Project Reflection: M4 Blog Post


I have always been taught that a universal design is an accessible design. Having taken part in building courses that teach universal and accessible design, I am cognizant of making sure that folks can access course content regardless of how the course is introduced. The course I am building, Creating Reusable Content, is housed in a Learning Management System (LMS). using a variety of digital mediums for implementation.  The environment and the other digital mediums used in the course have features to support accessibility.

Moodle, the Learning Management System has full support for assistive technologies such as screen readers, and text magnifiers (“Accessibility in Moodlerooms | Blackboard Help,” n.d.)
Since the point of the course is to ensure that my clients have access to resources that they can use either as a quick on-demand resource or as a tutorial to complete a project given the skill with the tools to do so, I have chosen to design the course with accessibility and universal design in mind. The skill development or reinforcement of the course is based on a series of videos.  These videos are broken into a series of modules that by themselves are a quick resource for a topic area.  I do not limit the number of times one can view the video. The videos are created using Screencast-O-Matic then uploaded into YouTube.  YouTube has an accessibility tool for closed captioning and will create a transcript of the video.

The course is a self-paced course with each module containing a series of videos to highlight specific skills and activities to reinforce them.  The learners should be self-motivated to use the course as a resource to fill in gaps in knowledge.  However, self-motivating doesn’t have to be boring.  To keep the course exciting and engaging, I am using VoiceThread in an activity, encouraging collaboration and peer review.  Like Moodle, VoiceThread has support for assistive technologies.  VoiceThread also has closed captioning features to ensure accessibility such as closed captioning. The course uses technology promotes engagement and uses tools that are accessible. 

References
SUNY MOOC, Accessibility: Designing and Teaching Courses for ALL Learners [weeks 4, 5,
 and 6] https://learn.canvas.net/courses/1159/modules

Accessibility in Moodlerooms | Blackboard Help. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://help.blackboard.com/Moodlerooms/Administrator/Accessibility


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