Objective 1.1 Instructional Materials

COD is providing information to faculty and staff about existing resources and training opportunities for creating and choosing accessible instructional materials.

• 2018, Information ​Technology (IT) created and shared an Accessibility Resources web page with faculty and staff, including links to external training programs

• 2019, College emailed all faculty and staff accessibility Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

• 2019, IT updated accessibility training resource

COD is dedicating resources and training support to faculty and staff to support them in creating and choosing accessible instructional materials.

• 2017, College invited guest speaker to deliver workshop on Section 508 to train faculty and staff

• 2018, Distance Education (DE) updated training for faculty and staff to support them in creating and choosing accessible instructional materials

• 2019, College invited California Community Colleges Accessibility Center to provide training to IT, Human Resources (HR), and Disabled Students Program and Services (DSPS) staff

• IT provides video captioning trainings

• Faculty Development provides 3C Media Solutions instructional video captioning training

Level 3: Responding to Establishing - Current Status

COD is implementing a regular, defined, and documented process by which faculty receive training in creating and choosing accessible instructional materials. Cadre of experts are being trained and supported to develop a community of practice capable of meeting institutional needs.

• 2016, as par​t of Administrative Procedure 4105 (opens PDF), DE requires faculty members to go through a certification process to teach online, which includes accessibility training

• 2019, College hired​ Accessibility Specialist to provide trainings

• 2019, College recruited and trained faculty members on reassigned time to become faculty accessibility coaches

• 2019, Educational Policies and Practices Committee (EPP) working with IT, provided accessible course syllabus template (Opens Word file) and training resources

• 2019, IT provided the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) and Accessibility ​Conformance Report ​(ACR) Requirements for Vendors​ (opens PDF) to support faculty in choosing accessible instructional materials

Immediate Next Steps

• Educational Technologies and Distance Education Committee (ETDE) and IT will define an instructional technology approval process, including accessibility as a subset of the overall process

• Working with instructional departments, IT will develop an inventory of instructional technology to review for accessibility conformance

• The Curriculum Committee and/or other appropriate committees will work with faculty to include ​an accessibility compliance review of instructional technology in course outlines of record

• The Curriculum Committee and/or other appropriate committees will work with faculty to develop a DE Addendum to document accessibility conformance of instructional technology in distance education courses

• Professional ​Development will develop accessibility training for faculty not teaching online courses

COD is regularly evaluating efficacy of training process by assessing student experience and making program improvements.

Next S​t​eps

• College is surveying students to identify if they have a disability and determine if they have experienced challenges utilizing instructional materials

• Retention, success, and completion are increasing annually for students with disabilities