{"id":3603,"date":"2018-02-07T15:29:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T15:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2018-02-07T15:29:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T15:29:22","slug":"changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the focus: Accessibility in Blackboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

When thinking about accessibility and inclusive teaching practice, technology is often cited as a solution. Technology can certainly assist students\u00a0with disabilities but\u00a0well designed online learning provision can benefit all learners<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Central to this is a shift in\u00a0focus away from\u00a0the ‘deficit’ model of perceiving disability, where Universities respond to a ‘need’ and adopting a ‘social’ model\u00a0that addresses the structural barriers to students’ ability to participate<\/strong>, and succeed in learning. This is where\u00a0technology can play a key role in levelling the learning playing field by designing systems that\u00a0optimise access for all (JISC Quick Guide, Getting started with accessibility and inclusion<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The University’s virtual learning environment, Blackboard, is fully compatible with internationally recognised accessibility standards<\/strong> and has in-built features that allow students with different impairments to engage with digital content.<\/p>\n

Turnitin is working towards full compliance. <\/strong>A\u00a0text based PDF version of students’ work can be downloaded to work with screen-readers.<\/p>\n

There are also things you can do to when producing your learning materials<\/strong> to ensure students have the best experience.<\/p>\n

Find out how to make the most of the accessibility features\u00a0in Blackboard and Turnitin.<\/a><\/p>\n

Find advice on making\u00a0your documents and screencasts accessible in the Creating accessible teaching and learning resources<\/a> blackboard course. (Log-in and click the +Enrol button.)<\/p>\n

The Library guide to Inclusive Technology<\/a>\u00a0provides advice on accessibility features that students can use including Windows, Microsoft and Office365.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When thinking about accessibility and inclusive teaching practice, technology is often cited as a solution. Technology can certainly assist students\u00a0with disabilities but\u00a0well designed online learning provision can benefit all learners. Central to this is a shift in\u00a0focus away from\u00a0the ‘deficit’ model of perceiving disability, where Universities respond to a ‘need’ and adopting a ‘social’ model\u00a0that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,31,57,9],"tags":[79],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nChanging the focus: Accessibility in Blackboard - Technology Enhanced Learning<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Changing the focus: Accessibility in Blackboard - Technology Enhanced Learning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When thinking about accessibility and inclusive teaching practice, technology is often cited as a solution. Technology can certainly assist students\u00a0with disabilities but\u00a0well designed online learning provision can benefit all learners. Central to this is a shift in\u00a0focus away from\u00a0the ‘deficit’ model of perceiving disability, where Universities respond to a ‘need’ and adopting a ‘social’ model\u00a0that […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Technology Enhanced Learning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-07T15:29:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/students-studying1-1024x215.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"adambailey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"adambailey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/\",\"name\":\"Changing the focus: Accessibility in Blackboard - Technology Enhanced Learning\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-07T15:29:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-07T15:29:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/#\/schema\/person\/ef48061d6230a94e740bd627c660cf24\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Changing the focus: Accessibility in Blackboard\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/\",\"name\":\"Technology Enhanced Learning\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/#\/schema\/person\/ef48061d6230a94e740bd627c660cf24\",\"name\":\"adambailey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/194db7f1d3b37b8e644cea426bd4ebf4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/194db7f1d3b37b8e644cea426bd4ebf4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"adambailey\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/author\/adambailey\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Changing the focus: Accessibility in Blackboard - Technology Enhanced Learning","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Changing the focus: Accessibility in Blackboard - Technology Enhanced Learning","og_description":"When thinking about accessibility and inclusive teaching practice, technology is often cited as a solution. Technology can certainly assist students\u00a0with disabilities but\u00a0well designed online learning provision can benefit all learners. Central to this is a shift in\u00a0focus away from\u00a0the ‘deficit’ model of perceiving disability, where Universities respond to a ‘need’ and adopting a ‘social’ model\u00a0that […]","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/","og_site_name":"Technology Enhanced Learning","article_published_time":"2018-02-07T15:29:22+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2018\/02\/students-studying1-1024x215.jpg"}],"author":"adambailey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"adambailey","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/","name":"Changing the focus: Accessibility in Blackboard - Technology Enhanced Learning","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-02-07T15:29:22+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-07T15:29:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/#\/schema\/person\/ef48061d6230a94e740bd627c660cf24"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2018\/02\/07\/changing-the-focus-accessibility-in-blackboard\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Changing the focus: Accessibility in Blackboard"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/","name":"Technology Enhanced Learning","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/#\/schema\/person\/ef48061d6230a94e740bd627c660cf24","name":"adambailey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/194db7f1d3b37b8e644cea426bd4ebf4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/194db7f1d3b37b8e644cea426bd4ebf4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"adambailey"},"url":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/author\/adambailey\/"}]}},"modified_by":"andyturner","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"adambailey","author_link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/author\/adambailey\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9UENj-W7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}