#7.5 Campus Partners Working Together to Create Accessible Online Learning

Environments

Panelists:

Steve Adams, Distributed Learning Support Services

Lacy K. Ford, Senior Vice Provost

Christy Friend, Center for Teaching Excellence

Aisha Haynes, Center for Teaching Excellence

Karen Pettus, Student Disability Services

OverviewOverview

•Vice-Provost’s Introduction (video)

•Quality Review Timeline•Background (pre-2010)•Groundwork (2010-2013)•Building a process (2013-2014)

•Year 1 Successes

•Challenges and Next Steps

IntroductionIntroduction

Senior Vice Provost Lacy K. FordCommitment to Quality Accessible Online Courses

Link to Senior Vice Provost Lacy K. Ford Video

Total Enrollment 45,457Undergraduate 36,220Graduate 6,867Professional 1,470

Main and Senior Campuses•Columbia•Aiken•Upstate•Beaufort

Regional Campuses•Lancaster•Salkehatchie•Sumter•Union

University of South CarolinaUniversity of South Carolina

BackgroundBackground

Thirty-two graduate degree and certificate programs through DL

Online (Blackboard, Adobe Connect), DVD & telepresence

Enrollment Growth10,365 (AY 09)13,665 (AY 10) 15,582 (AY 11)

16,602 (AY 12)17,883 (AY 13)18,808 (AY 14)

TimelineTimeline

20102010

•Distributed Learning Move by Vice Provost

•Academic services leadership

•Closer involvement with academic units

•Course approval process revision

•Unified vision and blueprint

•Collaboration established

2011-20122011-2012

•Instructional Designers hired

•University subscription to Quality Matters Program

•Training for Instructional Designers

•7 Ways to Make Your Class Accessible

2011-20122011-2012

•September 24th, 2012:•OCR presentation on accessibility of online

material

•New online technologies and delivery modes

•Enterprise applications and opportunities

2012-20132012-2013

•Dr. Ford’s assessment of online courses

•Adoption of Quality Matters rubric for best practices

•$1,500 course revision grant for faculty

Spring 2013Spring 2013

Provost’s Quality Review Process Created

•Process begins and ends with faculty

•Rubric addresses course quality and accessibility

•Collaborative units provide ongoing support

•Provost’s Office announces and provides incentives

Spring 2013DL Course Review

Flow Chart

Summer 2013Summer 2013

Getting the Word Out

•Documents sent to department chairs/deans

•CTE develops forms and resources

•Faculty DL committee consulted

2013-20142013-2014

Process Underway•Designers worked with faculty to revise courses

•Weekly CTE meetings to discuss review process

•Designers review courses and make recommendations

•Faculty DL Quality Assurance committee reviewed materials/made recommendations

2013-20142013-2014

Getting Faculty Buy-In

•Campus partners streamline process for faculty

•Process begins and ends with departments/faculty

• Emphasis on flexibility and meeting faculty needs

• Incentives/recognition for successful course revisions

ResultsResults

Year 1 (108 courses):•34 passed review•16 expected to pass by Fall 2014•27 retired by department•22 faculty received $1500 + commendation letter

Success Story 1:Vera Polyakova-NorwoodDirector of Online LearningNursing

•Challenge: Transcripts for frequent lecture updates

•Solutions: • Faculty pooled grant funds• Use Dragon Naturally Speaking and

Student Assistants

Success Story 2:Maureen PetkewichInstructorStatistics

•Challenge: Captions for videos showing math calculations

•Solution: Supplemental grant funds to hire captioning service

Success Story 3:Rebecca CollierAdjunct FacultyWomen & Gender Studies

•Challenge: Retrofitting existing voiceover PowerPoint lectures

•Solutions: • Teaching assistant created transcripts• Will create scripts for future lecture preparation

“I like how the PowerPoint videos have a notes tab that puts in words exactly what you are saying in the videos, allows me to

follow along and take good notes easily.”

Other Successes•11 faculty/8 staff receive award from Disability Services

•Invitations to present at conferences

•Faculty and student testimonials

Next StepsNext Steps

•Quality Review for all DL graduate courses

•Goal: All DL courses undergo review every 3-5 years

•Goal: Work with technology services to create system-wide accessibility solutions

Questions?