Faculty Resources

A Faculty Guide to Teaching Students with Disabilities

• Auxiliary Aids and Services for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities
  • U.S. Department of Education policy on auxiliary aids in postsecondary disability services. Specifies the rights and responsibilities of the college and the student as codified by the Office of Civil Rights. It also contains helpful information about various services and accommodations and FAQs.
• Guide for changing test time lengths on Brightspace for students with extended time

 Anthology Ally is a tool to improve the accessibility of course documents.

• • Link to Youtube Informational Video
  • Anthology Ally Training Slides
  • Link to CUNY Ally Instructor Training Video
    • Additional Ally Resources
      • Link to Ally User Group
      • Link to Ally Accessibility Checklist
      • Link to Ally Adoption Toolkit
      • Link to Ally Instructor Help Page
      • Link to Ally Course Accessibility Report
      • Link to community stories

Creating Accessible Content

• CUNY Assistive Technology Services
  • Disability Statement
    • Copy and paste the attached Disability Statement to your course syllabus.
• CUNY Accessibility Requirements and Resources for Online Content
• Brightspace’s Recommendations to Meeting Content Accessibility Guidelines
• Link on PDF Accessibility
• Link on Microsoft Word Accessibility
• Link on Microsoft PowerPoint Accessibility
• Link on Video/Audio Accessibility