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8.5. Accessible Course Facilitation
Student Accommodation Procedure
You may have a student who needs a specific accommodation. Common accommodations in online courses include extended time on tests or assignments, material in alternate digital formats, closed captioning or described video, or text-to-speech, and screen reader accessibility. Students are responsible for getting an accommodations letter from their disability services office. This letter will detail the accommodations that should be provided to the student. Students are not required to reveal the nature of their disability. Contact the disability services office, if you have questions about implementing a student’s accommodation.
Accessibility in Brightspace
Follow this checklist to help ensure that your course is accessible in Brightspace.
- To better manage an accessible course experience for the student, use the Brightspace tools (email, discussion, etc.) to create and edit content. Tools used outside of Brightspace may not be accessible.
- If a Brightspace tool has an accessibility concern, please submit a ticket through the TN eCampus Help Desk indicating:
- The name and number of the course
- The Brightspace tool
- The accessibility problem
- If you need help with accessibility when creating and adopting documents as an instructor or If you find content in the course you are teaching to be inaccessible, please submit a ticket through the TN eCampus Help Desk (new window) with the following information:
- The name and number of the course
- The module or location in the course where the materials can be found
- The inaccessible content (ex. life cycle video)
You also have access to an accessibility specialist. Please see the following Getting Help with Accessibility (new window) list.