Content Management Systems

Desire to Learn

Accessibility Widget

Developed by Janice Ward

D2L Widgets are created by system administrators and can be placed on the "My Home" page, a page that is first seen by all faculty and staff after logging into D2L. Widgets can also be placed on the course home page (first seen after selecting the desired course) and can be controlled by individual faculty or placed globally by the system administrator.

Widgets can contain basic HTML code and in the case of the sample accessibility widget link to relevant sites and information. Widgets are NOT specific (at this time) to instructors or students, so both parties should be addressed in the widget.

Widgets are created and managed through the “MANAGE HOMEPAGES” function of the system administrator. Individual faculty may or may not have rights to create widgets using the “HOMEPAGES” are under "EDIT COURSE". These rights are controlled by the system administrator. For consistency across the university, it would seem likely that a widget related to accessibility be created by the system administrator and applied globally at either the "MY HOME" level or the "COURSE HOME" level.

Below is a very rough draft of a sample accessibility widget.

The widget contains the following information:

Instructors
Making your course materials accessible to people of all abilities is critical. Please check out these links for assistance in learning more about accessibility. Link for Making PowerPoints Accessible, link for Making Word Documents Accessible, link for Making Adobe PDF Documents Accessible, link to Create Accessible Web pages.

A copy of the UWL web accessibility poicy is available at: http://www.umwlax.edu/policies/Accessibility.html.

Students
If you are unable to access course matericals in the format presented, please consult your instructor for an alternative format or assistance.

You can access a sample of this widget (done at the Course Home level). (Username: faculty1 Password: faculty1) After logging in, click on the course name "D2L Training" (no number following it) and you will see the sample.

View a PDF document explaining widgets and how to set them

The contents of this Web site were developed under a grant from the Department of Education. However those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and the viewer should not assume endorsement by the Federal government.

P333A020026 is funded at 100% by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Demonstration Projects to Ensure Students With Disabilities Receive a Quality Higher Education for the period 10/01/02 -- 9/30/05 @ $326,805 for Project Year Three. The project received a no-cost extension through 9/30/06. Total funding level: $1,005,225 @ 8% indirect.

Principal Investigator and Project Director: John Gugerty, Researcher, Center on Education and Work

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