{"id":3011,"date":"2014-03-27T14:10:03","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T19:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=3011"},"modified":"2022-06-14T01:08:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T06:08:54","slug":"bb-tip-92-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-92-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Bb Tip #92: Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accessible course content may benefit everyone regardless of age, ability, or situation. <\/p>\n<p>Awareness of some of the potential barriers and challenges students face can help you create an online learning environment that accommodates individuals with disabilities, adult learners, novice technology users and others in ways that benefit all users. The <a title=\"Creating Accessible Course Content\" href=\"http:\/\/ondemand.blackboard.com\/r91\/documents\/getting_started_with_accessible_content.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creating Accessible Course Content<\/a> document identifies some of the challenges students face and how you can use specific Blackboard tools and universal design techniques to help all learners master your course objectives.<\/p>\n<h3>Want more information?<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Creating Accessible Course Content\" href=\"http:\/\/ondemand.blackboard.com\/r91\/documents\/getting_started_with_accessible_content.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting Started with Creating Accessible Course Content<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"UCF - Accessibility Tips\" href=\"http:\/\/teach.ucf.edu\/resources\/accessibility-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Central Florida - Accessibility Tips<\/a><br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Bb How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackboard How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nExplore Blackboard\u2019s <a title=\"On Demand\" href=\"http:\/\/ondemand.blackboard.com\/\">On Demand Learning Center<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit the <a title=\"Bb FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackboard FAQs<\/a> for additional blackboard information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or <br \/>call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accessible course content may benefit everyone regardless of age, ability, or situation. Awareness of some of the potential barriers and challenges students face can help you create an online learning environment that accommodates individuals with disabilities, adult learners, novice technology users and others in ways that benefit all users. The Creating Accessible Course Content document <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-92-accessibility\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Bb Tip #92: Accessibility\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[16],"class_list":{"0":"post-3011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-accessibility-kneads","7":"category-blackboard","8":"tag-accessibility","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry","11":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-Mz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7446,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/accessibility-in-education\/","url_meta":{"origin":3011,"position":0},"title":"Accessibility in Education","author":"Janice Florent","date":"July 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"by Janice Florent This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This law was enacted to make sure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. It is extremely important for students with disabilities to have access to accessible course\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accessibility Kneads&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accessibility Kneads","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/accessibility-kneads\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7522,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-accessibility-tip-headings\/","url_meta":{"origin":3011,"position":1},"title":"Bb Accessibility Tip: Headings","author":"Janice Florent","date":"August 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"by Janice Florent This is the first in a series of blog posts that is a follow-up to my recent Accessibility in Education post where I wrote, Even though you may not have a student with a disability currently enrolled in your course, there are a few things you can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accessibility Kneads&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accessibility Kneads","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/accessibility-kneads\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"image of MS Word ribbon showing headings","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tips.uark.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/word-2013-add-heading.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14088,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-accessibility-tip-when-alt-text-is-not-enough\/","url_meta":{"origin":3011,"position":2},"title":"Brightspace Accessibility Tip: When &#8220;Alt Text&#8221; is not Enough","author":"Janice Florent","date":"July 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Brightspace, our Learning Management System (LMS), was designed with accessibility in mind. 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