QM 8 - Course Examples
Accessibility and Usability
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Example 1
Usability: This is an example of the course home page from a sample Introduction to Physical Geography online course. When students enter the course they land on the course home page. An announcement on the course home page tells students how to get started.
Example 2
Usability: This is an example of a Get Started Here module from a sample Introduction to Physical Geography online course. The module begins with a welcome video. The course overview and tour explains how to get around in the course. The module ends with instructions on what to do next.
Accessibility: The welcome video in this sample Introduction to Physical Geography online course is setup so that the students have multiple ways to access the video (i.e. video is embedded in the course, a link to the video and a link to a transcript of video is provided, and the video has closed captions). Information on the page is chunked so that students can easily find information and if a student had to access the page with a screen reader they can easily navigate to the information on the page.
Example 3
Accessibility: The Course Overview in this sample Introduction to Public Health online course uses headings to organize the information. If a student had to access the page with a screen reader they can easily navigate through the content on the page using the headings.
Example 4
Accessibility: The instructor has provided a welcome message video. A transcript of the video is also provided.
