Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning

To help make higher education available to as many students as possible, CUNY SPS supports course design that upholds the principles of accessibility and Universal Design in Learning (UDL).

See the links, quick guides, and video tutorials below for steps can you take to ensure that your Blackboard course site and the course materials you post there are accessible to all.

Word	Creating Accessible Word Docs (PDF) Checklist Word (PDF)	VIDEO TUTORIALS Part 1 & Part 2
Excel	Creating Accessible Excel Docs (PDF) Checklist Excel (PDF)	VIDEO TUTORIAL
PowerPoint	Creating Accessible PPT Docs (PDF) Checklist PPT (PDF)	VIDEO TUTORIAL
PDF	Creating Accessible PDFs (PDF)
Blackboard	Accessibility in Blackboard (PDF) Checklist for Course Sites (PDF) Adding Exceptions to Blackboard Tests (webpage)	VIDEO TUTORIAL: BB Accessibility VIDEO TUTORIAL: Adding Exceptions to Blackboard Tests
Caption and Transcript Service	CUNY SPS faculty may request captions for any video used in a course.	Request Captions (SPS Faculty Only)
YouTube Videos	How to Caption Videos on YouTube (PDF)	VIDEO TUTORIAL

CUNY-wide Resources

CUNY’s Accessibility Website (with links for faculty, students, and staff on the left)
CUNY’s Accessibility in Distance Learning site
Reasonable Accommodations: A Faculty Guide to Teaching College Students with Disabilities

Also, browse our Accessibility in Higher Ed series on the SPS Community Blog introducing the principles of Universal Design as they apply to teaching and learning.

(This site is continuous work in progress. Please check back for updates soon!)

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		1 Preparation for Teac… Preparation for Teaching Online Workshop October 20, 2022 - November 6, 2022 See more details OER & Open Pedag… OER & Open Pedagogy Workshop October 24, 2022 - November 6, 2022 This is a 2 week asynch workshop, with first week going through materials and having discussion, second week independently developing an open pedagogy learning activity or assessment. See more details • •	2 Preparation for Teac… Preparation for Teaching Online Workshop October 20, 2022 - November 6, 2022 See more details OER & Open Pedag… OER & Open Pedagogy Workshop October 24, 2022 - November 6, 2022 This is a 2 week asynch workshop, with first week going through materials and having discussion, second week independently developing an open pedagogy learning activity or assessment. See more details Accessible Multimedi… Accessible Multimedia November 2, 2022 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Accessible Multimedia In this session, we will discuss tools for multimedia such as Collaborate and Zoom. We will cover tips such as how to add captioning and transcription for audio and video as well as how to write alt-text for images. Wed, November 2, 11-12pm (Register Here) See more details • • •	3 Preparation for Teac… Preparation for Teaching Online Workshop October 20, 2022 - November 6, 2022 See more details OER & Open Pedag… OER & Open Pedagogy Workshop October 24, 2022 - November 6, 2022 This is a 2 week asynch workshop, with first week going through materials and having discussion, second week independently developing an open pedagogy learning activity or assessment. See more details Personalizing Your P… Personalizing Your Panopto Video November 3, 2022 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Personalizing Your Panopto Video As many of us have learned, using Panopto to create a video is a simple process. But many of us have yet to unlock the powerful features inside Panopto that can transform video to maximize its impact. In this session, participants will look inside the Panopto video editor to discover tools for trimming or cutting video, adding additional content (ex. YouTube videos), or challenging students with in-video quizzes. Finally, we’ll review Panopto’s robust viewer analytics that tells us who has watched the video and for how long. Join us to make your next video go from good to great! Thurs. November 3, 10-11am (Register Here) See more details • • •	4 Preparation for Teac… Preparation for Teaching Online Workshop October 20, 2022 - November 6, 2022 See more details OER & Open Pedag… OER & Open Pedagogy Workshop October 24, 2022 - November 6, 2022 This is a 2 week asynch workshop, with first week going through materials and having discussion, second week independently developing an open pedagogy learning activity or assessment. See more details • •	5 Preparation for Teac… Preparation for Teaching Online Workshop October 20, 2022 - November 6, 2022 See more details OER & Open Pedag… OER & Open Pedagogy Workshop October 24, 2022 - November 6, 2022 This is a 2 week asynch workshop, with first week going through materials and having discussion, second week independently developing an open pedagogy learning activity or assessment. See more details • •
6 Preparation for Teac… Preparation for Teaching Online Workshop October 20, 2022 - November 6, 2022 See more details OER & Open Pedag… OER & Open Pedagogy Workshop October 24, 2022 - November 6, 2022 This is a 2 week asynch workshop, with first week going through materials and having discussion, second week independently developing an open pedagogy learning activity or assessment. See more details • •	7	8	9	10 Making your Blackboa… Making your Blackboard Course Content Accessible November 10, 2022 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Making your Blackboard Course Content Accessible Want to make your documents and Blackboard course content accessible but don’t know where to start? Join us for a training session to learn how! We will cover accessibility principles and provide practical tips on how to make your documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Blackboard course content (such as font, headers, images, charts, graphs, hyperlinks) accessible to all your students. Thurs, November 10, 10:30-11:30am (Register Here) See more details •	11 Screencast-O-Matic: … Screencast-O-Matic: Effective Editing Techniques November 11, 2022 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Screencast-O-Matic: Effective Editing Techniques Screencast-O-Matic (SCOM), a powerful video creating and editing tool, is available to SPS Faculty. In this session, participants will learn effective editing techniques that will direct your audience’s attention to what’s important. Used in conjunction with Panopto, the SPS video hosting platform, SCOM makes advanced editing features simple. The result, you can produce a polished video with a few simple steps. Fri. November 11, 10-11am (Register Here) See more details •	12
13	14 Personalizing Your P… Personalizing Your Panopto Video November 14, 2022 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Personalizing Your Panopto Video As many of us have learned, using Panopto to create a video is a simple process. But many of us have yet to unlock the powerful features inside Panopto that can transform video to maximize its impact. In this session, participants will look inside the Panopto video editor to discover tools for trimming or cutting video, adding additional content (ex. YouTube videos), or challenging students with in-video quizzes. Finally, we’ll review Panopto’s robust viewer analytics that tells us who has watched the video and for how long. Join us to make your next video go from good to great! Mon. November 14, 4-5pm (Register Here) See more details •	15	16 Accessible Multimedi… Accessible Multimedia November 16, 2022 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Accessible Multimedia In this session, we will discuss tools for multimedia such as Collaborate and Zoom. We will cover tips such as how to add captioning and transcription for audio and video as well as how to write alt-text for images. Wed, November 16, 10:30-11:30am (Register Here) See more details •	17 Panopto for SPS Facu… Panopto for SPS Faculty November 17, 2022 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Panopto for SPS Faculty Creating video content just got a whole lot easier! Whether you need to record a welcome message, a lecture, or a recorded announcement for your class, Panopto, the SPS video platform integrated into Blackboard, can make it happen in a few clicks. Participants will learn how to access Panopto and its features through Blackboard, focusing on a workflow to create, organize, and publish your video content. Special attention will be paid to viewing permissions, sharing content between courses, and captioning. Join us to boost your video skills! Thurs. November 17, 10-11am (Register Here) See more details •	18	19
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