The document discusses making online learning accessible by providing information on text-to-speech, creating accessible documents and presentations, handling computers and mobile devices in the classroom, and giving feedback to students. It covers topics like adding accessibility features to software, converting documents to accessible formats, designing online environments for accessibility, and evaluating websites for accessibility standards compliance. Resources are provided on a variety of tools and guidelines for creating accessible online content, documents, and classroom experiences.

1. Making Online Learning Accessible Why, What, How Ira David Socol James Socol Michigan State University College of Education

2. What is Accessibility? What does it look like?

3. Basics Firefox plus Add- Ons Click-Speak FireVox DSpeech Ghotit Natural Reader WordTalk PowerTalk

4. Simple Mac OS TTS Open System Preferences - it’s the fourth item in the Apple menu. In the “System” section, usually about the fourth line of icons, there is an icon labeled “Speech” which looks like an old fashioned microphone. Click on the Speech icon.

5. Simple Mac OS TTS Select any key combination that isn’t already used for something else. Now all you need to do is select some text in an application - I suggest you try it first with Safari or Text Edit - and hit your keys and you should hear Mac OS X read out whatever you have selected!

6. On Line Text-To-Speech http://vozme.com/ http://spokentext.net/ http://www.yakitome.com/

7. Phone Text-To-Speech http://www.dial2do.com/ VLingo

8. Phone Speech-to-Text http://www.abbyme.com/

9. Phone Text Conversion http://www.scanr.com/

10. PDF

11. Creating Accessible PDFs from Microsoft Word http://www.wac.ohio-state.edu/pdf/word/index.html

12. Creating Accessible PDFs from Scanned Documents http://www.wac.ohio-state.edu/pdf/scan/index.html

13. Creating Accessible PDFs from Online Sources http://www.wac.ohio-state.edu/pdf/web/index.html

14. Accessible PDFs Guidelines/Standards http://www.wac.ohio-state.edu/pdf/guidelines.htm

15. Word

16. Creating Accessible Microsoft Word Documents http:// www.webaim.org /techniques/word/

17. PowerPoint

18. Creating Accessible Microsoft PowerPoints http:// www.webaim.org/techniques/powerpoint /

19. Video

20. Creating Accessible OnLine Video http://www.accesselearning.net/mod4/4_01.php

21. Web, Blogs, Wikis, Forums

22. Odiogo http:// www.odiogo.com /

23. Link Testing http://www.wac.ohio-state.edu/tutorials/links-testing.htm

24. Creating Accessible OnLine Environments http:// www.accesselearning.net /

25. Accessible Design is Good Design http://www.wac.ohio-state.edu/tutorials/access-distance-learning.htm

26. Dive into Accessibility (downloadable book) http:// diveintoaccessibility.org /

27. Traditional Books

28. OnLine Sources Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg Australia University of Virginia Literature Network ABC Books Bookshare

29. Publisher Look Up http:// www.publisherlookup.org /

30. In Class Face-to-Face

31. “ Ice Breakers” and Innocent Mistakes humiliation at the start

32. Be sure that class activities – especially first class session activities, before you know your students well – are not “accidentally” humiliating. Physical movement activities, reading aloud, being forced to write by hand, even speaking in front of a group, can force students into unplanned disclosure .

33. Handling Computers and Mobiles in the Classroom Alternative Formats Alternative Response Forms What Universal Design looks like

34. allow students to choose their technology, whether their technology is paper and pen, a computer, or a mobile phone. But engage those technologies. Ask those online to look things up, to share…

35. or bring the online backchannel to the front of the classroom Today’s Meet

36. Response to Student Work

37. Voice Comments in Word in Word2007 http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/msoffice/?p=439 in Word2003 http://www.ewu.edu/x63277.xml

38. Ask. How do students want feedback?

39. http:// www.calstate.edu /accessibility/resources/

40. Checks and Evaluation http://webaim.org/ http://www.w3.org/WAI/

41. speedchange.blogspot.com

42. Making Online Learning Accessible Why, What, How Ira David Socol James Socol Michigan State University College of Education