Helping students with cognitive disabilities to have meaningful access to online class material
Many great ideas for ways to reduce cognitive overload in online classes are available at
http://wind.uwyo.edu/onlinecourseaccessibility/DATO.asp. Some of the ideas include:
- Users may become confused at complex layouts or inconsistent navigational schemes, so simplify the layout as much as possible and keep the navigational schemes as consistent as possible.
- Users may have difficulty focusing on or comprehending lengthy sections of text so group textual information under logical headings, organize information in manageable "chunks", and supplement text with illustrations or other media, and vice versa.
Information related to Visual Impairments, Color Blindness, Hearing Impairments, and Motor Impairments is also available at this site. Great site for people hoping to start using the school website to supplement their classes and/or act as a homework directions and resource page.