headphone Talking Calculator High Visibility Keyboard

S IMPLE P ERIPHERALS High Visibility Keyboard TRACKBALL

P LANNING FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN ADA Adjustable Desks with 19” Monitors Private Testing Rooms with latest technologies, electronic adjustable desks, dual 19” monitors, and EVAS/CCTV Electronic Automatic Door Openers Multiple Height Check-In Desk with Adjustable Monitors

P LANNING FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN ADA Adjustable Desks with 19” Monitors

P LANNING FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN Private Testing Rooms with latest technologies, electronic adjustable desks, dual 19” monitors, and EVAS/CCTV

P LANNING FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN Electronic Automatic Door Openers

P LANNING FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN Multiple Height Check-In Desk with Adjustable Monitors

CLASSROOM – V ISUAL E NHANCEMENT S YSTEM  Visual Enhancement Systems can be used in the classroom environment to assist those with vision impairments.  Systems can be developed or purchased using different technologies.

S TUDENT P ERSPECTIVE - J ACK

CLASSROOM – V ISUAL E NHANCEMENT S YSTEM Where is that Dog Calendar? Elmo Document Camera

CLASSROOM – V ISUAL E NHANCEMENT S YSTEM View Documents or View the Board ONYX

CLASSROOM – V ISUAL E NHANCEMENT S YSTEM Where is Josh?

 Meaning for meaning speech-to-text system  Real-time communication access option for deaf and hard-of-hearing students  Can be provided by a C-Print captionist in the classroom or remotely  Wireless ad hoc connection between captionist and student laptops enables text typed by the captionist to display on the student’s screen CLASSROOM – C-PRINT

F ACULTY P ERSPECTIVE – P ROFESSOR C ORINNE F ENNESSY

F UNDING  Grants  Strategic Equipment Funds  Endowed Chairs  PECO (New Building & Renovations)  Technology Budget  Student Development Funds

C ONTACT I NFORMATION  Phil Graves, Valencia Community College   Josh Murdock, Valencia Community College 