Guide to digital accessibility: policies, practices, and professional development

Part one: Digital accessibility background and historical perspectives

History of the known: Digital accessibility as an issue of social justice in U.S. education / Cyndi Rowland

Evolution of quality matters general standard 8 accessibility and usability / Brenda Boyd and Julie Porosky Hamlin

Quality matters professional development for addressing accessibility and usability / Cecelia A. Green, Claudia Sanchez Bustos, and Barbara A. Frey

Part two: Digital accessibility policy

A systems approach to change: putting inclusion and accessibility into practice / Paul D. Miller, Michael A. Mills, and Stacy Ford

Mixed-methods research to support the development of a campus-wide digital accessibility policy / Cyndi Wiley, Kaitlyn Ouverson, and Brittni Wendling

Development and implementation of an electronic and information technology accessibility policy / Angie Bedford-Jack

A case in strategic institutional accessibility / Rachael Brooks, Dekendrick Murray, Drew Johnson, and WC Gray

Promoting accessibility through the revision of a distance education policy / Matthew McKenzie

Part three: Digital accessibility course development practices and tools

Designing inclusive formal and informal online learning: What do instructors need to know? / Sheryl Burgstabler

Using a pilot study to pivot toward digital accessibility practices

Heather M. Nash, Jennifer K. Pederson, and Heather R. Swanson

Six keys for accessible online course development / Kristin Juhrs Kaylor

Scenarios and solutions: An instructional designer’s perspective on creating accessible courses / Philip Chambers

Digital accessibility in higher education: Moving practices from ad hoc to intentional / Tracy Medrano and Christine Fundell

Maintaining the momentum: Developing accessibility awareness / Christine Baumgarthuber, Rebecca Taub, and Kris Nolte

Technology tools to promote digital accessibility / Heather Caprette

Part four: Digital accessibility professional development

One size does not fit all: Faculty development for digital accessibility / Laura Lohman

Professional development strategies for digital accessibility awareness / Michelle E. Bartlett, Carrol L. Warren, and Suzanne Ehrlich

Three approaches to teaching accessibility and universal design / Marc Thompson

Using a constructivist approach to bridge digital accessibility from the theory to practice across a university system / Youxin Zhang and Jamie Sickel

Accessibility as conventional practice: An accessibility and inclusive design professional development strategy / Kristi O’Neil-Gonzalez and Lorna Gonzalez

Designing professional development courses for digital accessibility in higher education / Heather Caprette

Adapting professional development to improve accessibility in the online environment / Katherine Profeta and Lucimara Mello

The case for continuous professional development in accessible course design / Matthew Spindler and Kristina Wendricks.