Accessible Syllabus Training

Concurrent Session 1

Session Materials

Brief Abstract

The Accessible Syllabus Training will demonstrate and teach attendees the 8 key steps towards creating an accessible digital syllabus for their course. At the end of the session attendees will have a fully accessible syllabus document in Word format and learn how to create an accessible PDF from their Word syllabus as well. We recommend attendees to BYOD - Bring Your Own Device and BYOS - Bring Your Own Syllabus (Microsoft Word format) to gain the most out of our express workshop.

Presenters

Lead Presenter: Parishweta Bhatt, Austin Peay State University

Parishweta Bhatt is a Senior Instructional Designer at Austin Peay State University with a special interest in ensuring instruction materials are accessible to users of all abilities.

Additional Authors

Tags

OLC Accelerate 2017 Professional Development and Support

Extended Abstract

Increasingly, instructors continue to employ digital course materials in their online, hybrid, or even face-to-face courses. The goal of this session is to train instructors in evaluating and developing a fully accessible, digital syllabi for their course/s. We focus on digital syllabi as it is usually the first instructional material in any course to be distributed to students. Attendees will be able to:

  1. Apply the 8 step process to evaluate and create an accessible syllabus
  2. Learn and use automatic tools to check syllabus accessibility and correct common errors
  3. Gain access to training resources/tutorials to create a fully accessible syllabus

We recommend attendees to "BYOD - Bring Your Own Device" and "BYOS - Bring Your Own Syllabus" (Microsoft Word format) to gain the most out of our express workshop.