Description
This section examines instructor* practices around ensuring maximum curriculum accessibility.
*including faculty, lecturers, GSIs and other instructor titles
Recommendations
| Develop a practice to ensure that students are informed that they can request a reasonable academic accommodation for disability and describe how/where they can submit their request. |
| Develop practices to ensure all curricula is accessible, including both physical and digital materials (e.g., website references, PDFs, videos, etc.) for students with disabilities. |
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Develop practices to ensure that all required course activities outside the classroom are fully accessible to students with disabilities. |
| Access training on making online and in-person presentations accessible, including best practices and tips on using and presenting accessible materials for students with disabilities. See our Guide for Making Presentations Accessible |
| Develop practices to ensure that all websites referenced in curricula are vetted for accessibility. |
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Follow the Disabled Students' Program's established best practices on how to respond to a student who requests a reasonable accommodation. (https://dsp.berkeley.edu/(link is external)) |
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Follow UC Berkeley Textbook Affordability requirements (https://ue.berkeley.edu/news/textbook-adoption-spring-2024-semester(link is external)) |
Training
Instructor Training(link is external)
Additional Resources
- Create and verify PDF accessibility (Acrobat Pro)(link is external)
- How to Make Images Accessible(link is external)
- PDFs from Microsoft Word(link is external)
- Best Practices for Creating Accessible PowerPoints and Inclusive Presentations(link is external)
- How can you make your presentation accessible?(link is external)
- 508 Accessible Videos – How to Caption Videos(link is external)
- WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool(link is external)
- CynthiaSays.com Accessibility Website Scan(link is external)