Minicourse: Creating Accessible (and Interactive) Course Materials

with Dr. Oscar Levin

Abstract: Recent state and federal laws have motivated many universities to require that all digital materials shared with students meet official accessibility standards. This requirement can be especially challenging for STEM disciplines with materials involving formulas and diagrams.

In this minicourse, we will explore how PreTeXt, a free and open-source authoring system, can be used to easily produce all your course materials in fully accessible formats. Not only that, PreTeXt lets you include interactive exercises and demonstrations directly in your course documents.

The minicourse will be a hands-on tutorial (bring your laptop) that guides you through creating your first PreTeXt documents. You will create a syllabus, worksheet (or handout), and see how to organize these and future documents into a freely hosted online “course” that can be embedded in your learning management system.