Quick wins for designing and teaching inclusively - helping you meet the Baseline Standards
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The document outlines strategies for designing and teaching inclusively, highlighting the importance of meeting the needs of disabled students and fostering diversity. It establishes baseline standards for inclusive practices, including making materials accessible and providing a variety of assessment methods. It also discusses the university's commitment to supporting staff in achieving these standards while sharing resources and tools to enhance inclusivity in education.
Quick wins for designing and teaching inclusively - helping you meet the Baseline Standards
- 1. Quick wins for designing and teaching inclusively - Helping you meet the Baseline Standards Jenny Brady, Disability Services | @BradyGraha Kirsten Thompson, OD&PL | @iamKirstenT
- 2. #ODPLteach #InclusiveTeaching #SEC2019 Designingand TeachingInclusively- Why? • Equality Act 2010 Duty to be anticipatory of the needs of disabled students • Increasing numbers of international students • Commitment to widening participation for underrepresented groups • Eliminate disadvantage resulting from linguistic, educational or cultural background or learning need (due to disability) • Inclusive approaches encourage flexibility, variety and active learning: providing multiple modalities for optimum learning
- 3. #ODPLteach #InclusiveTeaching #SEC2019 Who are our students?
- 4. #ODPLteach #InclusiveTeaching #SEC2019 InclusiveBaseline Standards 1. We will ensure that all learning and teaching practices, activities, and supporting materials, can be used by all students. (Reasonable adjustments may still be required in some circumstances) 2. We will release materials in advance so that students have sufficient time to engage with them prior to scheduled sessions. 3. We will ensure that there is an appropriate range of assessment methods at a programme level, and that the language used in assessment tasks is clear.
- 5. #ODPLteach #InclusiveTeaching #SEC2019 InclusiveBaseline Standards 4. We will ensure that colleagues with marking responsibilities are up to date with the inclusive marking policy. 5. The University will support staff to achieve these baseline standards. 6. Schools will identify academic inclusivity leads to help embed guidance in local contexts.
- 6. #ODPLteach #InclusiveTeaching #SEC2019 Our own journey - we're a work in progress too! • Creation of "Being Inclusive in..." Guides- careful about the font size, background colours, layout but not navigable for screen reading software! • We created an alternative version in the most accessible format and had this approved by the RNIB Transcription Service but now we have 2 versions... • Could we use Office 365 to create a Word version which is both visually attractive and has enhanced accessibility features, rather than a PDF?
- 7. #ODPLteach #InclusiveTeaching #SEC2019 YES! Working with Office365 and Word One Word document can be: • Visually appealing and accessible (we just need to format it correctly) • Available to download in Word and PDF formats • Accessed with Microsoft's Learning Tools (the Immersive Reader) Checkyour files: Accessibility checker is available with Word and PowerPoint
- 8. #ODPLteach #InclusiveTeaching #SEC2019 Reviewsamplematerials You have been emailed sample files: 1. Word document 2. PowerPoint Login Office365.leeds.ac.uk to access the link emailed to you. (login [email protected]) • Consider how they could be improved to be more inclusive. • Have a go with the accessibility checker.
- 9. #ODPLteach #InclusiveTeaching #SEC2019 Freeapps for inclusion Office Lens (Android and iOS) https://youtu.be/qbobZ43II38
- 10. #ODPLteach #InclusiveTeaching #SEC2019 Freeapps for inclusion Seeing AI - designed for people with visual impairments (currently iOS only) https://youtu.be/bqeQByqf_f8
- 11. #ODPLteach #InclusiveTeaching #SEC2019 Discuss... How could you make use of these tools in your practice? • Office 365 apps: OneDrive, Word, PowerPoint etc • Office Lens • Seeing AI How else are you using technology to make student education more inclusive?
- 12. #ODPLteach #InclusiveTeaching #SEC2019 Questions? Thank you Inclusive Learning and Teaching Project updates and guides: Inclusiveteaching.leeds.ac.uk