Learning materials

This area gives practical advice on ways to improve the accessibility of the materials you use in your teaching, whether these consist of text or diagrams, and whether they are electronic, on paper, or projected onto a screen. It also considers the use of PowerPoint and Acrobat pdf files.

The Skills for Access website gives detailed information on accessibility issues when developing multimedia and e-learning resources.

The Open University Guidelines for describing visual teaching material explains how to describe non-text items, including audio tape, web pages and screen-readable files.

1. Inclusive teaching
2. Universal Design for Learning
3. Preparing to teach inclusively
4. Sustaining self-esteem and motivation
5. Barriers to learning
6. Specialist support staff
7. Assistive technologies
8. Learning environments
9. Learning materials
   1. Printed materials
   2. Diagrams, graphs and pictures
   3. Projected materials, film and video
   4. Accessibility and PowerPoint
   5. Accessibility and Adobe Acrobat
10. Academic assessment