1. sfu.ca/tlcentre Accessibility in Online Course Development Kar-On Lee, Learning Technology Specialist Email: cal2@sfu.ca Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada

2. sfu.ca/tlcentre Current Issues Universal Design for Learning Concepts LMS Comparison Course Design & Accessibility Moving Forward with Faculty

3. sfu.ca/tlcentre Visually Impaired Deaf & Hard of Hearing Physical & Developmental Disabilities Learning Disabilities Mental Health Disabilities Who does Disability Services Support?

4. sfu.ca/tlcentre Accessibility of online documents Navigation of LMS Access to visual & aural content Access to live voice/lecture chat Current Student Experiences

5. sfu.ca/tlcentre One off processing of course materials (ie captioning/OCR scanning) Hiring access aides to do the work or accompany students as needed Current Solutions & Support

6. sfu.ca/tlcentre Universal Design for Learning The basic idea of creating educational goals, materials and materials that is inclusive for everyone -- regardless of skill level, learning/physical or mental disabilities, language barriers or any other barriers

7. sfu.ca/tlcentre Unique individuals with specialized needs Equal and uninhibited access to the same level of education and life goals as everyone else Why Universal Design

8. sfu.ca/tlcentre Based on www.w3.org guidelineswww.w3.org Alternate content Colour and layout Effective use of markup language Use of Plain Language elements Assistive Technology compatibility Meaningful labeling Universal Design Guidelines

9. sfu.ca/tlcentre Comparison of Moodle and Canvas based on the most common elements Discussion Boards Document Repository Assignments Communications Multimedia LMS Comparison: Moodle vs Canvas

10. sfu.ca/tlcentre Moodle

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12. Current Issues

13. sfu.ca/tlcentre Canvas

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16. Issues in Canvas Incompatible Web Technologies JAWS reading unnecessary information Constant repetition of information Full URL links Inaccessible multimedia

17. sfu.ca/tlcentre Course Design Tips & Tricks Plain Language Limit pop-up windows Provide ALT text, Captioning etc Alternate site when necessary Descriptive naming conventions Templates  page consistency

18. sfu.ca/tlcentre Course Design Tips & Tricks Files area: create structure Avoid mandatory synchronous tools Discussion: – add headers in replies that match topic –If possible avoid using threaded discussion

19. sfu.ca/tlcentre Promoting and Designing for Accessibility Educate faculty and create awareness Showcase examples of courses Work with publishers to create awareness of materials Accessibility rather than accommodations

20. sfu.ca/tlcentre Accessibility in Learning Management Systems What is your experience with Accessibility? Questions?