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ADA Compliance Checklist for Online Content
Viewed 7793 times since Tue, May 8, 2018
2017 ADA Compliance Checklist for Online Content For all online materials reasonable accommodations must be made to web content to maximize student accessibility in your course and comply with federal ADA requirements. Each Course Component... Read More
Creating Accessible Documents Presentation
Viewed 8995 times since Tue, Aug 29, 2017
2017 Creating Accessible Documents Presentation The attached presentation covers the basics of creating accessible documents. Topics include using Styles and Headings, use of descriptive Alt Tags for tables and images, correct use of color,... Read More
Creating Accessible Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations
Viewed 7032 times since Wed, Apr 15, 2015
2022 Creating Accessible Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations     *A PowerPoint file can be made 508 compliant by saving it as a Word document. Simply follow the procedure below.   1. Click File      2. Click Export 3.Â... Read More
Creating Accessible Microsoft Word Documents
Viewed 9084 times since Wed, Apr 15, 2015
2022 Creating Accessible Microsoft Word Documents   Create a structured document. Properly formatted documents have a structure that Assistive Technology (AT) devices can readily access Provide a clear navigable structure to your... Read More
Creating Accessible PDF Files
Viewed 8722 times since Wed, Apr 15, 2015
2019 Creating Accessible PDF Files Click the below link to Adobes website on how to complete this process. https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/creating-accessible-pdfs.html   Read More
Faculty - Using Blackboard Ally
Viewed 17757 times since Fri, Jul 27, 2018
2022 Faculty - Using Blackboard Ally Video: Blackboard Ally (Captioned) - (Video Length - 00:02:18) Ally is an accessibility tool in Blackboard that automatically scans your existing and newly uploaded course files and scores those files on... Read More
Images - Acessibility
Viewed 6108 times since Mon, Mar 26, 2018
2018 Images - Accessibility For all Blackboard shells, as well as online courses, reasonable accommodations must be made to web content (not only face-to-face instruction) to maximize student accessibility in your course and comply with... Read More
Incorporating Accessibility and Usability
Viewed 8485 times since Mon, Apr 13, 2015
2015 Incorporating Accessibility and Usability Students with disabilities may be eligible for reasonable accommodations in their course(s). Please contact the Disability Services Center in College Hall 225 at 215-641-6575 to make an... Read More
Links - Accessibility
Viewed 5399 times since Mon, Mar 26, 2018
2022 Links - Accessibility For all Blackboard shells, as well as online courses, reasonable accommodations must be made to web content (not only face-to-face instruction) to maximize student accessibility in your course and comply with... Read More
Other Tools: Accessibility Checkers - Accessibility
Viewed 5596 times since Tue, Mar 27, 2018
2022 Other Tools - Accessibility Checkers Office 2016 and Office 365 have recently added an Accessibility Checker tool. The Accessibility Checker allows you to scan your Word document or PowerPoint presentation for anything that may not be... Read More
Restarting Global Protect - MACOS
Viewed 23483 times since Wed, Oct 6, 2021
2021 How To Restart Global Protect While Using a MAC     Use the spotlight search bar (magnifying glass) at the top of your screen and search for "terminal". Once terminal is open type "su jssremote" to gain administrative privilege's... Read More
Students - How to Access Accessible Files in Blackboard
Viewed 15916 times since Wed, Aug 1, 2018
2019 How to Access Accessible Files in Blackboard Blackboard uses a tool called Ally to scan Word documents, PowerPoint presentations and PDF files for accessibility. Students can easily download these files in alternative file formats.  1.Â... Read More
Syllabus Template
Viewed 19420 times since Fri, Nov 9, 2018
2022 Syllabus Template   The approved Syllabus template for the Academic Year 2022-2023 is attached below. The information highlighted in yellow should be updated with your personal course information.    Read More
Tables - Accessibility
Viewed 7304 times since Tue, Mar 27, 2018
2022 Tables - Accessibility For all Blackboard shells, as well as online courses, reasonable accommodations must be made to web content (not only face-to-face instruction) to maximize student accessibility in your course and comply with... Read More
Text - Accessibility
Viewed 4956 times since Mon, Mar 26, 2018
2022 Text - Accessibility For all Blackboard shells, as well as online courses, reasonable accommodations must be made to web content (not only face-to-face instruction) to maximize student accessibility in your course and comply with... Read More

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