[Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty

[Wink Harner]

Rachel, Teresa et al ATHENites,

I'll be there for your session Teresa, and perhaps can provide some insight
on the foreign language accessibility aspect.

Wink

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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On
Behalf Of Teresa Haven
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 10:35 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty

Hi, Rachel.  Although it isn't listed in the details for the workshop, this
will be one of the topics in the pre-conference workshop at AHG next Monday
titled "Hot Trends and Topics in Curriculum Accessibility" . All the
resources you mention are great for general English-language accessibility,
but often won't go far enough for foreign-language materials. If you or one
of your team members will be at AHG and can participate in the session, that
would be great, and otherwise, please feel free to contact me directly after
the conference. This is an area of particular interest and specialization
for me. 

Thanks,
Teresa

Teresa Haven, Ph.D.
Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University



-----Original Message-----
From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On
Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 10:42 AM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] Accessibility tips for foreign language faculty

Hi, all. 

Our area is soon meeting with a group of faculty from the modern languages
and classics department regarding ways to make their course materials more
accessibility from the outset.  Do you have any foreign language specific
suggestions?

Some topics we will address include discussing accessibility with publishers
(and asking my team to evaluate the responses), making sure web content,
PDFs, and office docs are accessible (via NCDAE cheatsheets and workshops
and assistance we offer), and keeping communications lines with students
open. We will also include info about working with our campus disability
services team.

Any ideas you have would e much appreciated, Rachel 

Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
Director, Emerging Technology
Center for Instructional Technology
University of Alabama
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