Faculty Guide: Faculty Training & Resources

General Information

• Teaching & Interacting with Students with Disabilities
• Universal Design for Learning

Campus Resources

• Office for Academic Innovation
  • Manages and provides support for a variety of instructional technology tools (Canvas, eCampus, Exam Soft, Examity, iClicker, Zoom, etc)
  • Can consult on accessibility of products and how to implement accessibility features.
  • Information on the Learning Management system conversion from Blackboard to Canvas
  • Recommended Knowledge Base Documents
    • How to adjust time on online exams/assessments (Creating a “Test Availability Exception”)
• IT Accessibility
  • Web Accessibility Requirements & Training Opportunities
  • Tools & tips for captioning
• Aggie Disability Awareness
  • An interactive 2-hour workshop designed to increase knowledge, awareness, and respect for people with disabilities among faculty and staff at Texas A&M University.
• Center for Teaching Excellence
  • UDLizing Best Practices to Enhance Learner Success and Engagement
  • Teaching Assistant Institute
  • Individual consultations
• AgriLife Digital Education Resources Accessibility Resource Page
  • Good overview of digital accessibility standards and tutorials including:
    • Video captioning Zoom recordings using Otter or YouTube
    • Creating alternative text for complex images
    • Color and Contrast Considerations
    • PDF accessibility
    • Using Check Accessibility tools in Microsoft Office products
    • Creating accessible content in Canvas
• Other University Training Options (available through TrainTraq, SSO)
  • Online Modules
    • 2113401 : 8 Steps to Quickly Make a PowerPoint Presentation Accessible
    • 2111413 : Web Accessibility Overview – EOD
    • 2112282 : Accessibility for Electronic Information Resources
  • Professional Development – Classroom Training
    • 2113427 : Document Accessibility – EOD
    • 2111936 : Web Accessibility – Essentials – EOD
    • 2111937 : Web Accessibility – Advanced – EOD
• State Level Training Options
  • Access University is an on demand learning portal with self paced courses on a variety of topics including, but not limited to:
    • Accessibility Awareness
    • Accessibility Testing and Evaluation
    • Document Accessibility
    • Web Accessibility
  • This resources is FREE to employees of the state funded universities.
  • To enroll send your first name, last name and state of Texas email address to Level Access at kayla.mcneill@levelaccess.com to request an account.

Other/External Resources

• Center on Accessible Distance Learning
• National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE)