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USING ACCESSIBLE
COURSE MATERIAL
–

WHAT IS INVOLVED?


Presenters:

Kathy Buob, M.A.

Lyn Clemons, B.A.

Benjamin Tzeng Sengoku, B.S.

PRESENTERS

Kathy Buob, M.A.


Learning Disability Specialist


Lyn Clemons, B.A.


Alternate Media Technology Supervisor

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Benjamin Tzeng Sengoku, B.S.


Tech Expert from across the systems
and Problem Solver




TOPICS


TRAINING


SERVICES


METHODS
(EQUIPMENT/TECHNIQUES)


IMPLEMENTATION


TRAINING

Faculty Concerns Regarding
Technology


Additional Workload on Faculty


Academic Freedom


Academic Integrity


Copyright of course material

Faculty Conversions Of Course Material

Universal Design For Learning


What is Universal Design for Learning?


How can Faculty include it into their
course material?


Why is it important to use it for all
students?


Collaborative partnerships???

SERVICES

Applications Faculty Can Use To
Convert Course Material


LecShare


ABBY PDF Transformer 2.0


Kurzweil 3000


Assistance from Alternate Media
Center on Campus

Use Of Alternate Media Services
For Students And Faculty


Get course materials converted
ahead of time for student use to:

•
E
-
text

•
Audio format (MP3)

•
Braille

•
Enlarged Text

•
Tactical Graphics

•
Videos Captioned

•
Text books
scanned for
conversion to other
alternate formats

Example of how the “tiff” file can be used
for different e
-
text in alternate formats.

=

Scan written
material or
textbook to get
tiff file.

Specialized Applications


LecShare
–

makes MS PowerPoint
presentations usable by all students in
different alternate formats



ABBY PDF Transformer 2.0
–

makes PDF
files usable by all students in different
alternate formats

Specialized Applications

(continued)


Kurzweil 3000



Inspiration



Audio Formatted Course Material


Accessible Campus Computer
Labs For Students


High Tech Center computer labs



Universal Learning labs


Other computer labs set up for student
access, such as Project Impact at CSU
East Bay


Department computer labs, such as
Business, Science, Math, Social Science,
Education, Library, etc.

METHOD

Use Of FM Systems, Captioning,
Remote Captioning Or

Real
-
Time Captioning


FM Systems usage in classrooms
–

In
classroom radio broadcast.



Open/Closed Captioning
–

As seen on
broadcast TV/movies


Use Of FM Systems, Captioning,
Remote Captioning Or

Real
-
Time Captioning
(continued)


FM or amplification systems


Infrared


Real
-
time Captioning


Remote Captioning


Real time Captioning


Closed Captioning

Use Of Braille, Enlarged Text

Or Electronic Text (E
-
Text)


Braille


Enlarged Text material


Electronic Text (E
-
text)

Use Of Voice Recognition For
Students With Mobility
Differences


Voice Recognition


Other Voice Recognition software

Environmental Access


Movement


Sensory Appeal


Smart Wiring in Classroom

IMPLEMENTATION

Training Faculty To Use Technology


Information Technology (IT) Department


Faculty Support


Media Academic Technology Support
(MATS)


Alternate Media Center (AMC)


High Tech Center Training Unit (HTCTU)

Difference Between Screen Readers
And

Document Readers

Screen Readers
–

to
translate all screen
elements to spoken text


JAWS


SuperNova

Document Readers
–

to
capture printed material to
digital spoken medium


Kurzweil 3000


OpenBook


WYNN

Equable Access

What Can Be Done To Make It
Happen?


Equable Access to Course Materials


Equable Access to Classrooms


What can be done to work together
to make course materials universally
designed for all students?

Buy
-
In For Faculty Or Minimizing
Rejection


Appeal to “Wow” and “Learning”


Reduce workload or friction on
instructor.


Emphasize functional over ideological


Define clear role boundaries.


Walking toward knowledge and
achievement
!

You are not walking alone!

QUESTIONS???

You are invited to ask questions about
any of the material we have
presented.