Center for Teaching and Learning
Accessibility
Ensuring online educational tools are accessible to users of all abilities is not just a matter of ethical consideration but a fundamental requirement for equitable education. Accessibility means that individuals with disabilities, including visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive impairments, can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with these tools effectively. When online learning platforms and resources are designed with accessibility in mind, they empower a wider range of learners to fully participate and achieve their educational goals, fostering a more inclusive and equitable learning environment for everyone.
Accessibility Resources for Faculty and Students
There are resources available for both students and faculty who require accommodations for accessibility.
Services for Students with Disabilities
There are resources available for both students and faculty who require accommodations for accessibility.
Adobe
Adobe products such as Acrobat and/or Reader, Creative Cloud, or Captivate.
Blackboard Learn
Blackboard is GovState’s learning management system that enables instructors to teach fully online, hybrid, or web enhanced courses.
Cengage
Publisher content that can be integrated and linked from external sources into your Blackboard course.
Class Collaborate
Class Collaborate is GovState's web conferencing software. If you have a hybrid or online course, use Collaborate for prerecorded lectures, live lectures, or office hours.
Elsevier
Publisher content that can be integrated and linked from external sources into your Blackboard course.
McGraw-Hill
Publisher content that can be integrated and linked from external sources into your Blackboard course.
Microsoft
Microsoft products are available free of charge, including Office, Teams, and OneDrive.
Panopto
GovState's media streaming server can allow instructors to drive engagement and boost knowledge retention.
Pearson
Publisher content that can be integrated and linked from external sources into your Blackboard course.
Respondus
Respondus 4.0 is a PC only program that allows instructors to easily create new exams or surveys or upload your existing exams or surveys to Blackboard. LockDown Browser and Monitor prevent cheating.
Watermark
Watermark has Via and Aqua available for key assessment assignments and juried assessment projects, and Digital Matters for faculty review, evidence submission, and documentation.
Zoom
GovState currently does not have a campus-wide subscription to Zoom, but some instructors might be using their own personal accounts.
Contact Us
- Center for Teaching and Learning
- Governors State University - C Building
- 708-534-4115
- blackboard@govst.edu