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can someone explain how they can keep the same material for access by enrolled students but not to public considering ADA requirements?

vizeroth 10y ago
More than likely, the material released to the public is not the material used for enrolled students. At the same time, they most likely have funding to make material accessible to enrolled students on an as-needed basis. If a person with a particular disability is enrolled at the University, the University will work with the student to discover their requirements and how they can best meet their needs. At that point, they can go through the list of courses the student has enrolled in for each quarter or semester and ensure that all of the course materials are accessible to that student. Once they've completed that process, it usually has the side benefit of making those specific materials accessible to all future students with similar needs. The whole process is also getting better over time, especially for textbooks and similar material. However, video and audio are especially problematic areas when they are produced by individuals who don't understand (or aren't aware of) these requirements. If you just setup a camera and/or microphone to capture a lecture, public release and captioning may not be on your mind at the time.
- extra88 10y ago
  Yes. There are more options for providing accommodations to individual students taking a short list of classes in person. Out of all the classes, relatively few will have a student enrolled who requires the most elaborate accommodations. Some books will be used for many years so making an accessible version will likely get reused but quite a lot of course content can have a short shelf life so an accessible version made for a student today may never be reused.
CJefferson 10y ago
I can only speak for the UK, but we can give personal attention to disabled students, making sure all content they need is available to them, including individual tutoring for example. This seems to work very well, but is ad-hoc and wouldn't be suitable for a massive online course.

vizeroth 10y ago

More than likely, the material released to the public is not the material used for enrolled students. At the same time, they most likely have funding to make material accessible to enrolled students on an as-needed basis. If a person with a particular disability is enrolled at the University, the University will work with the student to discover their requirements and how they can best meet their needs. At that point, they can go through the list of courses the student has enrolled in for each quarter or semester and ensure that all of the course materials are accessible to that student. Once they've completed that process, it usually has the side benefit of making those specific materials accessible to all future students with similar needs. The whole process is also getting better over time, especially for textbooks and similar material. However, video and audio are especially problematic areas when they are produced by individuals who don't understand (or aren't aware of) these requirements. If you just setup a camera and/or microphone to capture a lecture, public release and captioning may not be on your mind at the time.

extra88 10y ago
Yes. There are more options for providing accommodations to individual students taking a short list of classes in person. Out of all the classes, relatively few will have a student enrolled who requires the most elaborate accommodations. Some books will be used for many years so making an accessible version will likely get reused but quite a lot of course content can have a short shelf life so an accessible version made for a student today may never be reused.

CJefferson 10y ago

I can only speak for the UK, but we can give personal attention to disabled students, making sure all content they need is available to them, including individual tutoring for example. This seems to work very well, but is ad-hoc and wouldn't be suitable for a massive online course.