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Accessibility, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), & Copyright

Accessibility...  

• USC Upstate Disability Services Resources for Faculty
• Accessibility Resources by Cindy Jennings, Director of Learning Technologies
• Tips for Making Your Instructional Materials Accessible  
• Screen Reader Demonstrations – this allows you to experience Blackboard as a person using a screen reader would navigate Bb
• Williams, G. (2011).  How to create accessible documents. The ProfHacker – The Chronicle.  Retrieved on August 17, 2011 from http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/creating-accessible-documents/33079.
• Williams, G. (2011).  Accessibility in a digital age 1.4.  The ProfHacker - The Chronicle.  Retrieved on October 11, 2011 from http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/accessibility-in-a-digital-age-1-4/36539?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en.
• Ways to make your PowerPoints more accessible – WebAIM, an initiative out of Utah State University

UDL...  

• UDL Standards – three guiding principles:  
  1. Provide multiple means of representation  
  2. Provide multiple means of action and expression  
  3. Provide multiple means of engagement
• UDL Implementation Resources    
• Rowland, C., Mariger, H., Siegel, P. M., & Whiting, J. (2010). Universal design for the digital environment: Transforming the institution . EDUCAUSE Review, 45(6).  
• Universal Design for Learning – USC Columbia Center for Teaching Excellence

Copyright...  

• Copyright Documentation    
• Link to TEACH Act Checklist for Copyright - posted by the University of Colorado 
• USC Upstate Library - Karen Swetland, Coordinator of Reference Services, 864-503-5034

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Distance Education
Phone: 864-503-5513
Email: distanceed@uscupstate.edu

Dr. Charles Harrington
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Dr. Pamela Wash
Director, Distance Education
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Lynda Davis
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864-503-5927 

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