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The Accessible Virtual Campus

Language & ESL

ESL & Language Center on college campuses.

"By designing a course based upon UID (Universal Instructional Design) or implementing UID techniques, ESL students will no longer need to rely as heavily on support systems that are secondary to primary instructional programs."     Kregg C. Strehorn

 

Did you know that many non-English letters are not processed by screenreaders? See Instructional Methods and Media & Materials links to help you prepare universally designed materials.

Classrooms
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In-line EqTD AUDIT

Here is the AUDIT to use to evaluate the accessibility of in-line text characters that need to be treated as graphic elements for accessibility e.g. subscript,  ampersand, foreign letters.

 

 

R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee

(Excel Document) In-line EqTD AUDIT

(Word Document) In-line EqTD AUDIT Manual (Version 1.3)

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Equivalent Text Description (EqTD) Tutorial for Graphics

This short tutorial provides examples and a structure for writing equivalent text descriptions for graphic elements. 

R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee

(Word Document) Tutorial for EqTDs

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Thesis/Project and Dissertation Accessibility Protocol

Graduate students in the Occupational Therapy Department at UWM are required to provide an accessible copy of their thesis, project or dissertation.  This protocol explains the required "why" and "how".  It is distributed in conjunction with a formatted template that includes all of the requirements of the graduate school at UWM.

R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee

(Word Document) Thesis/Project & Dissertation Protocol

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Support Services - Interpreting

"This section describes the role of an interpreter and provides strategies to make the most effective use of interpreting resources in your classroom."

ClassAct-a project of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID/RIT), Rochester, New York

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Support Services - Notetaking

Provides frequently asked questions and strategies for successful implementation of this support system in your class. 

ClassAct-a project of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology (NTID/RIT), Rochester, New York

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Universal Instructional Design - ESL Teaching

Ideas for incorporating UD when teaching English as a second language. The Internet TESL Journal

Strehorn, KC-Universidad Católica de Temuco

Classrooms

It took me several years of struggling with the heavy door to my building, sometimes having to wait until a person stronger came along, to realize that the door was an accessibility problem, not only for me, but for others as well. And I did not notice, until one of my students pointed it out, that the lack of signs that could be read from a distance at my university forced people with mobility impairments to expend a lot of energy unnecessarily, searching for rooms and offices. Although I have encountered this difficulty myself on days when walking was exhausting to me, I interpreted it, automatically, as a problem arising from my illness (as I did with the door), rather than as a problem arising from the built environment having been created for too narrow a range of people and situations.

Susan Wendell, author of
The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability