You may have a student with a disability who has signed up for your course, and you're not sure what your responsibilities are. Or, you may be designing instructional materials, and you're not sure how to provide equally effective alternative materials to your students with disabilities. Or, you may just be interested in finding out how blind students can learn to program computers. Whatever your interest is, there's one important message to start out with: you are not alone. The accommodation process and the requirements for providing accessible course materials to our students can be challenging, but you are not expected to do everything and to know everything on your own. There are experts in accessibility and on providing effective educational opportunities for students with a wide range of impairments at PCC. Some experts are available in Disability Services, some experts are available in Distance Learning, and some experts may even be in your own department or SAC. You can find help on evaluating where accessibility obstacles are in your course materials, on creating accessible alternatives, on teaching students with disabilities the basic technology skills they need to succeed in your course, on assisting your students to overcome accessibility issues, and on understanding the accommodation process. We are all here to help you and your student.
In addition to the material contained in this document, some good starting points include the Disability Services web site, and Accessibility for Online Course Content.