Course Accessibility Grants

Overview

The Course Accessibility Grants provide in-depth evaluations and guidance for faculty who want to ensure their course content is available to all students enrolled in their class. Faculty members who participate learn about the most common accessibility issues as well as the highly technical accessibility problems that can occur. 

The DELTA accessibility team collaborates with faculty to develop a manageable timeline to resolve identified issues which significantly lowers the barriers to equitable access and engagement with course materials. In addition, other campus partners assist as needed from University Libraries, Office of Instructional Technology and Disability Resources Office.

Recipients of this grant will receive $2,000 as well as DELTA support, including but not limited to workshops, consultations, action plan templates and additional resources.

Choose this grant if you:

• Are responsible for teaching or designing an existing (has been taught at least once) and ongoing credit-bearing course at NC State University with a significant asynchronous online component. 
• Wish to improve the accessibility of your course and materials.
• Need guidance with technology to solve accessibility issues.

Services Provided:

• An Initial course review and kick-off meeting, including inventorying any issues and developing a remediation plan.
• Initial consultation meeting to review the recommendations, work plan and tasks.
• Applicant attends workshops as recommended, based on the needs of the course.
• Applicant and team members complete remediation tasks as assigned.
• Interim consultation meeting to discuss progress and any challenges.
• Final consultation and re-evaluation of course.

Competitive Priorities

Priority consideration is given to proposals that represent:

• Courses in programs that serve proportionately more students with disabilities.
• Courses that serve large numbers of students (i.e. service courses).
• Courses with particularly challenging accessibility issues that could benefit from a collaborative team approach.
• Courses with issues that represent a desired area of growth for the DELTA Accessibility Team.

Materials Developed:

• An equitable and accessible course aligning to nationally recognized accessibility standards.