As we explore accessibility at NMC throughout the semester, we will throw out a challenge each month. Our challenges are designed to help you make small (but significant) changes and to help you set up good development practices to ensure that your course is...
Last week we introduced you to the student experience here at NMC. This week we’d like to talk about some of the accommodations mentioned in the video and how you can make easy adjustments to your course in Moodle to address these issues. Extended Time for...
As I am writing this, it’s a week before our classes begin. It’s true what they say- time flies! In the past couple of months, I have done intake on almost 40 students with documented disabilities, most of whom are first semester Hawk Owls. You might have received one...
Hearing more resolutions about traditional weight loss in the new year, the idea of reducing wait time for our students and ourselves seemed easier to address. Similar to snacking in front of a TV, we may not notice how many small ways our time is used...
I am often stopped and asked a variety of questions regarding the students with disabilities (SWD) here at NMC. Many of those questions revolve around the approved accommodations. In the next several editions of this column I’ll share some of those in a Q & A...
