Accessibility for Technical Staff
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In Higher Education, assistive technologies can be helpful in a number of areas - covered in this learning element including:
- Reading
- Writing
- Maths
- Organisation
Typical barriers or difficulties that assistive technologies can help people overcome include:
- Sight
- Text decoding
- Distractibility
- Hearing
This learning element includes information on:
- Examples of Assistive Technology by Domain
- Apps for Mobile Devices
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This table shows the relevant domains of potential AT application by disability. People with particular disabilities are more likely to require particular assistive technologies.
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How to use assistive technologies like screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, Narrator), scanning/text-to-speech tools (Kurzweil 1000 & 3000), screen magnification software (ZoomText), and voice recognition systems (Dragon Naturally Speaking) to help visually impaired students navigate digital content, edit documents, and interact with computers efficiently.
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Voice recognition software, adapted ergonomic keyboards and alternative mouse controls.
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Mind mapping software and reading, and writing tools.
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Links to the built in accessibilty settings in iOS, Android and Microsoft Windows.
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An interesting slider presentation of assistive technology advances between the first typewriter in 1808 and Microsoft's developments in 2015.
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A set of databases of Assistive technology including:
- The EastIn database of EU assistive tech
- Australia's National Equipment Database
- UK Open Assistive - Open software and hardware
- Belgium - Database of AT for HE
- Southern Africa AT database
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A checklist in order to audit the accessibility of teaching premises. It is broken down by category including:
- Maps and processes
- Accessible paths of travel
- Signage
- Entrance
- Horizontal and vertical circulation
- Controls
- Doors
- Accessible paths inside buildings
- Rooms and spaces
- Teaching spaces
- Study spaces
- Stairs, lifts and ramps
- Furniture
- Bathrooms
- Parking
- Emergency procedures
- Communication
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Ths article contains links to a number of checklists that can be used to enhance accessibility and inclusivity in HE courses. It also includes a 16 slide presentation on how the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals can guide inclusive teaching practice.
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This inclusion preparedness evaluation and reflection tool was created with the intent that higher education institutions would utilize it as a checklist. The objective is to help institutions of higher education in fostering inclusion by encouraging reflection on their practices and policies related to diversity and inclusion.
Policies, practices, and accessibility are the three main categories of the Inclusive Higher Education framework that make up the checklist. The following topics and criteria serve as a framework for debates and analysis of the comprehensive profile of a higher education institution within each dimension:- Policies: national level, regional level, institution level
- Practices: administration, curriculum, teaching and learning
- Accessibility: physical, digital, social, attitudinal
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Technical advancement has made applying interactive and attractive solutions easier. One such example is using HTML5 Packaging or H5P which is a SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) supported open source tool, available free for content developers “to create, share and reuse interactive HTML5 content” without the need for knowledge of coding (H5P.org).
This course is presented mainly using H5P formats!
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A set of links to training materials from:
- JISC
- EnableIreland
- Inclusive Universities (Belgium)
- Save the Children - digital accessibility toolkit
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