Creating Accessible Course Documents (NED Short Course)

Monday, January 29, 2024
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
MnSite D2L Brightspace

Hosted by Network for Educational Development (NED)

Facilitated by Jody Ondich

January 29 – February 18, 2024
Short Course

This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice making digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course will introduce participants to basic techniques for using tools available in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and PowerPoint.  Additionally, participants will get an opportunity to update web pages posted to a D2L Brightspace course site using the provided HTML editor in D2L Brightspace.

Course Learning Objectives
After completing the course, participants will be able to: 

• Describe the importance of having accessible course materials
• Identify the degree of accessibility of current materials and technologies
• Create or revise course documents and HTML pages to be accessible