Creating An Accessible Online Course: 20 Inclusive Design Tips

Description  Challenge Many online courses erect barriers to students with disabilities, including those that impact sight, hearing, dexterity, learning, social interactions which negatively impacts learning; remediation to make them accessible as individual accommodations is costly to the institution. Key TakeawayAfter engaging in this presentation, participants will be better informed about accommodations and universal design and will gain specific strategies for making an online course accessible.OverviewMany online courses erect barriers to students with disabilities, including those that impact sight, hearing, dexterity, learning, social interactions. There are already hundreds of civil rights complaints about the inaccessibility of online courses which are costly to resolve with the Office of Civil Rights and the Department of Justice. However, there are existing principles, guidelines, resources, and promising practices for making online learning accessible, usable a