[Athen] If you had one accessibility question for a course evaluation what would it be?

Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) sarah.bourne at mass.gov
Wed Mar 22 07:59:00 PDT 2017


I would avoid using a negative in the question ("no difficulties") as it makes it harder to score.

I agree that you may get things having to do with, for instance, wifi problems that won't help as much if you use the Guelph wording. Perhaps something more like:
"I was able to use online course materials and activities for this class with my preferred computer settings and software."

sb
Sarah E. Bourne
Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108
617-626-4502
sarah.bourne at mass.gov
http://www.mass.gov/MassIT


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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Preast, Vanessa
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Subject: [Athen] If you had one accessibility question for a course evaluation what would it be?

Hello,

For a new end-of-course evaluation survey, I have the opportunity to craft a single Likert-type question to access accessibility from a student's perspective.

What would be a good statement to help us identify whether accessibility problems might exist?


Perhaps something like this, from University of Guelph? (http://cer.jhu.edu/files/uid-implementation-guide-v6.pdf )

Statement: I had no difficulties accessing course materials or participating in any essential activities related to this class.
Answers: Strongly agree to Strongly disagree


I'm concerned that the word "accessing" may have too many different interpretations for students versus faculty versus accessibility personnel.

Best,
Vanessa
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