Instructional Materials
Welcome
As faculty at SJSU, it is our responsibility - and our privilege - to serve one of the most diverse student populations in the United States. That diversity takes many forms, including many aspects of students' backgrounds and learning needs. It is, therefore, vital that we take care to ensure that the instructinoal materials we develop and use are well suited to our students. The campus provides a number of resources, to assist faculty in this endeavor.
- The ATI Instructional Materials team's role is to raise awareness and plan campus wide strategies in providing resources, tools, training and expertise to faculty and staff to ensure that all documents and media are accessible.
- The staff at the Center for Faculty Development offers workshops, individual consultations and on-line resources to assist faculty as they develop course materials appropriate to the students they serve, guided by the principles of Universal Design for Learning.
- The staff at the Accessible Education Center work with students and employees individually, to identify and secure the most appropriate accommodations.
Instructional materials can be divided into PRINT and NON-PRINT materials:
- Print materials include such items as course syllabi, handouts in pdf, PowerPoint, or Word format, assignment instructions, readings, and paper-based quizzes and exams.
- Non-print materials include such items as movies, video clips, or audio clips.
Center for Faculty Development staff will glady assist you as you check the accessiblity of your course materials, or make changes, as needed. For information and assistance in making documents and media accessible, follow accessibility guidelines to prepare your PRINT materials or Multimedia accessibility guidelines for NON-PRINT video or audio materials .
Most importantly, practice inclusive teaching and follow SJSU's seven essential steps in preparing for your accessible course materials. An Inclusive Course Design checklist [pdf] is available to help you design your inclusive and accessible course for all students including those with special learning profile or needs.
SJSU Events on Inclusive Teaching and Learning
- Two CFD's Lunch and Learn events on Accommodataions 101 by Accessible Education Center, February, 2019
- EFS Dialogue: Supporting Student Veterans through Inclusive Teaching and Learning [pdf], November, 2018. November 2018 slides and videos are available.
- Engaging for Success (EFS) Teaching workshop [pdf], May 29, 31, and June 7, 2018. Inclusive Course Design slides [pdf] and Inclusive Course Design checklist [pdf] are available.
- Annual Course Design Summer Institute: partnership between Center for Faculty Development and eCampus in 2017 and 2018
- Engaging for Success (EFS): An Inclusive Dialogue with Students, Faculty and Staff [pdf], May, 2018. May 2018 Slides are available.
- Engaging for Success (EFS) series: two interactive workshops [pdf], November, 2017
- Engaging for Success (EFS) conference: Final program [pdf] for Learning together - Promoting inclusion - Redefining ability, March, 2017. 2017 Conference slides and video recordings are available.
- UDL at TEAM Grant program: ongoing partnership between University Library's Affordable Learning $olutions and Center for Faculty Development since 2016
SJSU Accessibility Studies
- Online Syllabus Prototype Template Pilot Study Findings, February, 2018
- SJSU Instructional Materials Inventory Survey [ppt], Fall 2016
- SJSU Syllabi Study [pdf], Spring 2016
- SJSU PDF Study [pdf], 2014
- Faculty Use of Non-Print Materials Study at SJSU [pdf], 2013
- Random Syllabus Study [pdf], 2012
- Random Syllabus Study [pdf], 2010
Outreach Presentations at Conferences and Symposia
- Expanding Accessibility in Higher Education: Engaging All Students for Success Slides [ppt]. Facilitated a Poster [pdf]session at the 5th Annual CAST UDL Symposium at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (August, 2019)
- Engaging Faculty and Staff for Students' Success [pdf]. Presented at the Learning Disability Innovation Symposium at MIT Cambridge, MA (September, 2017)
- Roundtable: “Accessibility Allies on College Campuses: Supporting Students With Disabilities and Learning Differences." Panel discussion at the 59th Western Social Sciences Association Conference program [pdf], San Francisco, California (April, 2017)
- The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful: Teaching with Digital Media [pdf]. Presented at the 19th Annual CSU Teaching and Learning Symposium, San Jose, California (October, 2016)
- Good for the Goose, Good for the Gander: Enhancing learning opportunities for all students through video captioning [pdf]. Presented at the 18th Annual Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference, Denver, Colorado (November, 2015)
- Feeding many birds with one piece of bread:Process and impact of providing accessible multimedia course materials [pdf]. Recorded video and transcripts are available. A repeat presentation at QM National Distance Learning Week Webinar (November, 2015)
- Feeding many birds with one piece of bread: Process and impact of providing accessible multimedia course materials [pdf]. Presented at the QM 2015 Northwest Regional Conference, Seattle, WA (April, 2015)
- Having our cake & eating it: Working toward accessible digital instructional materials [pdf]. Presented at the 29th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, San Diego, CA (March, 2014)