Helpful Tools
TheTape Recording Student Agreement Form may be used if taping is on a student’s list of accommodations and you are concerned about release of information taped in your class.
Many of our buildings and classrooms have chemical and biological substances that may present a barrier for students with environmental allergies.
If you need to communicate by phone with a student who is deaf or hard of hearing you can use a Telecommunication Device for the Deaf if your office has one. If your office does not have a TDD, also known as a TTY, you can communicate through the Arkansas Relay Service. Instructions for both are provided through these links.
Information about language and disability and disability etiquette may help you feel more comfortable in how you communicate about disabilities.
Project PACE, a project of Disability Resource Center, is a U.S. Department of Education model demonstration grant project that provides information, resources, and training to faculty. The first Project PACE began in 1999, and the second is funded through September 2005. The focus of the current grant project is Universal Design for Instruction, a set of principles that involves expanding teaching techniques with the goal of reaching students who learn in diverse ways. Web accessibility is another feature of both this project and the one preceding it. This project maintains a resource library of materials you can check out.
Project PACE created and provided training for a Faculty Resource Council on Disability. You may use the members from your department for technical assistance as well as DRC when disability issues arise.
This Web accessibility link provides information to help you make your websites and online courses accessible to all of your students.
There are legal considerations when you have a student with a disability asking for an accommodation. Check out the laws that apply to accommodating students with disabilities in higher education.
Here is a quick step-by-step process for providing extended time on exams in Blackboard.
The Provost Office has approved a tuition and fee waiver for an extensive list of courses that relate to teaching students with disabilities.
Check out the Faculty Room on the University of Washington’s DO - IT website.