SUNY CIT 2016

Lisa Dubuc, Coordinator of Electronic Learning,

Donna Simiele, eLearning Technology Support Coordinator,

&

Lynn Brochu, Professor - Health & Physical Education

Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY

Received a SUNY Innovative Instruction

Technology Grant (IITG)

With Grant Funding:

▪ Built a compliance checklist (based on Middle

States, Higher Education Opportunity Act, and

OSCQR Accessibility standards)

▪ Checked online courses for compliance issues

▪ Sent findings to faculty

▪ Provided professional development sessions based

on findings

Required: Course Interaction

▪ Student-to-Student, Faculty-to-Student, & Student-to-Faculty

NCCC Disability Disclosure

NCCC Academic Integrity Policy Content Accessibility:

Documents (Word, Blackboard, & PDF)

Tables

PowerPoints

Non-Text Elements (images, tables, charts, etc.)

Videos

Checked

66 Courses

52 Faculty

3 Reviewers

Approx. 400 hours

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10

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30

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60

70

Documents PowerPoints Tables Non-TextElements

Links Videos 3rd PartyContent

67

15

62 6164

38

44

Documents

Font type, font size, colors

Blackboard did not have a print function

Documents were only offered in Word not PDF

PDF

Some PDF files were hand written and scanned

Tables

Blackboard does not have the ability to make tables accessible – All docs with tables needed to be created in Word

Hyperlinks

Showed URL not text, Alt Text was not provided

PowerPoint

If narrated, they did not contain

captions/transcripts

Layouts were often not used

Images

Did not contain Alt Text

Videos

Were not CC or transcribed

13 Open Sessions

12 One-on-One Meetings

6 - 30 Minute Mentor Sessions

(Recorded)

Compliance Project Information Meeting How to make Word documents compliant How to make Blackboard “pages/items”

compliant How to make PowerPoint presentations

compliant How to make videos compliant through

YouTube How to make objects compliant

(e.g. images, hyperlinks, and tables)

How to create PDF files from Word or PowerPoint

Accessibility Training –Atomic Learning Videos (Total Watching Time 20 min.)

Self Evaluation (Quiz)

Accessibility Resources

Student Testimonials

Tools and Techniques for Improving Course Accessibility (Magna Commons)

Project Resources:

Resources: NCCC eLearning Faculty Support Center (Blog) NCCC (Modified) OSCQR Compliance Checklist, Form, and Checklist with Resources/Descriptions

SUNY Resources: Open SUNY

Center for Online Teaching Excellence (COTE)Open SUNY COTE Quality Review Rubric (OSCQR)

Questions about OSCQR

Online Accessibility SUNY FACT2

Buffalo State College Accessibility

Other Portland Community College website with tutorials and resources

My Journey Through Darkness (Video) – Fact2 Accessibility Symposium 2015