Tutorials and Guides

Accessibility Tips by Role

For Faculty

To ensure that all digital course content is accessible for students, the Strive for 85 campaign encourages instructors to aim for a course accessibility score of 85% or above. Find and fix inaccessible materials by following these steps:

• Check your course’s accessibility score on your course home page in Brightspace.

• Make documents accessible from the start using Word or PowerPoint, and pass the built-in accessibility checker before sharing. Avoid uploading PDFs as they take time to make accessible.

• Have scanned pages of readings? Use SensusAccess in Brightspace (Course Tools > SensusAccess LTI) to convert them to Word or send them to CIT for remediation.

• Have journal articles? Link to the article source instead of uploading the PDF.

• Faculty do not need to provide an ebook version of all assigned printed texts. If a student with a disability requires an alternative format of a text, you may submit a purchase request and/or refer the student to the Office of Accessibility Services (access@geneseo.edu).

• Schedule a consultation with Digital Accessibility Analyst, Anjali Shiyamsaran.

• 30-day where to get started checklist!

For Staff

• Write accessible emails

• Design accessible flyers in Canva

• Create accessible social media

• Avoid sharing documents in PDF format as PDFs are labor-intensive to make accessible.

• 30-day where to get started checklist!

For Students

• In Brightspace, use ReadSpeaker to listen to your course materials, or try SensusAccess (Course Tools > SensusAccess LTI) to convert PDFs and documents into PDFs, e-books, audio, or Braille.

• Use assistive technology from the Library for reading course materials, including screen magnification and text-to-speech software, CCTV, and C-pen readers.

• Use the Student Guide to Creating Accessible Materials

• See what accessibility resources are available at Geneseo

More Accessibility Resources

• Join the SUNY Inclusion Quest (open to everyone on campus) for more accessibility training.

• Find tutorials and tips on CIT's self-help pages

• Visit the Milne Library's Assistive Technology and Accessibility Workstations

• Deque University Accessibility Courses (free to SUNY students, faculty, staff)

• Convert documents to accessible formats using SensusAccess

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