Creating Accessible Course Materials
Add Subtitles and Closed Captions to YouTube Videos
Add Transcripts to YouTube Videos
Create Accessible PDF From Word for Mac 2011
Create Tactile Images with Everyday Objects
Make Art More Accessible (as in science figures and illustrations)
Make Online Documents Accessible
Make PowerPoint Lectures Accessible
Make 3D Laser Cut Stratigraphic Audio-responsive Tactile Templates
Multimedia Accessibility Guide
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines-W3C
Links to Accessibility Information
3D Print Your Own Tactile Measuring Tools for the Visually Impaired
10 Apps for Learners Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
Book Reading Apps for Individuals with Visual Impairments
College Guide – Accessibility Apps at End
Colorino – Audible Color Identifier
Dos and Don’ts on Designing for Accessibility
Google Drive Guide for Screen Readers
Guidelines for Collegiate Faculty to Teach Mathematics to Students with BVI
Helping Those With Visual Impairments View Scientific Computer Images
Low Vision Access in Windows 10
Measuring Device for Students with Blindness (Braille Caliper)
Promoting Inclusion and Success for People with Disabilities
Scientist Converts Charts and Graphs to Music to Help Visually Impaired
TapTapSee App – Take picture on mobile device and hear identification
Video Games for individuals with visual impairment
Additional Resources
Disability Language Style Guide. (2016). NCDJ. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJNj8vHI2zs
Fitzpatrick, D. (2011, November 3). I have a blind student in my maths/science class, should I panic? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJNj8vHI2zs
Fraser, K. (n.d.). Accessible Science: Making Life Sciences Accessible to Students with Visual Impairments. Perkins School for the Blind. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_PuCJjmYWc
Heard, B. R. (2016). Evaluating college biology laboratory accommodations for students with blindness and visual impairments. All Theses and Dissertations. Paper 48. http://dune.une.edu/theses/48
Heard, B.R. (2016). Science is for everyone. Future Reflections, 35(2), 29-32.
Heard, B. (2023). Supporting students with blindness and visual impairments in microbiology, FEMS Microbiology Letters, Volume 370, fnad029, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnad029
Independence Science. (2012, June 5). How to prepare a student with visual impairments for safe access to the science laboratory [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_PuCJjmYWc
Science Materials. (n.d.). Teaching students with visual impairments. Retrieved from https://www.teachingvisuallyimpaired.com/
TedxWoodsHole. (2010, December 3). Amy Bower – Science Without Sight [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMBLTPLMmvo
The future of video accessibility. (2020, October 8). Amara Accessibility Media. Retrieved from https://blog.amara.org/2020/10/08/the-future-of-video-accessibility/
Visual Impairments. (2016). National Science Teachers Association. Retrieved from https://www.nsta.org/disabilities/visual.aspx
Washington State School for the Blind. (2012, August 17). Science techniques for the blind: Learn how to safely conduct and analyze experiments [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLF126DB019FC5C859&v=Ok-2l2myqzw
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