Accessibility PD

POCR course reviewers have been trained in accessibility. It's important for them to continue participating in professional development focused on accessibility.

Reviewing Section D

This resource is intended for use by campus review teams who are checking Section D of the Peer Online Course Design rubric as part of their local POCR certification process. "Aligning Section D" (above) is the foundation for ensuring accessible course content, and each rubric element includes an added section that specifically discusses how to check whether this criterion is met in a course.

Accessibility Professional Development

Section D, Accessibility, is typically one of the most difficult sections of the CVC Course Design Rubric to align. If your review team checks for accessibility, reviewers should ensure that they receive regular and consistent professional development on this topic to ensure currency and relevance of their knowledge base. Here are some CVC@ONE courses available to review teams that focus on accessibility, below.

Note: All of these options (except the last option) are appropriate for both course authors and reviewers.

Intro to Designing for Accessibility

This short, self-paced mini-course provides an introduction to the need for accessibility, guidance on what content should be made accessible, and basics on how to format in Canvas. While it is not an in depth learning experience, it provides a good starting point for instructors who are fairly new to accessibility.

NOTE: There’s also an adoptable version in the Canvas Commons if you want to customize the course for your campus.

Aligning Section D in Canvas

This is an adoptable course that walks through the specific steps to formatting for Section D, items 1-7 (Canvas pages), and D12-13 (video and audio). It also includes recommendations for how to manage “external” file content (Word, PPT, PDF). Your college can download the course from the Canvas Commons and adapt it for use with your faculty (reviewers and course authors). It can be offered as either self-paced or facilitated professional development.