Making your course accessible

Accessibility indicators for event planning and communications to allow students to navigate events more effectively.

Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) resources for how to design and teach courses with accessibility in mind.

Considerations and resources to ensure accessible goods and services are readily available to the Carleton community.

Students may request a review of an instructor’s decision to deny a recommended accommodation. 

Information on the student accommodation process, for faculty and instructors.

For students, faculty, and staff with a print disability, including alternate formats for course, research, and library materials. 

A resource created to establish the use of consistent, inclusive language for CAN communications.

Accommodations may include audio recording lectures, sign language interpreting, note-taking, alternate format materials and captioned videos.

Outlines ways to reimagine curricular & pedagogical practices; works to enhance student supports, research infrastructure, and leadership development.

Resource guides to support students with disabilities.

Resources for exploring campus learning spaces. Search and view the technology and accessibility attributes available within each learning space.

Provides a range of services for students, faculty and staff with disabilities, including alternate format services and an adaptive technology centre.

Exam centre assisting students with disabilities and instructors to meet accommodation needs, including in-class tests and formally scheduled exams.

The Paul Menton Centre (PMC) is Carleton’s designated department coordinating disability services for students on campus.

Supports faculty members, contract instructors, teaching assistants and educational support staff in all facets of teaching and learning. 

A set of emerging initiatives, principles, guidelines, and projects that promote and work toward inclusive and equitable access to learning. 

Guides, resources, tips and suggestions to incorporate accessible video into classrooms.

Web Services regularly produces updates on best practices in accessible web content creation and deeper examinations of web accessibility.

Carleton’s web services team is committed to designing, developing, and maintaining carleton.ca’s web presence. Includes web accessibility resources.

Training that teaches website editors and content creators the current best practices in web accessibility.

Workshop series for instructors with focus on teaching and learning, and the administrative side of managing students, TAs and the classroom.

Workshop series for instructors with focus on sharing a wide variety of ideas, strategies and approaches for teaching online.