Sharing Information about DSPS with your class
- Request a live or virtual class visit from a DSPS counselor
- Share a video about DSPS services with your class
Request a Department Meeting Visit from DSPS
Meet Professor Andrew Huang, your Online Accessibility Mentor
Dear Miramar family, I’m Andrew Huang (he/him/his) and I am excited to be your Online Accessibility Mentor for the 2023-2024 school year! I teach Computer and Information Science classes at Miramar and am also the faculty advisor for the student club, San Diego Computer Science. I’ve been working in the software industry for 24 years, with the past 15 in artificial intelligence. I have a love and hate relationship with technology. I hate when it gets in the way of learning, but I love when it makes learning easier. After being forced to teach fully online after COVID, I’ve wrestled with technology, learned, adapted, and continue to adapt my courses to support the diverse needs of our esteemed students.
I would love to assist in making your online courses accessible. I’m adjunct and have no affiliations to course assessments or professional development reviews, so rest assured that there will be zero risk to reach out. My sole concern is our students, and want our technology to remove barriers to learning. For judgment free assistance, please reach out at ahuang@sdccd.edu or come to my drop-in Zoom office hours on Mondays 8:30am-9:30am and Thursdays 8pm-9pm using this link:
Drop-in Zoom
I will be hosting online course accessibility FLEX workshops during FLEX weeks and before FLEX deadlines. Stay tuned via email for more information.
College Resources
- Join the SDCCD Disability Support Programs & Services (DSPS) Instagram account
- Accessibility in Canvas (self-paced)
- Accessibility in Your Canvas Course
- California Community College Chancellor's Office
- Checklist for teaching Deaf students online
- Continuing Education
- Creating an Accessible Syllabus
- Disability Glossary
- District DSPS Website
- District Policy 3108-Captioning of Electronic Materials
- How to extend testing time in Canvas
- Intro to Designing for Accessibility (self-paced)
- Online Faculty Support Center
- MS Word Accessibility (self-paced)
- PDF Accessibility (self-paced)
- PowerPoint Accessibility (self-paced)
- Proctorio - Online Proctoring Tool
- Recommended Syllabus Statement Regarding DSPS
- Requesting Interpreter or Captionist for Campus events
- SDCCD Accessibility Resources
- Student Referral
- Video Captioning (self-paced)
- FAQ's regarding Accessibility
Equity Practices & Universal Design for Learning
Books:
- UDL University. Designing for Variability Across the Postsecondary Curriculum.
Published by CAST. Edited by Randy Laist, Dana Sheehan, and Nicole Brewer, 2022 - Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms. 1st Edition, by Joe Feldman, Corwin a Sage Publication, 19
- Unlearning,: Changing your beliefs and your classroom with UDL by Allison Posey and Katie R. Novak, 2020
- Equity by Design: Delivering on the Power and Promise of UDL, by Mirko Chardin and Katie R. Novak., 2020
Websites:
- CAST - Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Framework
- UDL Guidelines for Engagement
- UDL Guidelines for Representation
- UDL Guidelines for Action and Expression
- ThinkUDL – Podcast on Universal Design for learning
- Cornell University – Center for Teaching Innovation
- Berkeley Center for Teaching and Learning
Article:
Community Resources
- California Community Colleges Accessibility Center
- California Community Colleges Technology Center
- Deaf Community Services
- Department of Rehabilitation
- Do it University of Washington
- San Diego Regional Center
- San Diego Brain Injury Foundation
- San Diego Center for the Blind
- Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- World Wide Web Consortium
- Americans with Disabilities Act Website
DSPS Office Contact Information
Email: miradsps@sdccd.edu
Phone: 619-388-7312
Fax: 619-388-7917
Location: K1-204, second floor in Student Services building