North Park is required by federal law to provide reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities in order to remove barriers and level the playing field.
NOTE: We informally make adjustments for students without disabilities because we believe it is good or right, but it is not an official accommodation unless they have a documented disability.
Students will receive an accommodation letter from the ADA Office and they will be responsible for submitting that letter to their professor. Some ways students may receive accommodations in an online or hybrid course may be:
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When the time comes to add captions to your video, you can add captions via one of the following ways.
Transcripts can provide a valuable resources for students after a video for their review as well as a way to provide accommodations for students with accommodations.
An added benefit of transcripts is that it provides an outline for recording the video which reduces anxiety related errors that often occur when recording videos.
Transcripts can be added to your modules as a file resources or in an HTML page as a file link under your video.
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ADA 101: Accessibility, Laura Ebner
Mental Health as Disability, Laura Ebner