Instructional Materials
In order to provide all students with a barrier-free education, and to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, and with California Government Code 11135, SFSU must make its instructional materials and online course materials accessible to persons with disabilities. Accessible instructional materials, including online course materials, must be made available to students with disabilities at the same time that they are available to nondisabled students. In order to achieve this goal, collaboration among faculty, the bookstore, academic departments, academic technology staff, alternate media staff, and students with disabilities will be necessary. Additionally, system-wide support for working with vendors and publishers to address the accessibility of materials will be critical.
The Instructional Materials Workgroup will focus on making textbooks, Learning Management Systems (LMSs), PDFs, podcasts, videos etc. more accessible.
Instructional Materials Work Group
Resources
The first wave of accessibility resources have been created and compiled to
support faculty in the quest for creating accessible instructional
materials. The Course Accessibility Checklist is a good starting point that
highlights eight essential areas for preparing a course for everyone to
succeed, regardless of disability. More resources are continuing to be
developed by the Access group members and will be forthcoming as they are
available.
Course Accessibility Checklist
