CELT often partners with Access Services to promote some tips and technologies for increasing access to all students in our courses. All of these suggestions come from the idea of Universal Design for Learning (UDL): designing or improving our courses so they can reach as many learners as possible. (And if you would like to be part of that movement, the UDL PLC meets virtually each Friday at 9am.)

This month, we want to promote Google Read and Write, which can make your documents more accessible by:

  • allowing text-to-speech and speech-to-text conversions for students
  • turning copied pages into editable and screen-reader friendly text
  • translation between languages
  • and many other features that help students take notes, study, and do research on digital resources

We have a university-wide license for it, and an excellent tutorial video here. Please share it with your students and fellow faculty!

Also, the following resources will help make Zoom classes more accessible: