Accessible Syllabus Template

Faculty may wish to use this Accessible Syllabus Template (.doc) when creating or updating course outlines.

Disability Services for Students Hosting AsTech Lab Open House

For those interested in learning about technology for students with disabilities, specifically the technology behind the Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI), Disability Services for Students (DSS) is hosting an open house of the AsTech Lab.

The open house showcases assistive technologies such as screen readers for students who are blind, speech recognition for students with physical disabilities, and text-to-speech for students with learning disabilities. The AsTech Lab is located within the IT 24-Hour Lab in Schulz 1058.

The open house will be held bi-monthly (see dates below). RSVPs are requested. To RSVP, contact AsTech Lab Coordinator, Scott Kupferman, at 4-4361 or email scott.kupferman@sonoma.edu.

Fall 2009 AsTech Lab Open House Dates

  • Thursday, September 17th
  • Tuesday, September 29th
  • Thursday, October 15th
  • Tuesday, October 27th
  • Thursday, November 5th
  • Tuesday, November 17th

All times at Noon.

LecShare Installation and Training

SSU has a site license of LecShare for all faculty and staff to make their PowerPoint files accessible. See IT LecShare page for more info. Contact CTPD for training info.

Accessibility Awareness

"Access by Design: Faculty Awareness Training" video
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Justice Moreno Video

California Justice Moreno video lauding CSU commitment


ATI is the CSU commitment to providing access to information resources and technologies for students and the university's public with disabilities (physical, sensory, cognitive, learning).

ATI serves as a roadmap for ensuring accessibility based on state and federal law. SSU supports the idea of an equitable environment for all diverse students, employees and others who interact with us.

Responsibilities

Achieving accessibility of information technology and resources is an ongoing, shared responsibility requiring collaboration among faculty, staff, and administration. Systemwide efforts are simultaneously underway to work with vendors and publishers to address the accessibility of the materials they create.

Vision:

To create a culture of access for an inclusive learning and working environment.

Mission:

Develop guidelines, implementation strategies, tools and resources to support teaching and learning.

Principle:

Apply universal design, an approach to the design of products and services to be usable by the greatest number of people including those with disabilities.

Strategy:

Encourage collaboration to affect changes that will ultimately benefit all.

For further information, see the CSU Accessibility Technology Initiative Work Plan.