# Basic Graphic Design Communication: Baruch College/CUNY

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# Fully Accessible Design

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> As part of best design and teaching practice, this course strives for fully-accessible, inclusive, universally-designed coursework.

## Accessible platforms and considerations for this course

Materials and platforms used for this course support accessible and barrier-free learning (suggestions or accessibility corrections always appreciated):

- Blackboard, WordPress, and LinkedinLearning
- Closed captioned videos where possible (please request audio transcript if needed)
- Alt-text for images
- Detailed written instructions for all readings, assignments, and projects
- Tagged PDFs
- All course materials are provided on Blackboard for students to review at their own pace

### Accessibility Considerations:

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- Accessibility Toolkit for Open Educational Resources (OER) guide
- Introduction to Accessibility – A self-paced training module
- Universal design for learning: http://udlforteachers.com/
  - Bringing together Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) – Visible Pedagogy
- Why Wellness Work Belongs In the Classroom – Visible Pedagogy

### Guides and resources

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CUNY accessibility guide: https://guides.cuny.edu/accessibility

Accessibility module: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/accessibilitymodule/

Universal Design for Learning Guides: https://udlguidelines.cast.org/

http://udlforteachers.com

Video accessibility guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TNU_t-9w1A&t=154s

WAVE tool: accessibility check for websites https://wave.webaim.org/

Making tables accessible https://wave.webaim.org/

### Disability statements

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https://anthrodendum.org/2018/08/13/check-your-syllabus-101-disability-access-statements/

https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/tag/accessibility/

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