Please see below information regarding online courses.
Faculty, feel free to share the information below to your students.
Accessible Online Course Content Video
Want to know how to make your courses more universal and accessible to all learners? Check out the Universal Course Design website below!
Are you teaching classes online and need help ensuring the information is accessible to all learners? Please review the information below to find such tips as:
- A welcome access statement
- Simple and concise instructions
- Enlarged print and use of closed captioning with videos
More suggestions can be find here:
https://ualr.edu/disability/online-education/
Read & Write Gold
Read and Write: This is a program that you can download on your computer or other electronic device that will read aloud a PDF or Word file. There are many other benefits to this application like highlighting, talk and type, translator, and more! Faculty, staff, and students can use this as long as you sign in using your Longwood email address!
How to download:
- Visit: https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-write/#
- Click on try now
- Choose your platform (Android, iPad, Windows, Mac OS, Chrome, Edge)
- Click install
- Select a product (Read and Write for (platform) –US
- It will take approx. 5 minutes to install
- Sign in with Microsoft outlook email (lastnamefirstinitialmiddleinitial@longwood.edu) and password
- The Read and Write toolbar will pop up
- Mess around and get comfortable
- ENJOY!
If you have any questions, please contact us at 434-395-2391 or email disabilityresources@longwood.edu.