The course will cover approximately 6 hours of material with time for breaks and lunch. The workshop is interactive and will include individual and group exercises. Please bring note paper, a writing instrument and a healthy appetite for learning. You will be working with people from other institutions - the more you give, the more you'll get.
By the end of the workshop, you will have a working Alternative Format Plan to take back to your institution.
- Alternative Formats - How and when to use them. Creating an AF plan.
- Scanning 101- What do I need to know?
- Evaluating Alternative Format (AF) needs and creating an AF plan
- Using the Texas Text Exchange
- Other Informational Resources
- ATS Scanning Procedures - MORE POWER!! (grunt! grunt!)
- Update on the State of the Law - Copyright Issues
Tentative Schedule
9:00-9:30 Check-in - Coffee
9:30-10:45 Alternative Formats / Up-and-coming technologies
11:00-12:00 Scanning 101
12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own
1:15-2:30 More Scanning - ATS Scanning Techniques / TTE
2:45-4:30 Copyright Issues and Online Information Accessibility
HOMEWORK
Very Important Assignments:
Assignment #1 - Make a list of students (no names, please) that use alternative formats (AF) at your institution. Include a brief description of the student's disability, the type of alternative format they prefer and your strategy for providing that alternative format. If the AF is not created in-house, give an explanation. Are there populations of students you don't serve but would like to? What would you need to serve them?
Assignment #2 - Create an inventory of the equipment you use (or could use) to create alternative formats. Be creative and push the boundaries of your definitions. For example, in a pinch, you could use transparency copies of material with an overhead to create "large print".
Assignment #3- Collect and bring procedures (if any) you use to create or obtain AF.
Assignment #4- Make a list of text suppliers - bookstores, copy centers (for coursepacks) - for your institution. Do you have a cooperative agreement with any of these sources? Estimate your total AT hardcopy needs for a long semester. Put a dollar amount on your needs.
Not-So-Important-But Helpful Assignments:
Assignment #5- If your are NOT familiar with Listserv, the email distribution program, review
http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/user/user.htmlRead the section titled "How to Upset People you Don't Even Know" and be prepared to explain it.
All of you are subscribed the Texas Text Exchange (TTE) listserv.
Figure out how to retrieve your subscription options by sending a command to the "command address"., print a copy of the listserv's reply and bring it. Hint: the command address is
listserv@listserv.tamu.edu Send a message to the list address. Hint: the List address is tte-l@listserv.tamu.eduAssignment #6 - Visit the World Wide Web Consortium's website:
Checkout the following Links:
Web Accessibility Initiative
http://www.w3.org/WAI/CSS and Accessibility
http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/CSS2-accessWeb Accessibility Guidelines
http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/Assignment #7 - Check out the following copyright related sites:
http://www.cetus.org/fairindex.html http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/copypol2.htmWhat are the 4 fair use factors? How are they applied to the Texas Text Exchange?