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JISC TechDis have produced several publications which you can download. All of the available versions of each publication are listed on the individual page for each item. If you require a publication in a format not yet available, please contact us via the JISC TechDis Helpdesk and we will try to assist you.
Accessibility Essentials: The Complete Series brings all four together on one DVD for the first time, and includes updates to each title for Microsoft Office 2007 users.
This briefing outlines 12 Steps senior managers can take to embed the inclusive use of technology as a whole institution culture. It is the senior manager briefing version of a full research paper based on intensive work with a range of HEIs. The full paper is also available.
It is important to ensure that while creating presentations accessibility is considered. This document provides information on the creation of accessible presentations, both for projection and wider use (for example, when a presentation is made available online) along with hints and tips on how to present to an audience in an accessible manner. This document concentrates on the use of Microsoft® PowerPoint.
This publication outlines the successful Innovation Fund projects, covering a range of projects across four main themes: college platforms, content creation, infrastructure and multimedia equipment. It gives a brief overview of the projects in each themes as well as case studies from each of the colleges involved in the Innovation Fund. The publication was launched at the NATSPEC conference on 24th May 2007.
A recent analysis from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) identified that significant differences exist between further education (FE) colleges across England in the amount of additional learning support funding they successfully claim in order to provide support for students with additional learning requirements.In response the JISC TechDis Service commissioned AoC NILTA, working with JISC Infonet, to carry out case studies at five FE colleges across England, focusing on the systems and processes in place to manage ALS funding claims and provision. A full report based on this research has been submitted to the LSC and is available for download. Additionally, a brochure summarising the key findings is now available.
This document is designed to help college marketing departments to assess the accessibility of the various ways the college interacts with potential customers, to provide practical advice on ways to improve the accessibility of marketing materials or provide them in alternative formats, and to provide examples of easily achievable good practice that could form pragmatic and robust elements to your disability equality strategies. It includes information for college Principals and Heads of Marketing and is supplemented by additional web-based guidance.
This briefing looks at making the Disability Equality Schemes produced by FE colleges a resource that will better represent the good practice the college already employs, better inform learners of the college's support mechanisms, and better integrate into wider college policies. It also covers a model of Assistive Technologies, and gives details free and open source software applications that can be used to create learning resources. It is supported by further web-based guidance including video clips of some of the technologies.
The JISC TechDis Accessibility Essentials Guide on Reading has been designed to give practical step-by-step information, to enable anyone reading material to amend its look and feel into a style which suits them. These hints and tips will not only be of great use to people who read documents on-screen, but also to those presenting material (for example, via a data projector) in different lighting conditions, or those who work in differing levels of light (for example, while working on a train).
This document is designed to outline the techniques people need to ensure the writing of accessible electronic information. This document will concentrate on guidance for Microsoft® Word. When producing electronic information the biggest accessibility gain is ensuring the user can amend the look and feel in a way which suits them. However, there are a number of font and structure techniques which can increase the readability for a larger number of people.
Following the JISC TechDis Higher Education Conference (held in Leeds on the 27-28 October 2005) JISC TechDis have produced a conference report for the event. The conference report provides material from both keynote presentations along with a précis of each of the workshops delegates had the opportunity of attending.
The first document in the JISC TechDis Senior Management Briefing series , aimed at senior management in Further Education colleges, introduces the accessibility benefits of e-learning. It contains information for college Principals and Additional Learner Support Managers as well as a self-assessment resource for senior managers.
This document looks at the role of all staff in developing a culture of accessibility and inclusion. It includes guidance for college Principals and Network Managers as well as a self-assessment resource and is supplemented by further web-based guidance.
To assist staff development programmes and to facilitate the changes required by the recent disability legislation JISC TechDis have produced a series of self-supporting staff development packs. These packs contain easily adaptable resources designed for use within staff development courses or processes. Each module is self-standing and can either be delivered as a session independently or adapted into a wider staff development programme.
Accessible Events is a new guide for event organisers which will support the planning, organising, publicising and running of events. The quick reference information is designed to support you in meeting your obligations under Part 3 of the Disability Discrimination Act as it highlights how events, and associated documents, can be provided for disabled people in an accessible way. The advice is accompanied by practical checklists which can be easily customised. References to more in depth information about accessibility issues is contained within the Signposting sections of the guide.
JISC TechDis (along with Ferl and the JISC RSCs) produce a document designed to give a overview as to the general issues covering ILT and Disabled Learners within education. This document has been split into 13 separate leaflets designed to be split up and disseminated around colleagues as necessary.
Published by JISC TechDis jointly with the Association for Learning Technology, Access All Areas contains 17 chapters covering issues of technology and disability. This book is designed to outline and describe how technologies can be used to meet the needs of disabled students. This book provides an overview of these technologies, how they can be used by disabled students and also how their design could be improved to benefit all students, not just those with a disability.
The aim of the Book is to offer you a quick reference manual for curriculum-related disability issues. The term curriculum is used in a broad way and refers not only to physical course materials but also includes issues such as field trips, work placements, laboratory practicals and assessments.
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