Recently published guidance for disabled students itemises a range of technology based "reasonable adjustments" they should expect to find in any post 16 learning provider.These expectations are based on advice and guidance that has been available to the sector for more than 6 years so learning providers claiming they didn't know wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

1. A leg to stand on
Technology to know about and
act on before somebody else
does....
Alistair McNaught Senior Advisor

2. 10 percent
10% of your learners are print impaired.
They are helped by network wide tools like:
Mindmapping,
Text to speech,
Structured Word documents,
Colour/contrast switchers,
Audio and video
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MyStudyBar? AT Bar? Individual downloads?

3. 9 (x7) free online
accessibility webinars
TechDis Tuesdays - 21
Xerte Fridays - 39
UK online - 3
Attendance by sector since January 2012:
HE% FE% HE & RSC/
Specialist
FE% Service% College%
Other%
Xerte Friday
36
24
1
15
2
23
TechDis
Tuesday
44
19
1
14
14
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4. 8 questions for
students to ask
How many can you answer
with a confident “Yes”?

5. 7 training packs
Launched over 7 years ago.
CD packs posted
to every FE college
in UK.
Currently being updated into 5 brand new training
resources.

6. 6 online accessibility
self assessments
Launched 4 years
ago. Self assessment
survey that allows you
to see your results
anonymised alongside
others.

7. 6 brand new staff
training resources
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Introduction to accessibility
and inclusion
Built in accessibility
Accessible Documents
and Presentations
Accessing Online Content
Creating accessible teaching
materials and content
Mobile and portable devices

8. 5 Toolbox themes
Learner focused
resources but also ideal
for staff development
training. All based
around free tools and
technologies.

9. 4 resources for library
staff
• Publisher Lookup site
• eBook platform
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accessibility guidance
Obtaining text
books in alternative formats
Libraries at the heart of learning publication.

10. 3 (x6) learning provider
projects
Making the most of Jisc Resources for inclusive
teaching and learning:
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WBL,
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Curriculum based exempl
Specialist Colleges,
kits
Ji s c su p
Tool
ported to
Xerte
FE,
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Offender learning
sources
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Open educational

11. 2 voices
• TechDis Jess and TechDis Jack
• Free for post 16 learning providers AND their
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learners.
With free (eg Balabolka) tools and inbuilt
functionality (eg Word 2010 “Speak text”) offers
high quality text to speech for 4.6 million
learners.
13/42 colleges in SW have downloaded them.

12. 1 leg to stand on
Appropriate use of simple and free technologies
can transform inclusion.
Inclusive practice is good for ALL.
Inclusive practices are a legal right for a disabled
learner.
Disabled learners are getting more aware of what
you could and should be doing.
Jisc TechDis and Jisc RSCs can help you do it.