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Open Education Resources (OER): Accessibility Resources

Accessibility

Accessibility Statement

Front Range Community College is committed to creating an inclusive environment that is fair, equitable and accessible to all students, staff and our community. All areas of our college will actively work to ensure that all learning materials, electronic and information technology (EIT), policies and procedures, and public communications meet and/or exceed Web Content Accessibility Guidelines(WCAG) 2.x and are compliant with the following:

  • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

  • Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (2016 Refresh)

  • Americans with Disability Act (ADA)

  • ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA).

All campuses, departments, and stakeholders are responsible for ensuring that access to their web content, applications, and software meet the applicable requirements for accessibility.

OER Accessibility Resources

MERLOT: Finding Accessible OER

  • Links to accessible resources in many subjects. Note that while this is a helpful link s it is still important to verify the accessibility of each individual resource you find.

BookShare

  • An online library of books for people with print disabilities. Includes text-to-speech, large print, Braille, and more.

Accessible Book Collection (Open Library)

  • A collection of free, online electronic books with accessibility features.

BC Campus OpenEd

  • Free textbooks from the University of British Columbia.

Building and Creating Accessible OER

BC Accessibility Toolkit

  • A great resource to help create an open textbook.

MERLOT: Authoring Accessible OER

  • A collection of links to assist with the development of accessible resources.

UDL on Campus: Creating Accessible OER

  • Best practices and resources for creating accessible OER.

Inclusive Learning Design Handbook

  • A guide to creating accessible resources from the FLOE (Flexible Learning for Open Education) Project at OCAD University in Toronto.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

  • From W3C, a collection of accessibility guidelines and documents for improving the accessibility of web content.

EPUB 3: Accessibility Guidelines

  • From the International Digital Publishing Forum, EPUB is the international checklist of standards for the publication and distribution of web content. Contains an "accessibility" section.