Digital Document Accessibility Training Certificate (DDAT)

ABOUT THE PROJECT
Key Consideration: Short course timelines (2-weeks each); engagement; empathy building

After having taught the subject matter in workshop form for about 3 years, the goal was to create a fully online certificate with assessment that would be reflected on the participant's college transcript.

For this project, elements of ADDIE and SAM instructional design models were used - Analysis, Iterative Design, Iterative Development, Iterative ​Review, Implement, (Iterative Revision after Implementation and Feedback). The content from the workshops was repurposed and divided across the courses into 'digestible chunks'. Clear course and module outcomes were defined and the 4 A's of lesson planning was used - Activate, Acquire, Apply, and Assess.

The certificate consists of three 2-week courses.:
  • Course 1 (DDAT 001) consists of two modules
  • Course 2 (DDAT 002) consists of four modules
  • Course 3 (DDAT 003) is a project application course consisting of one module.

AUDIENCE
Faculty and Staff

RESPONSIBILITIES
Subject Matter Expert, Instructional Designer, eLearning Developer, Graphic Designer

ADDITIONAL TEAM MEMBERS
Web Developer

TOOLS
Used by me: Blackboard Learning Management System, Illustrator, Photoshop, Camtasia, YouTube Captioning interface, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, Mentimeter

Used by other for the project: HTML

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
Learning Materials
  • Mostly asynchronous delivery and with a couple of synchronous sessions
  • Text, Articles , Infographics and engaging images, Videos, Interactive and Active Learning elements

Learning Activities 
Test Your Knowledge Activities, Polling, Discussions, Scavenger Hunt, Quizzes, Analysis and Application Assignments

Authentic Assessment
In Course 3,  learners hand in a document of their choosing that they have made accessible. The objective of this project is for them to walk away with a document that is relevant and useful to their working and/or teaching practice.

Accessibility Considerations
In addition to the standard accessibility considerations needed for Accessibility for Ontario's with Disabilities Act (AODA) compliance, the following was also considered:
  • All images have ALT text and all complex images (i.e. infographics) also have long descriptions
  • Accessible PDF formats of all content are given to students at the end of the course (or beginning, depending on the needs of a student)
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