Accessibility Notes

The HTML version is intended to meet or exceed all web accessibility standards. If you encounter an accessibility issue, please report it to the editor.

• All graphs and images should have meaningful alt text that communicates what a sighted person would see, without necessarily giving away anything that is intended to be deduced from the image.
• All math content is rendered using MathJax. MathJax has a contextual menu that can be accessed in several ways, depending on what operating system and browser you are using. The most common way is to right-click or control-click on some piece of math content.
• In the MathJax contextual menu, you may set options for triggering a zoom effect on math content, and also by what factor the zoom will be.
• If you change the MathJax renderer to MathML, then a screen reader will generally have success verbalizing the math content.

Connections to Universal Design

By making learning materials and activities robust and flexible, we can reduce the need for individual accommodation. Key concepts in Universal Design include:

• Giving students multiple representations of key content (verbal, written, tactile, etc.)
• Providing a variety of ways for students to engage with materials and with each other
• Allowing a range of opportunities for students to demonstrate mastery

By making materials available in HTML with MathML we ensure:

• Students can easily zoom in and magnify
• Students can hear the narrative as well as the math read aloud properly
• Students who use Braille can access the content on refreshable displays directly
• Students who are learning English can easily translate or lookup words

In addition to the files provided here, there are also a variety of additional techniques to support learners. Faculty using this resource should also consult with access technologists on their campuses.

Tips for Assistive Technology (AT) Users

Browsers and AT applications change frequently. For best results, please use the Math Support Finder from Benetech to verify which combinations will work for particular platforms https://msf.mathmlcloud.org/

Questions and Feedback

We would like to help you use these activities with your students

• For questions about the activities, contact cara.lee@pcc.edu
• For questions about the accessibility features and 3D printed fraction circles, contact kaela.parks@pcc.edu