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Accessibility Suffers During Pandemic

Creating Accessible Online Classes

At Highline College, we are all responsible for campus accessibility to all students. Access Services works in collaboration with different departments on campus to provide reasonable classroom accommodations for qualified students. Accommodations make it possible for a student with a disability to learn the material presented and for an instructor to fairly evaluate the student’s understanding of the material without interference because of their disability.

The process of requesting and receiving accommodations is interactive; all people involved — student, the instructor and Access Services — have a responsibility to make sure the process works. The selected academic adjustments, auxiliary aids, and services for each student is communicated through the Letter of Accommodation (LOA). The student is responsible for delivering the letters on a quarterly basis to their instructors and discussing accommodations based on the contents of the letter.

If you have questions about if a student is qualified or need help connecting students to our office, please contact us.

Learn about Access Services

• For information regarding accommodated testing, visit the Placement and Testing Center in Building 1.
• For captioning needs and Canvas Accessibility, visit the Educational Technology website.
• View a list of Assistive Technology on campus.
• View frequently asked questions about Access Services

If you are a Highline College employee requesting accommodations, contact Human Resources.

Accessible Technology Open Zoom Lobby

Do you have questions about making sure the material you produce for the college (classes, announcements, marketing materials, and so on) are fully accessible to everyone? Have you heard about things like “alt text” and “screen readers” and other technologies but don’t really know what they are or how they can be helpful? Do you need a little assistance making sure your students, coworkers, or other target audiences are able to work with what you create? Do you need to point students to where they can learn about the technologies that Highline has available to assist them?

The Accessible Technology Zoom Lobby is available on Wednesdays from 3:30-4:15 p.m., and Thursdays from 3-3:45 p.m. Feel free to drop in with questions, to get an idea of how we can help, or just to say hello and chat for a few minutes!