Category: Accessibility
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Desire2Learn Accessibility
With the final phase of the Desire2Learn implementation plan scheduled to be completed by May 31, 2014 – at which time D2L will be the exclusive learning management system used at the University of Calgary – now is a good time to review the accessibility features of D2L. For students, the Desire2Learn Resource Centre provides…
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Creating Accessible Course Content
Instructors are encouraged to design, create and provide accessible course content. In doing so, instructors ensure that course content is accessible to the widest possible audience, including but not limited to students with disabilities and/or those class members using assistive technologies. For information on best practices in the creation of accessible course documents and presentations, please consult…
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#LearningSpaces
As reported by Dr. Michael Ullyot, Assistant Professor of English and Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Calgary, the Learning Technologies Task Force, a committee of the Provost and Vice-President Academic at U of C, is nearing completion and will soon issue its report. As part of…
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Best Practices for Accessible Print Document Design
Over at ProfHacker, an overview of best practices for creating accessible print documents, excerpted from the Guidelines for Print Document Design offered by the American Printing House for the Blind.