Sensus Access LMS LTI Improving accessibility to instructional
Sensus. Access LMS LTI Improving accessibility to instructional material with cases from Columbia College Lars Ballieu Christensen Advisor, Ph. D. , M. Sc. Tanja Stevns Director, Special Education Teacher Michael Denne Alternate Media Access Specialist
Sensus. Access • Self-service alternate media solution • Sensus. Access 1. Produces MP 3 audio files 2. Produces structured audio books 3. Produces e-books 4. Produces digital Braille books 5. Converts inaccessible and tricky documents into more accessible formats • Supports multitude of languages
Sensus. Access Why Sensus. Access? • Independence and selfsufficiency • Inclusion in education and vocation • Long-term strategy • Inclusive • Availability • Privacy • Multiple formats; reflection • Accessibility support in online education
Sensus. Access Same mission, different perspectives • Sensus. Access – Independence, self-sufficiency, inclusion – Availability, privacy, formats • Sensus. Access Classic (web, mail) – Converts all documents irrespective of source – Available to everyone, including alumni • Sensus. Access LMS plug-in – Mainstreaming accessibility and alternate media – Easily available to students and faculty – Converts documents residing in LMS – Available to users with access to LMS
Sensus. Access Users Sensus. Access • Users with special needs – Blind, partially sighted, reading impaired, learning disorders, … • At-risk students • Mainstream students, faculty – Poor language skills, different learning styles, foreign language skills, … • Others – Alternate media professionals, student workers, faculty, staff
Sensus. Access at a glance Email Web LTI API Sensus. Access Training services Reporting services Well-known technologies Audio, Braille, DAISY, e-books, OCR, translation, clean-up, remediation, AI/ML, office automation, … Automated Workflows MP 3, EBOOK, DAISY, BRAILLE, Remediation, Translation Document formats . DOC, . DOCX, . PPTX, . HTML, . XML, . TXT, . ASC, . RTF, . PDF (all types), . EPUB, . MOBI, . TIF, . GIF, . BMP, . JPEG, . JPG, . J 2 K, . JP 2, . JPX, . PCX, . DCX, . PNG, . DJV Languages All major and many smaller European languages, US English, LA Spanish, Arabic, Russian, several Asian languages and more
Sensus. Access e-learning Introduction to the course 20 mins Introduction to Sensus. Access Simple conversions Advanced conversions Special conversions Producing MP 3 files Designing and creating accessible documents Producing Braille Converting inaccessible and tricky documents Producing advanced e-books Producing simple e-books Producing DAISY talking books 20 mins each plus exercises 25 mins each plus exercises http: //www. sensusaccess. com/sensusaccess-e-learning 25 mins each plus exercises
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Sensus. Access LTI for Canvas
Columbia College • • • Sensus. Access Overall objectives Intro to and feedback from faculty Intro to and feedback from students Results so far Further plans
Sensus. Access LMS LTI • • • Sensus. Access LTI for Canvas Sensus. Access LTI for Blackboard Learn Sensus. Access LTI for Moodle Sensus. Access LTI for Sakai Sensus. Access LTI for D 2 L More in pipeline • See https: //lti. sensusaccess. com
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Contact information Lars Ballieu Christensen • Mail: lars@sensus. dk • Phone: +45 40 32 68 23 Tanja Stevns • Mail: tanja@sensus. dk • Phone: +45 23 24 06 72 www. sensusaccess. com Sensus. Access
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