We Could Be Heroes: Ensuring Accessibility in Online Courses
Concurrent Session 6


Brief Abstract
This session will focus on one’s institution’s process for ensuring accessibility in online courses. From exploring proactive approaches like UDL in course design to creating reactive strategies for current course remediation, participants will learn about establishing a process, or improving an existing process, for identifying and resolving student accessibility issues.
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Extended Abstract
While online courses may increase the availability of education for many, the accessibility of these learning experiences is often an unfortunate afterthought. This session will focus on one’s institution’s process for ensuring accessibility in online courses. From exploring proactive approaches like Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in course design to creating reactive strategies for current online course remediation, participants will learn more about how to establish a process, or improve their existing process, for identifying and resolving student accessibility issues.
Takeaway:
As a result of attending this session, participants will be able to:
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Identify common accessibility errors
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Use Canvas integrations to check for course accessibility
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Recognize an effective system for remediation
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Discuss challenges and opportunities for improvement