Instructional Materials

Moodle, classroom podiums and campus computer labs (course "environments") have all been made more accessible.  In addition, digital instructional material needs to be accessible when used in these environments. Refer to the individuals below for additional help on using these environments: 

• Moodle: umonline-help@umontana.edu
• Central IT labs (Fine Arts 210 and LA 139): Lab accessibility - Tim McHenry, Assistive Technology Specialist, ats@umontana.edu
  
  • PC Computer labs should be set up with the JAWS screen reader, ReadWrite Gold and Fusion.
  • Macintosh labs should include ReadWrite Gold. 
• Classrooms with podiums: Scott Christensen, Multimedia Classroom Support Technician, (406) 243-5322
  • Closed captioning should automatically start for VHS tapes.
  • DVD closed captioning can be accessed through the menu on the DVD.

Documents

• Keep documents in native formats.  Thus word processing documents and PowerPoint presentations are saved as Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint respectively, not as PDFs.
• OCR - You can convert image-based PDFs into text-based documents one at a time by using the ConvertDoc OCR program.

Media - Captions

You can be more involved with transcription and captioning in three ways:

• Create scripts, even partial scripts, ahead of time and share them with the captionist.
• Type your transcript using YouTube.

Caveats:

• We are unable to create captions for foreign languages. Spanish captioning is available from an outside vendor (3PlayMedia).

Learn more about UM's campus captioning and media conversion services.

Software and Hardware

UM's Resolution Agreement requires that all EIT (electronic and information technology) be accessible. No EIT has been "grandfathered" in.

• If the software you are considering hasn't been reviewed.
• you can submit existing software and hardware for review (opens a new tab).

Further information is available on software and hardware standards.

Procurement

• EIT purchases submitted to GrizMart are automatically submitted to an accessibility review process.  
• There will also be periodic accessibility audits of other purchases.
• Submit software and hardware for review before the purchase.

Questions?

Contact Accessible Technology Services at (406) 243-2082 or email ats@umontana.edu.