Required - QA Accessibility 1.2: Third-Party Tools/Content

QA Course Overview

Required

The Quality Assurance Rubric, for the Accessibility Section 1.2 states: 

If any third-party tools and/or content are utilized by the course, they are compliant with accessibility standards, or equally effective accessible alternatives are provided.

 

From the SD Board of Regents

Expectations

  1. Unless under contract (e.g. Pearson MyLabs), third-party tools and content are not typically evaluated by the SDBOR.  For this reason, instructors should do due diligence to ensure any third-party tools and/or content are compliant with accessibility standards.
  2. If third-party tools/content cannot be made accessible directly, equally effective accessible alternatives are provided.

 

Examples

  • If an instructor wants to use a YouTube video in a course, but it does not have captions—or the captions are insufficient (e.g., autocaptions)—they can utilize a service like Amara to create suitable captioning.

 

References

  • QOLT 8.5-8.7

 

Other Examples

Accessibility in Documents

https://support.dsu.edu/TDClient/1796/Portal/KB/?CategoryID=24435

 

Accessibility in D2L

https://support.dsu.edu/TDClient/1796/Portal/KB/?CategoryID=24471

 

 

 

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