About Information Technology
Course Material Accessibility
Faculty Resource Page
If you require training or a course evaluation on your iLearn course materials , please use the button below to create a work order ticket.
Accessible instructional materials are designed or converted in a way that makes them usable across the widest range of student variability regardless of format (print, digital, graphical, audio, video)
Online course best practices:
- Order & identify textbooks and course readers early.
- Learn how to make course materials accessible; take training!
- Provide syllabi in electronic format & add heading styles for document structure.
- Post PDF documents that are clean and readable, not a scanned image of a PDF.
- Make sure pictures, tables and graphs have alt (descriptive) text.
- Use captioned videos whenever possible.
- Use Ally dials to assist with document accessibility
iLearn - Universal Access with Ally
Ally is built into iLearn our LMS-learning management system, and provides feedback within your course workflow. Click the indicator dial next to your files to view the accessibility feedback. Follow along step-by-step to improve your original file.
Create Accessible Documents-Practice Documents
More Accessibility Resources
Course Accessibility Checklist
Adobe Adobe Acrobat Video Tutorial-Accessible PDF & Cheat Sheet NCDAE site
MS Word Creating accessible PDFs from Word (conversion)
MS Word Cheatsheets . http://ncdae.org/resources/cheatsheets/ NCDAE site
MS Word: Make your documents accessible
MS PPT PowerPoint: Make your presentations accessible . MS Office
MS Windows: Use the Accessibility Checker on your Windows desktop to find accessibility issues . MS Office
MS Mac: Use the Accessibility Checker on your Mac to find and resolve accessibility issues
Google Docs Accessibility https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6199477?hl=en
Google Docs Accessibility Checker Grackle Docs ( link to download) Video on how to use
Zoom. Getting started with Closed Captioning
Contact Information
For faculty needing assistance with creating accessible materials please contact CAT-Center for Academic Technologies, or submit a work order ticket at the link above. Contact Cindy Compean, email ccompean@csumb.edu Phone (831) 582-3318
ATI 2019-2021 Faculty Evaluation : Accessibility of iLearn Course Materials _ Google form for CAT
For students requiring alternate media please contact Student Disability and Accessibility Center (SDAC) email student_disability_resources@csumb.edu. Phone (831) 582-3672