How does your institution handle UDOIT adoption and training?

[tr_jbates]

Faculty adoption and training for UDOIT was brought up by  @kmeeusen ​ in the discussion for the UDOIT group proposal.  I think the community could benefit from hearing how other schools are promoting the tool and training faculty and staff on its use.

At UCF, UDOIT is available to all instructors in all courses, but using it is entirely voluntary.  We promote it through our newsletter, on our website, and through our IDL6543 faculty development course.  Some of our instructors have been using the tool without any issues, while others require a little training to get started.  To facilitate this, we hold open workshops before the start of the semester where we walk the instructor through scanning, evaluation, and remediation of their course content.

So, how does your institution handle UDOIT adoption and training?

[985541993 · Accepted solution]

We will offer, video tutorials, and workshops to start.  I like that ideas that I've read here that include having a pilot group.  I also read input on this site that suggested faculty may not understand or may have a misconception of what accessible materials are.  I am looking at working with our Disabilities Office to have our workshop open with a demonstration of a screen reader. 

This reminds me that so far, the biggest successes when helping people understand about using OER has been to begin by teaching people to share their own work.  Likewise, I believe that if we help people to use and understand a screen reader and that in doing so their desire to use UDOIT will come from within based on their personal experience of using screen reader.

[tr_jbates]

I went ahead and marked this question as answered since it would be better served as a discussion topic.  Plus, 985541993​'s response is really good.

[Stef_retired]

If you're interested in this, you might be interested in  @rseilham ​'s Canvas and Accessibility presentation on CanvasLIVE , which will be on Tuesday, October 11, 2016. Please RSVP if you're planning to attend. And if you're interested, but your schedule doesn't allow you to attend, please respond anyway to receive notifications of comments on the event.

[Stef_retired]

ATTENTION: Given the conditions and after-effects of Hurricane Matthew, our friends from UCF have notified us that the CanvasLIVE session Canvas and Accessibility has been rescheduled to Tuesday, August 25, 2016. Please be sure to RSVP to the event to be notified of updates.

[Stef_retired]

If you're participating in this discussion, you'll definitely want to RSVP to the CanvasLIVE event UDOIT Installation which is coming up this Monday, December 5, 2016. RSVP “yes” if you will be there--and if you’re interested, but your schedule doesn’t allow you to attend in real time, RSVP "no" or "maybe" to receive all event updates. Your RSVP ensures that you will receive a notification should the event be cancelled or changed.

[ltscal2]

Hi all,

I know this thread is probably dead, but our institution is finally looking to launch UDOIT. I was wondering if anyone would have any tips on how we can get interest in such a tool where there is no legal obligation to comply like the US. 

tr_jbates: Do you guys have any promotional materials (ie posters etc) that you might be willing to share with us. We are going to be showcasing the tool at a local event next month.

[tr_jbates]

We try to frame UDOIT as a tool to improve course content rather than to comply with a government regulation.  We also like to tie it into our institutional goals of diversity and inclusivity.  However, the strongest motivator is usually the faculty member's desire to check off all of the items that were found in the first report they run.

As for promotional materials, all we have is our information site:  Universal Design Online Content Inspection Tool (UDOIT) - UCF CDL .  Feel free to adapt that content to your own needs.  If you need a high-res version of the logo for a poster, send me an email.