Accessibility in Online Courses Microcredential Overview
eCampus Center offers a microcredential that supports faculty to build accessible online courses and prepare for Title II requirements. Participants learn what accessibility looks like in everyday teaching, how to identify common barriers, and how to apply practical fixes directly to materials from their own courses.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the microcredential requirements, faculty will be able to:
Identify the requirements of WCAG 2.1 AA standards.
Describe the benefits of accessibility beyond compliance.
Identify accessibility issues that can arise in an online course.
Apply strategies to create or revise course materials that are accessible for all students.
Below you will learn more about how to enroll in the microcredential activities.
Microcredential Requirements
Accessibility in Online Courses Microcredential requires the completion of the following:
The Importance of Online Accessibility webinar
Assessing and Improving Online Course Accessibility seminar
Microcredential Reflection Activity
All microcredential requirements are offered at least once a year. Check CampusGroups for upcoming offerings (please be logged in to access).
Enrolling, Tracking, and Completing Microcredentials
Enroll
To enroll in this microcredential, go to the eCampus group Events page in CampusGroups (be sure to log in) and locate the Join Sub-Groups area on the right side of the page. Click the relevant checkbox for this microcredential to enroll in it. You can then view the requirements for the microcredential (as described above) by clicking on Home, then My Activity, then My Checklists.
Register
You can enroll in currently scheduled offerings for this microcredential, as described above, on our eCampus Faculty Development Event page in CampusGroups. Go to the Event Page, locate the required offerings, and click register. Make sure you are logged in to CampusGroups to see all events.
If a required course for the microcredential is not listed, that means it has already been offered this semester. You can contact onlinefacultydevelopment@boisestate.edu to learn when the next offering will be.
Example of Registration Page
Track Progress
After you complete a seminar or elective activities for a microcredential, your progress will be reflected in CampusGroups. You can view your progress by clicking on the Home button in CampusGroups, and then in the main menu selecting My Activity, then My Checklists.
Updates to the progress can take up to one week to be reflected after completing an activity. If you have a question about your progress, please reach out to onlinefacultydevelopment@boisestate.edu.
Example of a Checklist Page for Tracking Progress Towards Certificate
Microcredential Completion
Once you complete the final activity for a microcredential, you will be notified by the eCampus Faculty Development team. You will then receive a badge recognizing that you completed the certificate which you can save to your computer and upload to LinkedIn. Your achievement of the microcredential will be announced in an upcoming eCampus Update Newsletter. Prior to announcing it in the newsletter, you will be offered the opportunity to opt-out of the announcement.
In addition to your achievement being recognized with a badge and the announcement in the eCampus Update newsletter, your completion of the seminar and elective activities will also be reported to Faculty 180, where appropriate, a tool at Boise State for faculty to collect, organize, and display their research, teaching and service data for the purposes of annual reviews, promotion and tenure.
