Section 508 Compliance/Accessibility: Dalton State Accessible Templates - Syllabus, etc
Dalton State is committed to making our entire campus 508 compliant and accessible.
Accessible Templates
- Course Policies and Procedures 8/14/2023This document contains the Dalton State Campus Policies and Procedures Statements that are required at the end of all syllabi. Its formatting should stay intact for accessibility compliance.
This document should be used to update all previous, and certainly all new, syllabi Policy and Procedures Statements.
This document should also be checked here in the LibGuides (each semester) for admin updates per changes in accessible compliance, campus policy updates/additions, etc.
(Document name with date check will identify the latest edits) - IMPACTS StatementsIncludes the Orienting Question, Learning Outcomes, and Career-Ready Competencies to be included in syllabi.
- Creating An Accessible Document Requirements 7/21/2022This document provides the most important factors to consider when creating any accessible document regardless of the document type.
These factors are to be used when creating all Dalton State Documents. - Dalton State Accessible PowerPoint TemplateThis is an accessible Dalton State PowerPoint template.
- Syllabus – Accessible Template 10/26/2023This is a complete accessible Dalton State syllabus template and should be used as a goby to update a current or create a new syllabus.
This document includes:
a) Creating An Accessible Document Requirements - same as above document.
b) A complete syllabus GoBy - to be edited as required for your particular discipline/course.
c) Campus Course Policies and Procedures - same as below.
This document should also be checked here in the LibGuides (each semester for sure) for admin updates per changes in accessible compliance, campus policy updates/additions, etc.
(Document name with date check will identify the latest edits)
For TRAINING Only - Non-Accessible Templates
- For TRAINING OnlyThis is an example of a non-accessible syllabus to be used for training purposes only. DO NOT USE as a template
- For TRAINING OnlyThis is an example of a non-accessible document to be used for training purposes only. DO NOT USE as a template
Workshop Information Updates
- Updates to Workshop InformationDuring and between each workshop we may discover a more approved way to accomplish a task or have a need to follow-up with a process that was unclear during the workshop. This page will provide updates to those tasks.
Workshop Training Videos
- How to Make an Accessible Syllabus/Document - MSOffice 2019/O365 - 8 minWhile this video does not substitute a workshop, it will help in remembering some key tasks in making a syllabus or text document accessible.
- Additional Brightspace Accessibility Tools and Teaching ResourcesAccessibility is at the heart of how Brightspace is built - view various videos about accessibility and universal design in Brightspace.
- Library Workshops and PresentataionsAccessibility for Everyone Video