Many instructors have questions about accessibility and OER and are unsure where to turn for help in creating such materials. With the accessibility of student-facing content now legally required in Colorado, faculty wishing to adopt OER resources need resources to help them create OER that screen reader users can use along with their classmates who do not utilize this technology. This session will provide an overview of what a screen reader is, how screen readers converge and differ, how to find screen reader compatible OER, how to evaluate individual OER for screen reader compatibility, and how to create basic text-based OER. Please bring a charged electronic device with you on which you feel comfortable creating resources, along with your questions about OER for the courses you teach. In this participatory 50-minute workshop you will have the chance to search for OER in your discipline, evaluate them, and then create your own OER for deployment in your classroom. After the workshop, I will help you edit your OER for implementation if you wish.
