Although Potsdam encourages all students with disabilities who desire reasonable accommodations to seek services through the Office of Accommodative Services, faculty have an essential role to play in making courses accessible and creating a climate of equity and inclusion. While individual needs are difficult to anticipate, there are many things professors can do to create inclusive and accessible environments for a wide diversity of learners.
- Universal Design for Learning
- Applying Principles of Universal Design to Support Diverse Learners
- Applying Principles of Universal Design to Support Diverse Learners (PDF)
- Top 10 Accessibility Errors
- Introduction to Online Accessible Learning
- 20 Tips for Teaching an Accessible Online Course
- Lecture
Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D., Director of Accessible Technology Services and founder of DO-IT, offers a lecture to faculty in which she offers 20 tips, both in educational practices and in more technical practices, for how faculty can make their courses more accessible to students with disabilities
- Lecture
- Office of Accommodative Services - Helpful Tips
PDF | Powerpoint
This document is an overview of what the Office of Accommodative Services does at SUNY Potsdam and explains some of its procedures. It serves as a quick resource to help new and current faculty or staff.