Accessibility Information for Faculty

Overview

Cal Poly Pomona is committed to creating a culture of access for an inclusive learning environment. This means ensuring that all campus electronic and information technology resources are fully accessible to persons with disabilities. The goal is to provide the most effective learning environment for all students while at the same time complying with existing policies and laws.

The CSU Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) reflects the CSU's ongoing commitment to provide access to information resources and technologies to individuals with disabilities.

The following resources are available to faculty in providing an accessible learning environment:

Cal Poly Pomona Accessible Technology Initiative

The ATI team supports the campus community with accessibility resources, trainings, tools and procurement reviews. They provide a list of accessibility best practices and resources.

Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence (CAFE)

The CAFE team supports faculty in instructional design, multi-media development, hands-on workshops, and one-on-one consulting with Studio 6 Instructional Designers.

Faculty can request an Accessibility Consultation regarding making instructional materials or in response to a notification from the Disability Resource Center (DRC). Alternatively, CAFE offers Creating Accessible Materials tutorials showing how to make common file types accessible.

Studio 6

As a service of eLearning, Studio 6 provides assistance to faculty in support of eLearning technologies. Studio 6 was established to provide resources and services to assist faculty as they redesign existing courses or develop new courses for online, hybrid, and web-assisted modes of instruction.

MediaVision

Any video the university produces, hosts, or plays publicly in a class must be captioned. MediaVision is the faculty resource for captioning videos.

Basic Steps to Accessibility

  1. Font

    Choose an easy to read font (Sans Serif).

  2. Add Document Properties

    Add the document title, author, keywords, subject, and language.

  3. Use Descriptive Hyperlinks

    Describe where the link will take the user. Avoid using "Click here".

  4. Scanned PDFs Should be High Quality and successful OCR

    A successful OCR is when the image (scan) results in a editable, searchable, and machine readable text. Text appears clear and there are no handwritten annotations or highlights.

  5. Images have Alternative Text Descriptions.

    The alternative text description explains the importance of image.

  6. Use the Source Format When Possible

    Share the document in the source format (such as Word or PowerPoint) instead of converting to PDF.