TLP - Accessibility


"To the extent possible, instructional materials, including online course materials must be available to students with disabilities at the same time it is available to any other student enrolled in a course." -- the CSU Board of Trustees Policy on Disability Support and Accommodations (Executive Order 926)

Is Your Course Accessible?

The syllabus, readings, Vista course activities, and other electronic documents need to be in an accessible format to make your course accessible. TLP can help you make these materials accessible with tutorials, training, and assistance with our lab resources.

What does Accessible mean?

"Accessible" course content can be used by the student in any way that student needs to learn. For example:

  • The content could be be read by a computer voice, including image descriptions.
  • The student could enhance legibility by changing colors and font size to make it more readable.
  • The student could read synchornized captions or a transcript of a video.
  • The student could take extra time to complete an online assessment.

How do I make my course accessible?

Wise use of the accessibility features of common content creation tools as well as employing best practices in Vista course can help make your whole course accessible.

Create an Accessible Syllabus

By Fall 2008, all course syllabi should be in an accessible format, such as MS Word, HTML (web page), or Acrobat PDF with correct usage of styles, tables, and image descriptions for maximum accessibility. TLP can help you achieve this!

Create Accessible Instructional Materials or Revise Existing Content

These tutorials will show you how to use common tools to revise or create course content which takes advantage of the accessibility features of each software tool:

Use Accessible Instructional Strategies: Universal Design for Learning

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) emphasizes making courses accessible to all students by building multiple means of expressing information and assessing knowledge into a course. Read more about it: