{"id":1265,"date":"2025-07-06T11:18:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T15:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2025-07-24T11:19:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:19:38","slug":"accessible-temple-what-faculty-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/2025\/07\/06\/accessible-temple-what-faculty-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessible Temple: What Faculty Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What is\u00a0Accessible Temple\u00a0and what does it mean for faculty at Temple? I\u2019m sure these questions are on your mind if you read the\u00a0recent announcement<\/a>\u00a0about this\u00a0university-wide initiative, which will ensure that all digital materials and websites at Temple meet new requirements for accessibility under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We at the CAT are here to answer your questions!\u00a0<\/p>

We want to emphasize that, first and foremost, committing to accessibility is the right thing to do! Designing our courses with accessibility in mind lowers barriers for our students with disabilities, ensuring that they can access their educational experience fully. And, importantly, the benefits of accessible course design extend further, improving\u00a0all\u00a0students\u2019 ability to navigate their learning journey more productively. Put simply, accessibility is not an \u2018added bonus\u2019 but a fundamental best practice for teaching. Think for a minute about captions on video content. While students with hearing impairments rely on captions to understand what they are watching, captions may also support focus in distracting environments, assist with vocabulary acquisition, help overcome poor audio quality, and improve comprehension for those who speak English as a second language. As an institution, designing intentionally for accessibility will be an important step in providing a more inclusive learning experience that benefits all students.\u00a0<\/p>

In the coming weeks and months, we at the CAT will be clarifying what it means to make the materials you use for teaching and learning accessible and what actions you must take to ensure their accessibility. You\u2019re not alone in this \u2014 we will provide the training, resources, and information you need to support you in realizing the goal of an accessible campus.<\/p>

Get started today by reviewing the information on our\u00a0Accessible Temple<\/a>\u00a0webpage<\/a>.\u00a0There you\u2019ll find information about the new guidelines and about the training the CAT will be providing. You\u2019ll also find information about the\u00a0Digital Accessibility Micro-Credential\u00a0you will earn by completing the training CAT is offering.\u00a0<\/p>

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What is\u00a0Accessible Temple\u00a0and what does it mean for faculty at Temple? I\u2019m sure these questions are on your mind if you read the\u00a0recent announcement\u00a0about this\u00a0university-wide initiative, which will ensure that all digital materials and websites at Temple meet new requirements for accessibility under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We at the … Continue reading Accessible Temple: What Faculty Need to Know<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29430,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessibility"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1265"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1270,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1265\/revisions\/1270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}