Accessibility Training - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

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Kennesaw State University's Digital Learning Innovations (DLI) provides training resources on accessibility and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). These include microlearning videos, self-paced professional development modules, and instructor-led, three-week online workshops.

For our self-paced PDs and three-week workshops, participants can earn digital credentials (badges) documenting your new skills. These can be shared via social media such as LinkedIn, or added to your portfolio or digital resume!

Browse our accessibility training resources below!

Accessible Teaching Essentials badge, Activating Universal Design for learning and KSU Web Accessibility certificates

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Microlearnings

Finding and Using Accessibility Statements

As stated on another DLI page: An accessibility statement declares an entity's commitment to accessibility, the standards they follow, and where users can get help. However, it's not always easy to find accessibility statements or know how to share them with your students.

Our brief video Finding and Using Accessibility Statements will show you what an accessibility statement is and how you can find the accessibility statements you need for your course. (3:01)
Finding and Using VPATs

Whereas an accessibility statement is generally a broader philosophical statement about the commitment to accessibility and where users can get help with accessibility with their product, a VPAT is a more technical document reporting how a product conforms to all accessibility standards, and is formatted according to a specific template.

The Finding and Using VPATs video introduces faculty to the purpose of a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT), how to find them, read them, and how to share them in their course. (8:21)

Self-Paced PDs

Academic Web Accessibility Student Module

A microlearning specifically geared to introduce students to the topic of accessibility.
Introduction to SDS for Advisors

An introduction to Student Disability Services for KSU advisors. Other staff and faculty may find it helpful as well!
UDL in Practice

An interactive review of resources on applying UDL principles to your course.
Complex Alternative Text Solutions: Focusing on Purpose

Find creative solutions for writing alternative text for images that present difficult accessibility challenges, such as complex infographics and flow charts.
Using Equidox for PDF Accessibility

Participants learn how use Equidox to remediate PDFs for accessibility by downloading sample documents and following video instructions.

Instructor-Led Workshops

Accessible Teaching Essentials (Faculty Accessibility Training)

Accessible Teaching Essentials (ATE) is a three-week, online workshop designed to fit easily into a hectic teaching schedule—in fact, you’ll only need 2-3 hours per week to complete it! It is written for faculty who are new to the topic of accessibility, introducing them to the issues at stake, providing an approachable structure for making their course content accessible, showing them how to check course content for accessibility, and providing training and resources for creating accessible course content.
Accessible Web Essentials (Staff Accessibility Training)

The Accessible Web Essentials (AWE) workshop is a self-paced three-module workshop for public-facing web content creators. The workshop provides resources and experiences to demonstrate web accessibility, detailed instructions on how to make content accessible, and practice creating accessible documents and media. Participants earn digital credentials as they complete each unit culminating in a digital certificate.
The UDL Experience

The UDL Experience (UDLEX) is a three-week workshop designed to give Kennesaw State faculty an opportunity to collaborate on applying UDL principles to course lessons, content, activities, and assessments. This workshop assumes that faculty who attend already have a basic working knowledge of Universal Design for Learning and want to learn more about how to use it in their own course.