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Summary Table of Contents Author Biography

Making Online Teaching Accessible offers online teachers, instructional designers, and content developers a comprehensive resource for designing online courses and delivering course content that is accessible for all students including those with visual and audio disabilities.Grounded in the theories of learner-centered teaching and successful course design, Making Online Teaching Accessible outlines the key legislation, decisions, and guidelines that govern online learning. The book also demystifies assistive technologies and includes step-by-... MOREstep guidance for creating accessible online content using popular programs like Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat, as well as multimedia tools.Including a wealth of helpful tips and suggestions for effectively communicating with disabled students, the book contains practical advice on purchasing accessible course management systems, developing solutions for inaccessibility issues, and creating training materials for faculty and staff to make online learning truly accessible."This valuable how-to book is a critical tool for all instructional designers and faculty who teach online. Coombs' many years as a pioneer of online teaching show in his deep knowledge of the principles that can allow the reader to apply these lessons to any learning management system (LMS)." -Sally M. Johnstone, provost and vice president academic affairs, Winona State University, Minnesota; former executive director of WCET at WICHE"As more and more of our social and professional lives come to be mediated by technology, online accessibility is a fundamental right, not a luxury. This book is a must-read for anyone concerned with maximizing access to learning." -Richard N. Katz, former vice president and founding director, EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research"This valuable book reflects Coombs' unique experience and commitment to the best teaching, learning, and accessibility options for all kinds of students and teachers." -Steven W. Gilbert, founder and president, The TLT Group-Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group

As educational institutions rapidly expand into online and hybrid formats, designing with accessibility in mind becomes essential. This book helps online teachers, instructional designers, and content developers avoid inadvertently creating barriers for students with disabilities and comply with government-mandated ADA standards. Grounded in the theories of learner-centered teaching and successful course design, the book explains how to design course content and delivery to be both attractive and accessible to all students, creating better conditions for student learning, success, and satisfaction, and better preparing students to compete in the competitive workplace.

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List of Figures, Tables, and Exhibits
Preface
Creating a Level Learning Space
How People with Disabilities Use Computers
Universal Design and Online Learning
Legislation, Decisions, and Guidelines Governing Online Learning
Decisions tThe Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights
Review of OCR Decisions and Online Learning
Take-Aways from This Chapter
Online Learning and Students with Disabilities
Accessibility of the Online Learning Infrastructure
Creating Accessible Online Course Content
The Students' Part of the Equation
Take-Aways from This Chapter
Creating Accessible Content in Word and Excel
An Introduction to Structuring Documents in Word
Creating Well-Structured Documents
Selecting Style Attributes to Enhance Accessibility
Creating a Table of Contents
Making Images in Word Accessible
Take-Aways from This Chapter
Creating Accessible Presentations with PowerPoint
Powerpoint and Universal Design
Designing Accessible Powerpoint Presentations
Creating Narrated Slide Shows
Take-Aways from This Chapter
Delivering Accessible Content
A Word about File Types
Distributing Accessible Word Documents
PDF Documents
Distributing Excel Spreadsheets
Distributing Accessible Powerpoint Content
Online Accessibility Checkers
Take-Aways from This Chapter
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Historical Issues with Math Accessibility
Authoring Accessible Electronic Math Documents
Issues with Technical Graphics
Providing Accessible Graphics
Take-Aways from This Chapter
Making Multimedia Accessible
The Role of Multimedia in Online Learning
Creating a Transcript
Adding Synchronized Captions to a Video
Accessibility for Real-Time Audio or Video
Take-Aways from This Chapter
Supporting Accessible Online Learning
Section 508 Web Standards
WebAIM Summary of W3C WAI WCAG2
American Foundation for the Blind's Distance Learning. Survey
References
Resources
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Norman Coombs is CEO of EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information) and professor emeritus at the Rochester Institute of Technology where he pioneered RIT's distance learning program in the early 1980s. Coombs is coauthor of Information Access and Adaptive Technology.

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