Digital Accessibility for Teaching & Learning @ Amherst
- Accessible Documents - Tips for creating accessible syllabi, readings, and handouts.
- Accessible PDFs - Tips for creating and verifying PDF accessibility
- Accessible Information Technology
- Assistive Technology - ATS and IT partner with Student Accessibility Services to provide students with assistive technology for learning and research.
- Captioning Tips for Student-Produced Media
- Center for Teaching and Learning Syllabi Resources
- Creating Accessible Communications
- Make Your Webpages Accessible - Tips for creating accessible Web content for the Amherst website, WordPress, and other websites and platforms.
- Moodle Accessibility Features
- Self Directed Learning Resources for Digital Accessibility
- SensusAccess Document Converter for Accessibility -This free and easy tool can convert an inaccessible document, such as an image-only PDF, into another acccessible document format.
Accessible Educational Materials- Resources & Links
- What are Accessible Educational Materials?- National Center on Accessible Educational Materials
- UDL: The Universal Design for Learning Guidelines CAST
- Course Accessibility Guidelines- Penn State
- edX's Accessibility Best Practices for Developing Course Content
- Accessible Powerpoint- National Center on Disability and Access to Education
Accessibility Resources for Teaching and Learning During COVID-19
- Keeping Accessibility in Mind During the COVID-19 Conversion of Courses
- Accessibility Resources to teach and learn using Zoom:
- Meet Me Accessibly: A Guide to Zoom Cloud Meetings from a Blindness Perspective describes different functionalities and the related keyboard keystrokes to effectively use the Zoom conferencing platform. [A user should read sections 7 onward, the prior sections deal mainly with configurations.]
- Hot keys and keyboard shortcut keys for Zoom link describes keys for both Windows and Mac operating systems. These keys can also be accessed within Zoom in its accessibility settings. Here find NVDA screen reader keystrokes for Zoom platform. NVDA is a freely available screen reader.
- Information on using keyboard navigation with Google Hangouts and using a screen reader with Google Hangouts.
- How to Survive Digital Learning with LD - from the National Center for Learning Disabilities