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ONLINE COURSE ACCESSIBILITY CHECKLIST 1. MATERIALSANDMEDIA
¨Arevideos,media,andPowerPointsembeddedintotheLMS?
n Embeddingvideos,media,andPowerPointshelpsmanagethelimitedfilestoragecapacity.Italsohelpsparticipantswithlimitedbandwidthbyensuringthattheydonotneedtolinkouttomaterialstoviewthem.
¨Arethecourseelementsdesignedformultimodalviewing/accesstoaccommodatevariancesinlearningandphysicalabilities?
n Materialsshouldbepresentedinnumerousways,asappropriate,includingbutnotlimitedto:providing“alt”tagdescriptionsintheeventimageswon’torcan’tload;providingscriptsforvideoandaudiofiles,andprovidingallmaterialindownloadablecoursepackets.
2. ACTIVITIESANDASSIGNMENTS
¨Canparticipantscompleteactivitiesandassignmentswithoutadditionalequipmentotherthantheircomputerormobiledevice?
n Diversityofonlinelearnersextendstotheirfinancialandtechnologicalresources.Therefore,courseprovidersshoulddesigncourseactivitiesandassignmentstolimitthemandatoryuseofanyonlinetoolortechnologicaldevicethatmaynotbeavailableinallareas,ortoallparticipants.Theseincludebutarenotlimitedtomicrophones,cameras,videos,andapplications.
¨CanparticipantssatisfactorilysubmitassignmentsandcompleteassessmentsusingnootherprogrambuttheLMS?
n Participantsmaynothaveaccesstopopularwordprocessingorpresentationapplicationstocompletetheirwork,includingMicrosoftWordandPowerPoint.
¨Areparticipantsgiventheopportunitytosubmitassignmentsinmorethanoneway?
n Assignmentsthatrequiredocumentsubmissionshouldbedesignedtoincludetheoptiontowriteresponsesusingfreeformtextboxes.Thisincreasesaccessibilityforparticipantswhocannotusewordprocessingsoftwareforanyreason.
3. OFFLINEMATERIALS
¨Doeseachcontentpagehaveadownloadable,accessiblePDFhandoutintheModulePacket?
n Everycontentpage,assignment,anddiscussionshouldhaveanoffline-readyversionofthecoursecontentavailabletoparticipants,andpresentedasaPDFinthepacket.Thisissothatparticipantswithinfrequentaccesstotheinternetcaninteractwithcoursematerialsoffline.
¨Areallhandoutscompiledintoapacket,andavailableoneachModule’sintroductionpage?
n Thepacketisacompilationofeveryhandout,presentation,assignment,anddiscussionprompttheparticipantwillseeinthatweek’smodule.Quizzesdonotneedtobeincludedinthispacket,tokeepstudentsfromhavingearlyaccesstoquizquestions.
