Seminars
Owing to the free flowing nature of seminars it is much more difficult to anticipate the content that will be covered or the directions the seminar will go in. Nonetheless, the following recommendations are offered.
- Ensure the details are available on Brightspace in advance. This should include content details (for example topics, key questions, links to resources).
- Wherever possible ask those contributing papers or presentations to:
- adhere to basic good practice guidelines for accessible documents and presentations.
- make them available electronically to participants in advance.
- Using webinar/videolink tools can enable people with mobility impairments or health/stamina issues to take part.
- Although recording of lectures by disabled students for personal use is widely accepted as a reasonable adjustment there are still legal and ethical issues that all parties need to be aware of. The issues around recording seminars are more complex because discussions may involve sensitive topics, involving a number of people and therefore more permissions will need to be obtained.
- Consider using social media tools (for example a dedicated FaceBook,Brightspace forum or a Twitter hashtag) to allow question asking / answering by people with communication difficulties or social anxiety.
