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If you're new to live online teaching, this is the place to start! Learn how to keep your students engaged by holding sessions that make them feel included and allows them to see their learning progress. Required Live Sessions (please check your availability before registering for this class): Tuesday, 4/22 – whole class meeting at 3pm Friday, 4/25 – small group class meeting at 10am Tuesday, 4/29 – whole class meeting at 3pm Friday, 5/2 – small group class meeting at 10am

Most faculty are aware there’s a direct link between the design of your course and your students’ success. But have you ever thought about how your design methods can impact your success with the course as well? This 5-Day Challenge is designed to introduce five often-overlooked strategies for making your course design faster, easier and more effective. You’ll leave with tips, ideas and resources for your “instructional design toolbox.”

This course was designed with two compatible goals. It is intended to: • introduce all faculty to the basics of developing accessible content and • provide faculty who will be developing and/or curating open educational resources (OER) with an understanding of accessibility basics. The ASCCC OER Initiative. has integrated accessibility training into much of its work as today's faculty member is certain to be interacting with students in a digital environment. As we hope to interact with all faculty in the California Community Colleges, we believe it is important to do what we can to ensure that no faculty member is creating accessibility barriers for students. Accessibility is a complicated topic. Our goal is to ensure that you understand the basics of accessibility. Many courses and OER projects will require more extensive training. Our focus here is on the creation of accessible online content, regardless of the platform you are working in.

This course serves as an introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER), providing faculty with new options for selecting textbooks and other resources so they can make the best decisions for their students. This course is a self-paced version of the ASCCC OERI Introduction to OER Course.

This course will help you evaluate, adopt, adapt, or create OER that incorporate the principles of Universal Design for Learning.

When reviewing an Accessibility Conformance Report, it is crucial to ensure that the report accurately reflects the product's accessibility features and identifies potential barriers for users with disabilities. The ACR review course has two parts. Part 1 examines the ACR header for completeness and accuracy.

Follow along as Tri-Valley, a fictional district encompassing three colleges, demonstrates using the Accessibility Process Design steps from conceptualization to implementation of a new accessibility-focused procurement process, in line with the Accessibility Capability Maturity Model (ACMM).

Visual media such as photos, illustrations, and GIFS can add impact to a message and increase engagement. But these media might be excluding users with differing abilities and needs. The CCCAC Accessible Images for Social Media course covers alt text and other considerations for creating accessible images for social media.

"LISTS" is an acronym that stands for Links, Images, Structure, Tables, and Stylings. These elements are commonly part of digital content. The second S in our LISTS acronym represents Stylings. Accessible styling refers to the use of accessible colors and fonts in your digital documents, ensuring that they are easy to read and navigate for all users, including those with visual, cognitive and neurological disabilities.

Social media is integral to modern-day marketing, but it was not built with accessibility in mind. An estimated 15% of the global population has a disability. The CCCAC Accessible Text for Social Media course teaches participants how to use best practices for making social media content accessible to help connect millions more users with disabilities to the information they want and need. Creating accessible content is the right thing to do, and it’s good for colleges’ image and recruitment.

In Adding Page Numbers in Duxbury Braille Translator, you will learn how to add braille page numbers and print page numbers seamlessly into your documents. Additionally, you will learn how to automatically add page numbers to your document when importing from Microsoft Word.

"LISTS" is an acronym that stands for Links, Images, Structure, Tables, and Stylings, which are essential elements of digital content. The “I” in our LISTS acronym represents Images. Ensuring that your digital content is accessible to all users requires the inclusion of accessible images. By providing accessible images, you enhance the user experience for everyone, including individuals with disabilities. This commitment to accessibility not only complies with legal standards but also demonstrates your dedication to inclusivity and equality in digital communication. A key component of making images accessible is the inclusion of alternative text (alt text).

The Beginner’s Guide to Accessibility Process Design outlines a comprehensive approach to integrating accessibility into existing organizational processes. It emphasizes the importance of teamwork, effective communication, and utilizing low-tech and digital tools to facilitate process design.

The CCCAC Braille Alphabet course provides a solid foundation for utilizing braille dots to construct the alphabet and navigate the braille system with confidence.

This course will introduce the Nemeth Braille Code, a specialized braille system designed for reading and writing mathematical and scientific notation. Participants will learn Nemeth Code symbols as well as how and when to use them. This course will also review how to address literary words when they occur in math and science.

The CCCAC Braille Code for Musical Notation course provides students with the skills and knowledge required to master basic braille music transcription. The course covers the fundamentals of music transcription as well as the formatting for complex music scores and unique challenges in braille music translation. Each lesson is designed to build proficiency with clear rules, hands-on exercises, and detailed examples.