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<h1>Accessibility of teaching and assessment material in maths, stats and physics</h1>
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Christian Lawson-Perfect
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Digital Learning Unit, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
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Read this poster online:
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<a class="qr" href="."></a>
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<h1>Context</h1>
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<p>Maths, Stats and Physics has around 900 undergraduate students and around 100 taught modules.</p>
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<p>In MSP, over 13% of students have an SSP, compared to 6% in Engineering and 7% in Computing. Many students without SSPs would benefit from accessibility improvements.</p>
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<p><strong>Maths is different:</strong> typesetting mathematical notation is hard, and typesetting maths in accessible formats is even harder.</p>
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<p>Lecturers typically prepare material in LaTeX or write by hand in lectures.</p>
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<h1><a href="https://chirun.org.uk" target="_blank"><img src="chirun-logo.svg" alt="Chirun" style="height: 1.5em"></a></h1>
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<p>Chirun is a tool to produce accessible course material from LaTeX or Markdown source, developed here.</p>
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<img src="chirun.png" alt="Chirun">
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<figcaption><a class="qr" href="https://chirun.org.uk/demo">chirun.org.uk/demo</a></figcaption>
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<h1>The beginning</h1>
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<p>We introduced Chirun in 2017 to support an incoming student with long list of accessibility requirements.</p>
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<p>To speed things up, we paid students to type up existing handwritten notes in LaTeX.</p>
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<p><strong>Aim:</strong> improve accessibility for all teaching, not just this student. Provide a consistent level of accessibility that enables almost all students to access their material without adjustments.</p>
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<h1>🥕 The carrot</h1>
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<p>I talked at the school's all-staff meetings about how students struggle with existing material and how to use our tools to produce accessible content.</p>
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<p>We offered support to anyone who wanted it: we'd take their material and make it accessible.</p>
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<h1>😇 <small>(some)</small> Lecturers take accessibility very seriously</h1>
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<p>Many lecturers responded positively and gave us material to run through Chirun.</p>
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<p>A handful of lecturers understood the brief and produced accessible material on their own. Thanks!</p>
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<p>Some used their own tools, such as Bookdown.</p>
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<p>After a year, some modules had <strong>all</strong> material available in accessible formats.</p>
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<h1>😠 <small>(some)</small> Lecturers <em>don't</em> take accessibility seriously</h1>
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<p>After two years, take-up was very low: less than 25% of modules were acceptable.</p>
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<p>Common complaints:</p>
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<dt>Why should I do all that for one student?</dt>
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<dd>Every student deserves to learn!</dd>
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<dt>Is this student even any good?</dt>
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<dd>Doesn't matter!</dd>
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<dt>I'm overworked and don't have time to do this.</dt>
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<dd>So let us help!</dd>
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<dt>I don't know what to do.</dt>
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<dd>Let us show you!</dd>
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<h1>🧹 The stick</h1>
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<p>Using my Canvas admin role, I audited every module twice a semester.</p>
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<p>I passed findings on to the director of education and directors of discipline, who talked directly to lecturers.</p>
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<p>I emailed individual lecturers offering to take the job off their hands if they'd send me their material.</p>
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<h1>✔️ This mainly worked!</h1>
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<p>Now, <strong>more than two thirds</strong> of modules have all material available in accessible formats.</p>
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<p>Many physicists use PowerPoint and I can only offer them advice. 🤷🏻</p>
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<p>We've moved on to looking at other aspects of accessibility: in-person delivery, communication, lecture recordings, …</p>
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<h1>What you can do</h1>
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<p>Use Chirun to make your material accessible: it's available as an external tool in Canvas.
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<a class="qr" href="https://chirun.org.uk">chirun.org.uk</a>
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<p>Read our guidance on accessible teaching: <a class="qr" href="https://www.mas.ncl.ac.uk/accessible-teaching/">www.mas.ncl.ac.uk/accessible-teaching</a></p>
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<h1>Talk to us</h1>
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<dt>Website</dt>
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<dd><a class="qr" href="https://www.ncl.ac.uk/maths-physics/engagement/digital-learning/">ncl.ac.uk/maths-physics/engagement/digital-learning</a></dd>
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<dt>Email</dt>
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<dd><a href="mailto:msp.digital.learning@ncl.ac.uk">msp.digital.learning@ncl.ac.uk</a></dd>
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