SPRING 2025
From Inventory to Intake to Implementation
This course examines adaptive technology (AT) in higher education for students with disabilities, including hardware and software for students with learning, visual, sensory and physical disabilities. The course will acquaint participants with the use of screen readers, captioning, interpreting services, audio description, voice recognition software, eBooks, alternative formats, text-to-speech & speech to text technologies, accommodations for STEM coursework, and emerging resources. Participants will become familiar with a variety of adaptive supports and the pros and cons of each.
This course is divided into 8 sections, with suggested readings, assignments, question prompts for group discussion online, and a brief, reflective quiz at the end of each section. An open live chat with the instructor and anyone who wishes to join will be available. A certificate of completion is available from AHEAD once you have finished the course.
Concepts covered include:
- AT Inventories and Accessibility Checklists
- Introduction to the spectrum of adaptive technologies & student intake evaluations
- Adaptive Technologies for:
- Reading Disabilities, Low Vision & Blindness
- Deaf & Hard of Hearing Students
- Learning Disabilities and Physical Disabilities Making Math & Sciences Accessible
- Adaptive Technology v. Universal Design
- Campus buy-in and implementation
Students should plan 2-3 hours to work on each weekly module. The instructor and AHEAD staff will be available throughout the course to give feedback and support to students as needed.