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Introduction to Physics Course Syllabus Textbook Our sole text for this course will be Introduction to Physics, Second Edition, authored by the instructor. Course Objectives to offer students exposure to basic principles of Physics to provide students with rich, thought-provoking discussions during lecture sessions to provide students with experiential learning opportunities during laboratory sessions. Class Schedule Week Topic Reading Assignment 1 Course Introduction Chapter 1 2 Inertia, equilibrium, kinematics Chapters Newton’s laws, vectors, momentum, energy Chapters Matter, elasticity, scaling Chapters Wave kinematics, sound, electricity, magnetism, induction Chapter Light, reflection and refraction, emission Chapters Review, final exam Grades Grades will be assigned on a ten point scale (90 to 100 is an A, 80 to 89 is a B, etc.). Homework, exams, and projects will be weighted as follows: Homework Exams Projects 1 2 Final 1 2 Final 15% 15% 15% 20% 10% 10% 15% Ce programme es également disponible en français sur demande. Example: Text with no structure

Example: Syllabus with structure

An accessible document has... Headings that form an outline Lists that really are lists Alternate text on images Logical read order Maybe a few other things, depending on the doc

The most accessible document formats (in approximate order) 1.HTML (web pages) 2.ePub3 (for books) 3.PDF 4.Word 5.PowerPoint 6. /Plain text NOTE: Some users may dispute this order, based on their familiarity and comfort.

Adobe PDF Three general types: –Image –Document with no underlying structure –Tagged, well-structured document

How do I create a tagged, well-structured PDF?

Use a tool that supports Tagged PDF And maybe a few others:

Follow a few basic rules 1.Use heading styles 2.Use other built-in structural features (lists, tables) 3.Add alternate text to images 4.Define language, especially if document contains foreign language content 5.Save/Export to a tagged PDF

Didn’t follow these steps? No problem!

PDF accessibility can be repaired in Adobe Acrobat Pro.

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