The Accessible Virtual Campus

If you are using “Adobe InDesign Creative Suite 2” and “Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional” this document will teach you how make accessible brochures.

Equivalent text descriptions (EqTD's) are extremely important and can be difficult to create. Here you will find a set of EqTD related documents that detail processes, purposes and levels of complexity. The origin of providing alternative text for graphic elements and a brief review of the R2D2 standard are included.

A lecture from the ACCESS-ed Conference 2008 presented by Dr. Sheryl Burgstahler on the importance of Universal Design in Higher education. Topics that are addressed include ADA accessibility, access challenges spectrum, and information technology.

An ADA Campus Policy from UW-Madison. This is a guide for faculty and staff working with students with disabilties. It provides accommodations and procedures. Handout provided by presenter, Bob Christiaansen

A World Awaits You (AWAY) is a free online journal that includes interviews with people with disabilities who have participated in a wide range of international exchange programs. It also features advice from exchange providers, parents and disability services staff on how they have assisted exchange participants with disabilities in going abroad. Each issue contains useful resources and tips on people with disabilities participating in international exchange programs.

This website contains information on how to create an accessible poster from the American Public Health Association (APHA). It is one if APHA's goals to make meetings accessible to the widest range of people possible. This website gives bullet-points in several categories to make your poster more accessible.

A worksheet for improving accessibility of student services.

This website is about the Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs funded under AT act to enhance the effectiveness and support of AT programs.

This article from Access Today by Catherine Veronic Nolan addresses the importance of inclusion for all individuals. Nolan defines inclusion and offers suggestions for over coming barriers and implementing change.

This website provides links to free learning tools for students, teachers and parents.

This PDF describes accessibility standards and issues related to distance education.

This webpage discussess overall strategies for advisement of students with learning disabilities as well as general advising principles for working with students with disabilities. A few factors are discussed which include course balance, time and distance, and selection of major. A link to the entire advising handbook is provided.

This website provides links to others sources about lawsuits, complaints, and settlements that have happened to colleges for not being accessible around the United States. Examples of some of the lawsuit cases are the colleges not providing book readers or they are not captioning online resources for their students to use.

Access Abroad is a collaborative effort at the University of Minnesota between the Learning Abroad Center and Disability Services to provide information and guidance on accessibility overseas. The materials on this website are designed to assist students, faculty and staff with the process of identifying and obtaining reasonable accommodations and include planning tools to help prepare students for a successful international experience. This webstie includes audio and video Access Abroad reflections and experiences.

This website contains information about universal design for learning, including advocacy, implementation, research, and how to connect with others.

This 8-part video series was designed for use in roll-call training and addresses law enforcement situations involving people who have mobility disabilities, mental illnesses, mental retardation, epilepsy or seizure disorders, speech disabilities, deafness or hard of hearing, and blindness or low vision. The eight segments range from 5 ½ to 10 ½ minutes in length. (2006)

This article lists 11 "Campus Accessibility Indicators" necessary for an inclusive post-secondary education campus and culture.

This PowerPoint slide presentation used at a conference of the Association University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), offers Universal Design within the context of Service Learning Projects. It addresses how can UD be applied to National Service and within the disability community and provides an example. Included in the presentation is an activity, "How do you move this beyond the physical to enhanced program design?"

This tip sheet from PEPNet provides a description of Deaf culture and suggestions for effective communication. Tips include the importance of American Sign Language, terms used in the Deaf community, and guidelines for communication.

This web page poses questions that link to a separate web page with the answers and more information about universal design in education or aspects related to education like Student Services, Information Technology, Distance Learning, K-12, Post-secondary, Class Projects, Professional Organizations, Projects, and Conference Exhibits and Presentations.

A comprehensive checklist of considerations to make Career Services Programming accessible for students with disabilities. Topics on the checklist include events and information resources.

A fairly comprehensive checklist of considerations necessary to meet the needs of students with disabilities through the recruitment and admission process.

A brief checklist that outlines accessibility needs for persons with disability to successfully utilize student services.

This handout "...provides you with a draft university policy regarding the use of captioned media; you can alter it as needed for your institution."