The Accessible Math Guide

Scheduled at 11:15 am in Penrose 2 on Wednesday, November 13.

Speaker(s)

• Darrin Evans, Director Virtual Learning Community Professional Development Center, North Carolina Community College System

Session Details

• Length of Session: 1-hr
• Format: Lecture
• Expertise Level: Intermediate
• Type of session: General Conference

Summary

This presentation will explore the following tools: Visual Math Editor, MathPix, WordToEPUB, and MathType. We will give an overview of how and when to use these tools when creating accessible math content. In addition to going over the tools we will introduce participants to creating accessible math in the Blackboard, Moodle, and Canvas Learning Management Systems. We will also introduce a process to convert Equations from the Microsoft Equation Editor into accessible HTML.

Abstract

We were looking for guides to create accessible digital math, and we found very few resources. We decided to create our own handbook highlighting the latest tools and techniques for creating accessible digital math content. We researched and consulted with accessibility experts from around the country to create this guide. This research and development will continue and this guide represents the most current tools to create screen reader accessible math. All participants will receive a copy of the third edition of the Accessible Math Guide.

Keypoints

1. The process for creating accessible math content is improving and getting easier to implement.
2. There are many freely available tools to create accessible math content.
3. Using our handbook you will be able to improve the accessibility of the math content at your institution.

Disability Areas

Cognitive/Learning

Topic Areas

Alternate Format, Teaching about Accessibility in Curriculum, Uncategorized

Speaker Bio(s)

Darrin Evans

Darrin Evans is an Accessibility Technologist and the Director of the North Carolina Virtual Learning Communities Professional Development Center. Darrin has a Master’s in Instructional Technology Darrin has over 15 years of experience in eLearning and accessibility of digital content. The Virtual Learning Community is a partnership between the 58 community colleges of the North Carolina Community College System and Wake Technical Community College. Darrin enjoys technology and is always looking for ways to make digital content more accessible to all learners. In his spare time he is a very slow marathon swimmer.