[ATTW-L] Suggestions for teaching undergrad intro to tc course for student w/blindness

Tue Apr 9 16:20:02 UTC 2019

In addition to Susan's great suggestions, you can find more information on
adapting materials for accessibility in face-to-face and online courses
here:

http://writeprofessionally.org/accessibility/

If you have a resource or information that you think needs to be added,
just use the contact form and Sherena and I will get new information up
there. (We currently have some info that people have sent that we haven't
added yet. Know we have it and will get it up there!)

Lisa

On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 11:15 AM Susan Youngblood <say0001 at auburn.edu> wrote:

> Hi Heather,
>
> Great question. Just as we adapt assignments to accommodate students with
> other needs (e.g., a student who has an exception for presenting might
> present directly to the faculty member), you certainly can adapt your TC
> assignments with forethought and care.
>
> One possible adaptation to the web analysis assignment could be to have
> the student focus on navigation, content chunking and order, and
> accessibility (even the simpler characteristics like good alt attributes,
> logical links [“school lunch menu” rather than “click here”], good heading
> structure).
>
> As for design, the student can still design content and structure. In
> fact, structure is essential for that student.
>
> If you have an instructions assignment, the student can choose something
> for other users with visual impairments and design the instructions for a
> screen reader and that specific audience.
>
> The student can still write proposals and reports but may need an
> exception for the visuals if the assignment is an individual project.
>
> If you have a résumé component, you likely have students create their own
> design. Perhaps you could alter that assignment so that the student first
> identifies a template that will work with his or her software and then adds
> structured content.
>
> And just an FYI: I just got back from presenting at BEA on accessibility
> and documents. PDFs, even when generated directly from Word (Save
> As...PDF), often have accessibility problems, especially if you’re
> converting them to PDFs from a Mac. Allow ample time to fix them, or
> perhaps move content into your learning management system as HTML
> (structured with heading styles).
>
> My best,
>
> Susan
>
> Susan A. Youngblood
> Associate Professor, Technical and Professional Communication
> Department of English, Auburn University (
> http://www.cla.auburn.edu/english/)
>
> Coordinator, MTPC
>
>
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> >   1. Suggestions for teaching undergrad intro to tc course for
> >      student w/blindness? (Heather Turner)
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> > Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 11:15:21 -0700
> > From: "Heather Turner" <hturner at scu.edu>
> > To: attw-l at attw.org
> > Subject: [ATTW-L] Suggestions for teaching undergrad intro to tc
> >       course for student w/blindness?
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> > Hi yall,
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> > Do you have any suggestions for teaching an undergrad intro to tc course
> for student w/blindness? I've been working with my Disability Resources
> office and they have made the course readings accessible, but I'm still
> looking for ways to make the assignments (analyzing websites, designing
> documents, etc) more accessible. Am also looking for pedagogical practices
> to help me structure class activities that are more accessible to students
> with blindness as well. Do yall have any suggestions? Tools? tips?
> Recommended readings? Activities??
> >
> > Thank you in advance,
> > Heather
> >
> > Santa Clara University ( https://www.scu.edu/english/ )
> > *Heather Noel Turner, Ph.D. |?* Assistant Professor
> > Department of English
> >
> > *500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053-0277*
> > phone?|?(408) 554-2364?
> > email?| hturner at scu.edu ( hturner at scu.edu )??
> > website?|?www. heathernoelturner.com ( http://www.heathernoelturner.com
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Lisa Melonçon, PhD
Co-Editor, Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (
http://journals.upress.ufl.edu/rhm)
Book Series Editor, Foundations and Innovations in TPC (
https://wac.colostate.edu/books/tpc/)
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University of South Florida
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