This article focuses on the Quality Assurance Accessibility 1.2 with examples on how to meet the standard.

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.

 

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

 

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Accessibility in Documents

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

 

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Accessibility in D2L

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

 

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