1. e-Text Not All Created Equally
What to consider when choosing e-text as your alternate format.

2. Your Objective
Access to the right information at the right time and at the right place.

3. Accessibility and Independence
Guiding terminology or over simplification?

4. Who Will Produce the e-Text?
Accessibility
Independence
Student produced
professionally produced

5. Some Factors to Consider
Need to consider:
Print layout
Production resources
End-user
Student produced
professionally produced

6. Print Layout Factors columns and tables foreign languages
Programming code
Math, science, and statistics
Graphics
Non-standard fonts

7. Production Resource Factors
Quality
Time

8. End-user Factors Nature of print impairment Skills and technology
Time / course load
Learning style

9. Another Look Accessibility Usability Independence Efficiency
Student produced
professionally produced