Acknowledgements
A Quick Guide to Digital Accessibility at St. Clair College (Version 2)
This second version of the Quick Guide was started by faculty and students of St. Clair College as part of our second Virtual Learning Strategy (VLS2) project led by the Centre for Academic Excellence at St. Clair College in 2022/2023. In this version, the instruction sets created in the first Guide were updated for software changes and were edited using an Instruction Style Guide created by the team. In addition, the team conducted a gap analysis to determine what additional instruction sets should be added. The new material and updates were complied by Irene Stewart, Online Learning Lead, and Erik Hunter, Jesse Teare, and Nikolai Zriachev, Learning Technology Rovers (Students). Irene Stewart also acted as final editor.
Irene Stewart and Nikolia Zriachev continued the efforts to complete the project during the 2023/2024 school year, adding additional chapters, videos, and other elements.
In addition to attributions provided in each chapter, we want to acknowledge all the works used and remixed here:
The following Articles from Niagara College’s Accessibility Hub were remixed and some materials added to our chapters:
Front Matter (Accessibility at St. Clair College) – Why Accessibility by Niagara College licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Chapter 1 (Working with Student Services) – Working with Accessibility Services by Niagara College licensed under CC BY 4.0 International.
Chapter 3 (Responding to Accommodation Plans) – Responding to Letters of Accommodation by Niagara College licensed under CC BY 4.0 International.
Chapter 5 (Ableism and Disablism) – Ableism/Disablism by Niagara College licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Chapter 6 (Ableism/Disablism in Higher Education) – Ableism/Disablism in Postsecondary Teaching and Learning Contexts by Niagara College licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Chapter 7 (Disability Models)- Disability: Perspectives and Models by Niagara College licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Chapter 11 (Alt Tags) – Step-by-Step Instructions for Writing Alt Text by University of South Carolina
Chapter 23 (Accessible Tests for Students with Accommodation) – Best Practices for Accessible Tests by Niagara College licensed under CC BY 4.0 International.
Chapter 32 (Tips for Describing Visuals) – Describing Visuals by Niagara College licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Chapter 33 (Tips for Supporting Notetaking) – Supporting Effective Notetaking by Niagara College licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Chapter 36 (Tips for Accessibility for Guest Speakers) – Ensuring Accessibility for Guest Speakers and Presentations by Niagara College licensed under CC BY 4.0 International.
A Quick Guide to Digital Accessibility at St. Clair College (Version 1)
The original Quick Guide was created by faculty and students as part of an eCampus Ontario-funded Digital Access Project led by the Centre for Academic Excellence at St. Clair College in 2021/2022 as part of our first Virtual Learning Strategy (VLS1) project. Original material was created by Irene Stewart, Online Learning Lead, and Etap Alshannaq, Vatsal Bhatt, Heather Prus, Trevor Reamieri and Trevor Slobodnick, Learning Technology Rovers, a student position. Trevor Slobodnick contributed new articles. Irene Stewart also acted as final editor. This was a remix of existing Creative Commons learning material and original content specific to faculty and students at St. Clair College. A Quick Guide to Digital Accessibility at St. Clair College (Version 1) is licensed under CC BY NC SA by St. Clair College.
In addition to attributions provided in each chapter, we want to acknowledge all the works used and remixed here:
20 tips for teaching an accessible online course by DO-IT, University of Washington, 2017, is licensed under CC BY NC SA 3.0.
License Text and Icons by Creative Commons Organization is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Captioning on Blackboard Collaborate by the E-Learning Unit at Queen Mary University of London is licensed under CC BY NC SA.
